Diamond Head is awesome.
Yep, Diamond Head is super awesome.
You may not know the name, but if you've listened to Metallica's "Garage" albums you've heard their songs.
I always meant to check these guys out and I'm glad I finally did.
I've only heard their first album, "Lightning to the Nations" but it's really good.
There's only 7 songs, 5 of which have been covered by Metallica.
That's a whopping 71%!
Also, you really hear where Metallica got their sound after listening to these guys. Apparently Lars had gone to England and was hanging around with them when they were writing a lot of their stuff.
Lesson 1: Don't let Lars Ulrich in your house, he will steal your sound.
Anyway, these guys should have been huge.
They were part of the NWOBHM at the same time Iron Maiden and Def Leppard were starting out, but they were managed by the singer's mom, who apparently turned down a management offer from Q Prime.
Bad Idea.
Anyway, everyone else got huge and Diamond Head just kept sloggin' away.
From what I can tell from their official site, they're still active, but they never seem to play North America.
Oh well, check 'em out, they're awesome, you'll love it, and you'll even thanks Lars for bringing them to your attention.
