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The return of local metal heroes Victim
1980s act reuniting for September performance
"Well it's been a long time waiting," announced Junior Solis in a recent Facebook post, "and I'm honored and privileged to announce we are getting Victim back together for one show. For all of you that have asked through the years, we are moving ahead and doing a show in September. Not sure the date but we'll keep you all posted."
The heavy metal reunion will take place at the Holding Company in OB. "We are still in the early stages of trying to figure out everything," Solis tells The Reader. "We may be doing two dates, depending on the ticket sales. We won't know until a few months out before the show."
Victim at the Troubadour in LA, courtesy the band's Facebook page
Victim was founded in Spring 1983 by Brian Paul Thoryk (who played with cover band Desire and a teen punk group called Skullbusters) and three members of another cover band named Syndrome; Rockwell "Rocky" Reiger, Mike Pfahler, and Junior Solis. They claim to have been inspired to write original metal material after attending the 1983 US Festival's Heavy Metal Day, where acts such as Judas Priest, Motley Crue, the Scorpions, Van Halen, and Triumph performed. This lineup remained extant until around Autumn 1984.
Their 1984 debut album Power Hungry, was engineered by Mike Harris and recorded in the fall of 1983 at Western Audio Recording Studios. It included a track called "Victim" that also appeared on a KGB Homegrown compilation. A followup album, By the Neck, was recorded in spring 1984 at Western Audio, but the masters were lost during a period of financial difficulty for the band and not recovered (thanks to engineer Mike Harris) until nearly 30 years later. That's when StormSpell Records released a limited 500 CD run of By The Neck that includes an insert with the band's full history, a full discography, and rare photos.
A later lineup (late 1984 to early 1986) featured Reiger and Thoryk backed by another player from Desire, guitarist Scott Hackwith, along with singer Mark Arrington and White Witch drummer Greg Talley. Much of this roster recorded a third album in December 1985 at Golden Track Recording Studios, DMN, aka Dirty Mean & Nasty. After its release, the band split. Mike Pfahler later played with Nemesis and Arrington was in Hard Echo during the early 2000s, as well as singing with the Taz Taylor Band. In the 2000-teens, Brian Thoryk was playing bass with Last Gang frontwoman Brenna Red.
The reunion performance will feature Solis drumming with singer Mark Arrington, Mike Pfahler on lead guitar, and Steve Cox on rhythm and lead guitar. Here's a rare video of the group performing on a local public access television program called Club 33. "We made four videos all in the same afternoon," recalls Solis. "I don't know what became of the other three."
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The return of local metal heroes Victim
1980s act reuniting for September performance
The return of local metal heroes Victim
1980s act reuniting for September performance
"Well it's been a long time waiting," announced Junior Solis in a recent Facebook post, "and I'm honored and privileged to announce we are getting Victim back together for one show. For all of you that have asked through the years, we are moving ahead and doing a show in September. Not sure the date but we'll keep you all posted."
The heavy metal reunion will take place at the Holding Company in OB. "We are still in the early stages of trying to figure out everything," Solis tells The Reader. "We may be doing two dates, depending on the ticket sales. We won't know until a few months out before the show."
Victim at the Troubadour in LA, courtesy the band's Facebook page
Victim was founded in Spring 1983 by Brian Paul Thoryk (who played with cover band Desire and a teen punk group called Skullbusters) and three members of another cover band named Syndrome; Rockwell "Rocky" Reiger, Mike Pfahler, and Junior Solis. They claim to have been inspired to write original metal material after attending the 1983 US Festival's Heavy Metal Day, where acts such as Judas Priest, Motley Crue, the Scorpions, Van Halen, and Triumph performed. This lineup remained extant until around Autumn 1984.
Their 1984 debut album Power Hungry, was engineered by Mike Harris and recorded in the fall of 1983 at Western Audio Recording Studios. It included a track called "Victim" that also appeared on a KGB Homegrown compilation. A followup album, By the Neck, was recorded in spring 1984 at Western Audio, but the masters were lost during a period of financial difficulty for the band and not recovered (thanks to engineer Mike Harris) until nearly 30 years later. That's when StormSpell Records released a limited 500 CD run of By The Neck that includes an insert with the band's full history, a full discography, and rare photos.
A later lineup (late 1984 to early 1986) featured Reiger and Thoryk backed by another player from Desire, guitarist Scott Hackwith, along with singer Mark Arrington and White Witch drummer Greg Talley. Much of this roster recorded a third album in December 1985 at Golden Track Recording Studios, DMN, aka Dirty Mean & Nasty. After its release, the band split. Mike Pfahler later played with Nemesis and Arrington was in Hard Echo during the early 2000s, as well as singing with the Taz Taylor Band. In the 2000-teens, Brian Thoryk was playing bass with Last Gang frontwoman Brenna Red.
The reunion performance will feature Solis drumming with singer Mark Arrington, Mike Pfahler on lead guitar, and Steve Cox on rhythm and lead guitar. Here's a rare video of the group performing on a local public access television program called Club 33. "We made four videos all in the same afternoon," recalls Solis. "I don't know what became of the other three."
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