STRONGHOLD-FORTRESS ROCK-1982

THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(8-TRACKS)
1-A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD/STRONGHOLD
2-BARABBAS
3-DREAMS AND PRETTY PICTURES
4-NO SUPERSTARTS FOR JESUS
5-DAYBREAK'S COMING
6-DESERT WALKER
7-THE CALLED
8-NOBODY OWES YOU NOTHING
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CREDIT:
Gary Smith: Lead Vocals/Keyboards
Pete Moore: Guitars
C.C.Cupp: Bass
Jay Molina:Drums/Percussion.
Prior to Christian music’s mid-‘80s flirtation with spandex, big hair and highly oscillated shrieks, there were still a few bands mining the tradition of heavy ‘70s classic rock. The New York male foursome Stronghold certainly do so on this early Tunesmith release and they do so with honors. Dark doomy feel throughout with pounding sledgehammer riffs, typically slow and grungy, crawling along like Black Sabbath (‘Barabbas’And, ‘No Superstars For Jesus’,And ‘Nobody Owes You Nothing’)But also some Jethro Tull-ish hard rock (‘Stronghold’) as well as strutting metal ala early Judas Priest (‘Desert Walker’And, ‘The Call’). Opens with a loud instrumental prelude of the hymn ‘A Mighty Fortress’. Vocoder effects used on several tracks. A real bone-crunchin’ mama.