Hanover Fist - Metal Of The Night (1985)

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[@iosifpateroulis1081]

The distribution of music in the 80s was horrendous. This song should have been the No 1 metal anthem of 1985, but I have only just heard about it in 2020, and that's because of youtube !

[@ddown71]

yup..i would have never known about this badass song in the 80s if not for watching the Chris Penn movie Wild Life. Couldnt believe this song wasn't constantly on radio metal shows we listened to every week...like Metal Shop..House of Hair....

[@chrisb2535]

@@ddown71 Yep. I'd never even heard the whole song until KZbin. The other day something made me think about this song, but I had to google the movie soundtrack to figure out what it was.

[@robtipton1551]

Actually, Keel’s The Right To Rock should ha e been the metal anthem on ‘85. This Hanover Fist track can also be heard in the film The Wild Life, which is when I first heard it in ‘85

[@chrisb2535]

@@robtipton1551 Yeah, that's when I first heard it. I probably watched The Wild Life about 100 times on HBO back in the day.

[@robtipton1551]

@@chrisb2535 It was originally intended to be a sequel to Fast Times At Ridgemont High and was also written by Cameron Crowe-he even put his wife, Nancy Wilson of Heart in that cameo scene. Another interest note-Eddie Van Halen did the soundtrack and you can hear a few tracks that ended up on 5150 and OU812

[@Jam-ce5ss]

i remember the first time watching the movie "The Wild Life" . and hearing this song.. what an awesome time to be alive..

[@darksidebakeries7011]

June 24th 2023, this is the day I found this song. I have had this song in my head for damned near 40 years now. Growing up a metal head in the 80's I first heard this song playing in a soundtrack in a movie. I recall it was some coming of age flick and "to the ray-D-O" in the lyrics, that was all I had to go on. You would not believe how many obscure metal bands of the 80's I have listened through over the years trying to solve the provenance of this song. I can now go to my death with a sense of completion.

[@scottwarsing9713]

The Wild life

[@mandomendez5618]

Same here, luckily I remembered the name of the movie,the wild life

[@masterofreality1552]

Its crazy,been banging my head since mid 80's.Never heard this until 2023 as well,and thats just bizarre to me.I also just discovered another by Maniac,called we curse at you.I discovered it in Nov.23.I cant get it out of my head.Sometimes i play it 2 or three times consecutively.Just cant believe i never came across it before.I may never have,if not for youtube.

[@masterofreality1552]

​@@scottwarsing9713 Another good one,the riff in that one is just nasty.Also discovered that one in 23.Got to love those wormholes!

[@user-yo2er2ic9s]

R.I.P.

[@tommyguns5423]

Fuc£en awesome song! I just heard it this morning while waiting for food at the drive thru. 3-24-24. I’m 45 years old and been a metal head all my life. How did I miss this!!!???

[@komoru]

Join the club. Just discovered this gem this year, along with Saraya "Healing Touch" etc. Stuff I never heard on the radio. Also try the band VAIN, though I've been listening to them for over a decade now! 🎸

[@khwmdwnbasumatary5419]

Can listen to this all day long

[@JoewRicht-ml8dw]

No doubt ....right

[@mikewazowski350]

What bothers me about the radio in the 80's was that bands like this never got any airtime. Everything was mainstream and if the band wasn't liked by the executives behind the desks they didn't give enough effort to advertise the music. Not that mainstream didn't have some good bands like this, but geez, this is the first time I've heard this band and I'm someone who grew up in the 80's.

[@lukeskywalker1840]

Damn this still rocks!!!!

[@johntorres1186]

Yes it does sir

[@paulguzman1634]

Can you name a time when there were so many excellent bands of almost every persuasion and style from blues, country, rock, jazz and acid rock evolving with artists injecting their own individuality, So Many that the radio stations and the media could only spotlight a few? We who lived through one of the "Golden Ages of Music" during the 60's through the 70's and 80's into the 90's can do so with enthusiasm, and Proof! Here is a perfect example of budding greatness in a band that I cannot even remember even through all the music that I immersed myself into and LIVED! The many concerts, clubs, the outdoor parties and the music festivals through those years! We Truly did not know what we had then!! The Hanover Fist character from Heavy Metal turned me onto this band when it popped into my "suggestions". What a Treat!! May those artists who follow, Evolve in ways that touch our spirit, and our very souls like many of these incredible bands. So Far, Little I have heard can even approach the kind of Brilliance that became the backdrop of many of our lives. The messages then, were mostly positive, inspiring, love themed and these bands were TIGHT, many with people who really could play several different instruments, sing (Well!) and perform!!! What happened? What's with The messages of "all about me" and Sex along with the negativity of Hate and Confusion that seem to be becoming more and more predominant??!!! What about The Music?! From 2020 to BACK FROM THE 80's, Many Mahalo's!!

