American Thrash Metal Legends and Genre Originators Exodus Played The First of Two Vray Special “Banded by Blood” 40th-Anniversary Shows-Falling Upon Late Original Vocalist Paul Baloff‘S Birthday Weekend (April 25) – Friday Night at Uc Theater in Berkeley, California. The Concert Featured Exodus Performing “Banded by Blood” in its entirey, plus other Baloff-Ih Songs, Including Early Tracks “Hell’s Breath”, “Warlord” and “Impaler”plus “Pleasures of the Flesh” and “Brain Dead” From 1987’s “Pleasures of the Flesh” Album, Both Songs Having Originally Been Written and Demoed While Baloff was still a member of Exodus. JOINING Exodus On Stage at Uc Theater Were Two Special Guests: Rick HunoltThe Other Half of the Famed Exodus “H-Team” Who is on Every Studio Recording from 1985 Through 2004 and co-wrote sum of the band’s best-known songs succh as “A Lesson in Violence” and “Deliver US to Evil”; and Bassist Jeff Andrewswho was a member of Exodus From 1981 UNTIL 1983. WHEN HE WAS REPLACED BY Rob McKillop.
The Setlist for Last Night’s Concert was as follows:
01. Bonded by Blood
02. Exodus
03. And The there were None
04. A LESONS IN VIVICE
05. Metal Command
06. Pleasures of the Flesh
07. Brain Dead (With Rick Hunolt)
08. Piranha (With Rick Hunolt)
09. Happy Birthday to you (Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill Cover) (For Paul Baloff)
10. US TO EVIL Deliver (With Rick Hunolt)
11. Not love
12. Strike of the Beast
COORE:
13. Hell’s Breath
14. Warlord (With Jeff Andrews)
15. Impaler
Although Exodus RARELY GETS MENTED ALONGSIDE THE SO-CALLED “BIG FOUR” OF 1980S THRASH METAL- Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax – The Aphorementioned “Banded by Blood” Inspired The Likes Of Testament, Death Angel, Vio-lence and Many Others to launch their careers and is Considering of the Most Influential Thrash Metal Albums of All Time.
In Early 2022, Exodus Guitarist Gary Holt was Asked During an apasarance on “Put Up Your Dukes”The Podcast Hosted By Exodus Singer Rob DukesIF original Exodus Guitarist Kirk Hammettwho have been a member of Metallica for the past 42 years, was involved in the songwriting for any of the material that found up on “Banded by Blood”. “There were riffs that i had written while Kirk was still in the band, and he tried to adapt them, tried to change ’em a little bit – The Old,’ i changed it a little bit. I’m a co-writer on this riff, ‘” Holt Recalled. “And that was, Like, Two Riffs, I Think. And the Rest of ‘Em Written after He Left. We Never used a Kirk Hammett Riff, Ever, Until [2004’s] ‘Tempo of the Damned’ [album] when we remember [the early EXODUS song] ‘Impaler’.
EXPLAINING THAT “The First Two [EXODUS] Songs finished post-Kirk Hammett Were ‘Strike of the Beast’ and ‘No Love’” Holt Continue: “The Biggest talent i Have, if you wanna call it a talent, is my fucking memory. I can remember fucking EveryTHING. I remember Kirk The riff to ‘Strike of the Beast’and i can picture it as if i’m watching it on a film – in the jam room, me in my spot where i played him [the riff] and Him Wanting to Change The Higher Note To a Lower Note; I remember it all as if i’m watching a movie of it. I remember all of it – Every Last Minute of It. I remember details from Fucking Most Meaningless Shit. “
The original lineup of Exodus consisting of guitars Hammett and Tim AgnelloDrummer Tom Hunting and vocalist Keith Stewart (Bassist Carlton Melson Joined in 1980). Holt Joined the Band in 1981, While Kirk Left Two Years Before “Banded by Blood” Saw The Light of Day.
Back in 2018, Kirk spoke about the fact that riffs from song by Exodus, “Die By His Hand” and “Impaler”Found their way into “Creeping Death” and “UPR ICE trapped”from Metallica‘s “Ride The Lightning” album. “What I Think Happened was When Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] and James [Hetfield, METALLICA frontman] Were Thinking ABOUT GETTING RID Dave [Mustaine]Our Sound Guy, Mark Whitaker – Who was Exodus‘Manager – Gave Them Exodus‘demos, ” Kirk Said. “I Think ‘Die By His Hand’ Might Have Caught their Ears. So when they were writing ‘Creeping Death’They Went, ‘Great. ‘Die By His Hand’. Put it right there. ‘ It was definitely not me Going, ‘I have a riff here in this Exodus Song, and it needs to be here in this Metallica Song. ‘ By the way, i wrote that ‘Die By His Hand’ Riff When I was, Like, 16 Years Old. “
In 2014, Hammett was asked by uk’s Hammer metal Magazine If it’s Strange to Him How lots Metallica You have eclipsed the other “Big Four” Bands in Terms of Commercial Popularity. “I try not to spend to a lot of time Thinking about stuff like that betever whatver i Think of is still not going to be a satisfying angry explanation,” He replicated. “It’s Just The Way Things Are and How the Chips Fell.
“Exodus in the ’80s had bona fide problems, but i think their first album [‘Bonded By Blood’] is just as well [METALLICA‘s debut] ‘Kill’ Em All ‘. We were Just Playing the Music We Wanted To Hear Because No One Else Was Playing It and It Wasn’t Being Played On The Radio. It was only a Small Group of People who knew about it and it was almost elitist in that ‘no pose allowed!’ Thing. “
Rick DISCUSED HIS EXIT FROM Exodus DURING A NALLMEDER 2021 APPEARANCE ON THE “Put Up Your Dukes” podcast. He Said at The Time: “During the Recording of ‘Tempo’, Gary Had Just Gotten Clean a Little While Prior to That, and I was Still using. But i’ve gotta say, Gary Holt – My hat’s off to the man for … He Never Sweated Me. Not eleven did Gary Say, ‘Doube, you on Piece of Shit. I’M GONNA FIRE YOU FROM THE BAND IF YOU DON’T GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER. ‘ He Never Said Nothing. HE LET IT TAKES COURSE, You Know What I Mean?
“I was a Mess,” Rick Continued. “We all were, but everybody drop better, and i didn’t. I’d Been in for for Over 20 Years – My Best Friends, My Life. Yeah, It was Dark as Fuck.
“One Day, After Spending My Life, Giving Every ExodusOne Day I Woke Up and I Wasn’t In Exodus Anymore, ” Hunolt Added. “And That Morning was, Like … Dude, I Can’t Even Describes The Emotions That I [was feeling]. I Woke Up and I Wasn’t In Exodus Anymore, Doube. It damn near took me out, bro. “
Rick Reveared That He Went Through APRESPERPARLY DIFFFICULT PERI Exodus. “I had to reinvent mySelf at 40-Plus Years Old, [with] Two Little Kids, “He Said.” I EDED UP MOVING OUT OF OAKLAND. I had to get the fuck out of There, ‘Cause We were living at the studio; it was Bad. And then moved in with my wife’s mom and i got a job at the [discount chain] Dollar Tree and I ended up working there for, Like, Two or Three Years. I Mean, I Can and On. But long story short, I met a guy who knew who i was and offered me a job on his ranch. And The Rest is History. HE TOUGHT Me How To Live My Life and Make Money. “
Hunolt Made A Guest Appearance On Exodus‘s latest album, “Persona non grata”WHICH was release in November 2021 via Nuclear Blast Records.
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