- Sweet Savage
Infobox musical artist
Name = Sweet Savage
Img_capt = [Sweet Savage L-R Ray Haller, Ian 'Speedo' Wilson, Trev Fleming, Davy Bates - Copyright Mark Hylands Photography]
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Background = Hard Rock Band
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Origin =Belfast ,Northern Ireland ,United Kingdom
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Genre = Heavy metalHard rock
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Years_active = 1979-present
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Associated_acts =Dio
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Emerald
Den Of Thieves
Stormzone
Red Hot Roosters
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/sweetsavageni#sweetsavage/ Sweet Savage Myspace]
Current_members = Ray Haller
Trev Fleming
Ian 'Speedo' Wilson
Jules Watson
Past_members = Vivian Campbell
Simon McBride
Davy Bates
Notable_instruments =Musical Style
Sweet Savage's music is a mixture of hard rock & heavy metal, with its heaviness of two guitars, thundering bass & powerhouse drums. However, even though they were often considered among the forerunners of the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) movement, success eluded them and they disbanded shortly after 1982.
Sweet Savage, an Irish metal band , once included
Def Leppard guitaristVivian Campbell . Sweet Savage recorded an EP with Vivian, and later recorded the full length albums "Killing Time" and "Rune" after Vivian Campbell left the band.Other members include vocalist/bassist Raymond Haller, drummers David Bates & Jules Watson, and guitarists Trevor Fleming, Ian 'Speedo' Wilson & Simon McBride.
Metallica later covered the Sweet Savage song "Killing Time".Sweet Savage toured with
Thin Lizzy on their Renegade tour and supported acts such asOzzy Osbourne ,Wishbone Ash andMotörhead .Present Day
April 23rd 2008 saw the long awaited return to the stage by Sweet Savage as they supported Saxon on the St. Georges Day concert in London's Shepherds Bush Empire. A trip to Germany ensued in early August where they played the Headbangers Festival & the Wacken Festival to great acclaim and later that month they supported
Metallica &Tenacious D in Dublin, Marlay Park, August 20th 2008.
The current line up of Ray Haller, Speedo Wilson, Trevor Fleming & Jules Watson has been cited as being 'the strongest version of the band' by the industry professionals and as frontman Ray Haller explains 'All this interest lately, has come out of the blue and it's phenomenal how well the band is being received by everyone. We played Germany for the first time recently and were surprised to hear the kids singing out tunes back to us, we really had no idea how popular the band are'.Discography
tudio Albums
*"Killing Time" (1996)
*"Rune" (1998)ingles
*"Take No Prisoners" (1981)
*"Straight Through The Heart" (1984)
*"The Raid" (1985)Demos
*"BBC Session (1981)
External links
* [http://www.sweetsavage.co.uk#sweetsavage Sweet Savage Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/sweetsavageni#sweetsavage Sweet Savage Official Myspace Page]
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* [http://www.angelfire.com/indie/ipwpix/s.html#sweetsavage Sweet Savage entry in The Irish Punk & New Wave Discography]
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