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SURGICAL STEEL
CURRENT NAME	Surgical Steel
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
STATUS	Disbanded
FORMED IN	1980
GENRE	Heavy metal
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2006-01-08, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2008-05-21, 05:41

Band biography

Surgical Steel was a Judas Priest sounding metal band which was one of the very first real metal bands in Phoenix, Arizona, having been formed in 1980. When Rob Halford settled in the Phoenix area he helped the band record a demo and also lended his vocals to the track "Smooth And Fast". In the mid 80s Rob's homosexuality also became common knowledge as he showed up on the club scene with Surgical Steel's drummer as his date. The band was at first fronted by vocalist Harley Van Kirk but drummer Jeff Martin later on took over the vocalist spot around the time Rob discovered the band. The band's song "Rivit Head" was part of Metal Blade's 1982 compilation "Metal Massacre II" and the band also played a pivotal role in the 1985 movie "Thunder Alley".

Surgical Steel reformed with Rik Fox on bass from 1986 to early 1987 when Greg Chaisson rejoined the band to replace Rik. Greg did however soon move on to join up with Badlands the same year and the band split up, this time seemingly for good. [as told by Bill Capozzi who worked as a stage hand for the band during this period]

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Rik Fox	1986-1987	Bass	See also SIN, Steeler, Thunderball, Virgin, W.A.S.P.
Harley Van	1980-1982	Vocals
Greg Chaisson	1980-1982, 1987-1987	Bass	See also Steeler
Gary Huckaby	1987-1989	Drums
Randy Marchetti	1986-1987	Drums
Bob Milan	-1984-1985-	Drums
Mark Lehman	1982-1985-	Bass
Paul Kosanovich	-1984-	Guitars
Jim Keeler	1980-1989	Guitars
Jeff Martin	1980-1985-	Drums, vocals	See also Badlands, Leatherwolf, Michael Schenker Group, Racer X
Derek Kendall	-1987-1989	Vocals

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Rob Halford		Vocals	On demo.

Buy Surgical Steel albums

Official releases Add
1984	[demo]	No label

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