Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Wardog
Artist: Wardog
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Scorched Earth
Year: 1996
Tracks: 12
After egg laying his former dance orchestra, Tension, to rest and relocating to Phoenix, AZ, in the early '90s, speed metallic element old-timer Tommy Gattis corralled bassist Chris Catero and drummer Ross Martinez into a young project named Wardog. Their small, independently released debut album of 1994 didn't bend too many heads, simply their sophomore crusade, Scorched Earth (released by Metal Blade deuce years afterwards), was another matter, establishing the mathematical group as crown purveyors of '90s thrash alloy (as unpopular as the style was then). After some hold up to realign their batting order (adding guitar player Paul Sullivan and young drummer Eric Bongiorno), a third Wardog LP, entitled A Sound Beating, was issued in 1999. But Gattis fell out with the others a short time later and touched on to start a new ring called Ballistic, even as the others teamed up in Razer.