- The Rods
The Rods is an American
heavy metal band formed by David "Rock" Feinstein (guitar and vocals, Garry Bordonaro (bass and vocals) and Carl Canedy (drums and vocals).Feinstein had first come to mainstream attention after playing in Elf, with his cousin
Ronnie James Dio . The Rods sound differed considerably from Elf, adopting a more traditional Heavy Metal sound compared with the Blues-Rock sound that Elf preferred.Their first album, simply titled "The Rods" featured a black and white picture of the band and was released in
1981 . Their second album "Wild Dogs" is an underrated heavy metal classic it was made in1982 . (It was re-released in2004 with 5 bonus tracks).The Rods' third album was titled "In the Raw" was made in
1983 . In1984 Carl Canedy andGarry Bordonaro played onJack Starr 's Out of the Darkness album withRhett Forrester of Riot andGary Driscoll of Rainbow. Then in1984 The Rods made their fourth studio album "Let Them Eat Metal" and recorded the album "The Rods...Live". Their album "Heavier Than Thou" was originally released in 1986. There is an album that contains all of its members, entitled "Hollywood - Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro, & Caudle".Canedy is also a renowned producer of heavy metal bands, and his credits include Anthrax's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax_%28band%29] "Armed And Dangerous"and "Spreading the Disease", Exciter's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exciter_%28band%29] "Violence and Force" and Overkill's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overkill_%28band%29] "Feel the Fire".
As of 2008, the Rods have announced they are reuniting. They will play their only Scandinavian show of 2008 at the Metal Rock Fest, a brand new two-day event set to take place August 15-16 in Lillehammer, Norway to support a new album which has a tentative release date of May, 2008.
Discography
*"The Rods" (1981)
*"Wild Dogs" (1982)
*"In The Raw" (1983)
*"Let Them Eat Metal" (1984)
*"Heavier Than Thou" (1986)
*"The Rods Live" (1994)The Rods plan to release a new CD in the year 2008. This information was presented on their official MySpace page [http://www.myspace.com/therodsofficialsite] .
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