Hellion started as a cover group, covering songs by the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions and AC/DC. In an attempt to gain a major label recording contract the group entered Fiddler’s Studio in Hollywood to record a demo. The band recorded the basic tracks in one evening and recorded the guitar solos, vocals, and mixed on the following night. After destroying two separate cassette recorders while making multiple copies of the demo to sell at shows, Hellion decided to press the recording onto vinyl and formed Bongus Lodus Records.
By 1983, America’s major record companies were in the process of signing dozens of hard rock and metal bands. Although Hellion frequently headlined shows at The Troubadour, The Whiskey, and other Los Angeles venues and frequently opened for national acts, the major record labels ignored Hellion. Van Halen’s manager, Ed Leffler, and others, however offered to make singer Ann Boleyn into “the next Pat Benatar” on the condition that she have cosmetic surgery and leave Hellion.
After Hellion’s self-titled 12″ made its way onto the import charts in Kerrang!, Sounds and Aardschok magazines, London-based record company Music for Nations offered the band a recording contract and gave the band money to record two more songs which were added to the earlier recording to make the six-song Hellion Mini-LP. Tracks No. 2 through No. 5 are from that release.
In 1990, Hellion performed at the first “Monsters of Rock” festival in the former USSR. The same year, Hellion also became the first American band to tour the former USSR, where they supported legendary Russian speed metal band Kruiz, which featured guitarist Val Gaina.
Artist: Hellion
Album: Hellion
Year: 1983/1984
Label: Music For Nations
Style: Heavy Metal
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Tracklist
01 Break The Spell 4:12
02 Don’t Take No 4:25
03 Backstabber 3:37
04 Lookin’ For A Good Time 3:16
05 Driving Hard 3:55
06 Up From The Depths 5:28
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