[@johnfoltz8183]

Now a lot of genres are a mishmash of stuff, pop and rap

[@SilentShadow07]

I may not have been around in the 80s but this song is absolute fire 🤘🏻 (I’m 23) and this type of rock makes me feel pure nostalgia ❤️ #bringbackthe80s

[@AlS-oq8kj]

Great to see the younger generation getting into good music!

[@marvinmiller7680]

1:06

[@marvinmiller7680]

Good choice Youngblood

[@henrya5126]

###LYRICS### It was 3 a.m., we were listening to the radio I heard a two fisted sound comin' on like a cannonball Fahrenheit one-o-five it was screamin' like a buzzsaw If you please turn it up, I don't believe we're breakin' the law Breakin' the law All through the night (through the night) Through the dark on the light (Through the night) all through the night Out of mind and out of sight In the metal of the night (in the metal) In the metal of the Operator, operator, can you tell me are you there on the line? Got a number, I'm a lover and I do believe I'm wastin' time Just a stompin' and a poppin' to jumpin' jack flash When it comes up from behind and kicks you like a whiplash All through the night (through the night) Through the dark on the light (Through the night) all through the night Out of mind and out of sight In the metal of the night (in the metal) In the metal of the It was 3 a.m., we were listening to the radio I heard a two fisted sound comin' on like a cannonball Fahrenheit one-o-five it was screamin' like a buzzsaw If you please turn it up, I don't believe we're breakin' the law Breakin' the law All through the night (through the night) Through the dark on the light (Through the night) all through the night Out of mind and out of sight In the metal of the night (in the metal) In the metal of the In the metal of the night (in the metal) In the metal of the night (in the metal) Night, it's gonna be all right (of the night) (In the metal) take you to the mornin' light In the metal of the night (of the night) (In the metal) night (of the night) (In the metal)

[@sheiladaniels9552]

Remember this from The Wild Life 1984 movie.

[@brianmuniz664]

I so miss this kind of metal!

[@steelerblues]

the wild life

[@travissloan6864]

+Scott D This was the song blaring in the background when the little fucker was working his num-chucks in his room in The Wild Life. OK Movie. Loved this song.

[@travissloan6864]

@R + It's a character in a movie. MAKE BELIEVE. End of the day, nothing personal.

[@jamaludin5887]

Travis Sloan that little ducker was a Fukien cool kid

[@jamaludin5887]

Fucker not ducka

[@jackdarbyshire5888]

Ya i went out and got the album after seeing the movie at the theater,not a bad song but has to be played at max volume to really appreciate it 🤘💣💥☠

[@adrianap5010]

I loved the wild Life . Had a crush on Jim (Ilan Mitchell - smith ) I love and miss the 80’s. I still love this song. Jim and those num chucks . The best !!!!!

[@Jam-ce5ss]

epic 80's movie

[@VikingHammerX]

Another bad ass 80's metal anthem!

[@4stringz.]

almost 40 years on and this song still gets my adrenaline going. I don't think this has even been out of rotation of my mixes

[@gunnaman_54]

Jim and the Nun-chuks with the bird dancing...classic

[@battlestarmarc]

Great song, 80's style. Wild life film.

[@chrisb2535]

I probably watched that movie like 100 times on HBO. :)

[@Jam-ce5ss]

@@chrisb2535 when was it on hbo

[@chrisb2535]

@@Jam-ce5ss Back in the early/mid 80s, it was on all the time. You can find it on free streaming services if you look.

[@battlestarmarc]

@@chrisb2535 Good film. Chris Penn was so funny.

[@JOEX3006]

It’s casual……

[@mercierjanice]

LOVE THIS SONG!!!

[@MrRemo71]

"I got a buddy that's a vet; I should bring him down here sometime. This place is a worthless hole!"

[@Neilbear5820]

one of the best sounding Metal Albums of the early 80s, along side with Quiet Riot Metal Health.

[@Devil6CR]

dam right, still got the lp.

[@mercierjanice]

Guy on far right was BFF Timmy

[@battlestarmarc]

Great change up at 1:23.

[@corrbenbernsten4902]

ilan Mitchell Smith and Judie Aronson's ❤ song 🎵

[@lilyweber7889]

With Randy Quaid

[@corrbenbernsten4902]

Hell yeah Randy Quaid would be the priest

[@metalheart80s]

Killer track, this band sounds like a crossing between Keel and TKO.

[@UlvedaL666]

Please put this gem on Spotify!

[@charlesgreen8703]

To the 10 people who dislike this...It’s Casual!

[@Heather-gl1xp]

Hahaha it’s casual

[@cherylwhitney2179]

To those haters may the soil of your world be stained with the blood of fallen angles

[@masterofreality1552]

Never heard this before,just found it randomly.I cant get the chorus out of my head.

[@mohamoloko9173]

fucking awsom song wish i was born in the 60's so i could hear it in my twentee's

[@stevebutler3165]

Wow love this song ! This band kicks ass

[@stephanieu.]

Great Rock'n Song🎸

[@Heather-gl1xp]

This song is great. Love the guitar riff. They could t have had a better song to play while buddy was working out with nunchucks.

[@jameelliot9415]

"THE Wild Life" anyone?

[@battlestarmarc]

Good film.

[@michaeltryon673]

Awsome totally awsome.

[@zockertomate8718]

This is Amazingly good rock !

[@johnnyeco280]

This track was made possible and saw the light of day thanks to EVH. He heard the demo tape from a stack he had in his car. It wound up on the Wild Life soundtrack. Such an undiscovered jewel of a song. I've loved it since i first heard it ⚡️⚡️

[@issy8849]

WHY ISNT THIS ON SPOTIFY 😭😭😭

[@user-vq9ig5du9c]

Que música maravilhosa meu Deus

[@zdenekurban7950]

Ok god cd band hardrock metal of 80 years of Canadian 🎸😊🤘

[@coldblaze4249]

Great movie.....Great song

[@vemcomachines9634]

Shame it isn’t on Spotify

[@javieramaya1434]

Bad news

[@techmaester]

No contract with the record label and artist. Being inactive for years, Spotify does not have legal rights to stream their work. A pity, but that's to be expected with underrated bands as this.

[@lecturehc]

Thank you for this great track!

[@magorzataworoch1002]

swietny album zespolu hanover fist oraz super piosenka oraz wspanialy zespol hanover fist

[@robtipton1551]

That dude always sounded very much like Ron Keel

[@Nitro1000]

I always thought it was Keel and wondered why I couldn't find it on any Keel album

[@chrisb2535]

Definitely! Hanover Fist has the right to rock!

[@ludedude5228]

He sure does and Ron keel sucks It's not singing It's just a sad imitation of Pee Wee Herman 👺

[@CobraScarlett95]

One of my favorite songs.

[@lintu25]

WTF i was a kid when they do the song. And this is still awesome.

[@danielangelfizz5539]

There's a New Wave band called Hanover Fist , too. From 1986, they had a Hit song called-- Razor Garden ....which is a good song even by 80's Metal & Rock & New Wave Rock standards

[@thecube6739]

Always listen to this song with my dad in the truck!

[@katherineklinger8218]

Hanover fist good canadian band yeahh

[@prohxan8841]

Calling Hanover Fist

[@Defender80s]

I am crying inside. Thank you you soab!

[@adammontre7944]

80s flashback!!

[@josephbuckle9890]

What a fkn song, seriously !

[@aubreymartin3111]

Crank up the volume!

[@hermananaya2383]

this is good shit...

[@Ooofaa-Maa]

Never heard of this song or this band. How is that possible?

[@JDunk302]

5:14 sounds legendary

[@SUCHY1983ify]

Great stuff

[@MR.KERNAN]

Great song thanks 🤙

[@isabellecrystyne8045]

Amoooooooo ❤️

[@Jamal-zn8sc]

True... only this !!! =]

[@adammontre7944]

Awsome!!

[@Tylerdurden84136]

I like metal and nunchakus because of jimmy

[@headbanger818able]

I feel like there's some random country person somewhere drinking moonshine to this LMFAO

[@rokinrandy]

Well yea 🤷‍♀️

[@headbanger818able]

MY FATHER TOOK ME TO SEE DEEP PURPLE AND BLUE OYSTER CULT OPENED IM A HIGHWAY STAR MADE MY HEARTRATE GO UP

[@magorzataworoch1002]

swietne zdjecie zespolu hanover fist

[@josesanz329]

Great 🤘🤘 What is the line up or members ?

[@wilsonhernandez4508]

🤘🤘🤘

[@thecube6739]

#bringbackthe80s

[@pranavsambamurti7746]

It's Casual..........LOL!!

[@briantaylor1391]

Num Chucks baby... 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@SacredLuzt777]

George Bernhardth was a great guitarist, wonder why he didn't really make it big in a solid band.

[@mrmarron2015]

This is a solid band......

[@johnnyguitar6639]

@@mrmarron2015 They managed what 2 albums? Not what I would call solid

[@Malte-Micha]

@@johnnyguitar6639 That is 2 albums to their credit, how many do you have! back then just to get an album out was good! Success, well that was the issue. just because you as good a George Lynch (Dokken) don't mean your gonna be successful! Are they a solid tight band, yes! Did they make it, no. Welcome to the music industry!! it's worse now to make it than it was in 84!

[@Malte-Micha]

A great band indeed, unfortunately fell under the radar! I'm looking for their albums though!

[@KingGrio]

It's kind of interesting. This band sounds professional through and through. How they play, how it's produced, how it's mixed etc. And still I've just accidentally found them by finding out they're on the soundtrack of The Wild Life along with Van Halen. I wouldn't say they are a fantastic band, and I'm way past my teens and already have my favourite classic metal bands so hearing them now doesn't really work for me because I've lost interest for material in this style of music. But I'm pretty sure if I had heard this as a kid I would have loved it, and it makes me wonder what makes a band like Ratt be successful while this one go unnoticed. To me they're of similar caliber.

[@newingvaeona8907]

Same for the 80s pantera albums.

[@newperson9662]

It was just easy to go unnoticed back then, so luck played a bigger part. Also mediocre bands that were more persistent found more success than great ones that gave up sooner

[@taijiiamx8915]

每賣~

[@MemeDogger]

I just realized, this guy sounds like a more badass version of Ron Keel!!!

[@johnnylombardi8384]

Wish I could get this movie on DVD. Unfortunately, copyright issues prevent its release. The CD is available on EBay.

[@vielmaleo1970]

I have this music video, but the movie is for sale on ebay on DVD.

[@TheReverend74]

named after a german boxer whose certainly became a part time actor in the us o a took his tand in the ghostbuster movie as that guy from transivania

[@piercedxangel]

It's casual...

[@andhyusnaborussaprogenofil5203]

callejero deberia escuchar eso .. jajaja buen tema que paso jason

[@mr.d.572]

Does anyone know where I can find live footage of this band?

[@vielmaleo1970]

I only have the music video.

[@headbanger818able]

Freebird

[@user-zx2nf2kf1s]

КАЙФ

[@ogungel2009]

gençliğim nerde?

[@noahthundermiller630]

🤟

[@anibalabad3869]

Lowkey sounds like a metal version of pink floyd

[@headbanger818able]

Did they make any stripper songs?

[@rokinrandy]

Lol I don’t remember this. Sounds kind of like Ron keel singing. The 80s were awesome though.

[@mikerecto9794]

Flesh of the Rock

[@techmaester]

They tried to roll off some famed page taken from the likes of Judas Priest, Quiet Riot, and possibly Don Dokken (you can notice the Under Lock and Key trademark sound here--coincidence?). Unrelated to the Electronic artist of the same name (The Tyger, Razor Garden, etc.).

[@marianovallejo3107]

Sounds like "War Machine" from KISS. :v

[@headbanger818able]

I KNOW MY FATHER KNOWS THIS DAM MY FATHER IS A BADASS DAM 4REAL

[@headbanger818able]

Watching sin City smoking weed

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