Quartz from Birmingham live on BBC tv Midlands Look Hear program in 1979 Line-up: Mike Taylor (vocals) Mike Hopkins (guitar) Geoff Nicholls (guitar / keyboards) Derek Arnold (bass) Malcolm Cope (drums) Track: Wildfire
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@whytegroovin5 жыл бұрын
they were the perfect bridge between seventies hard rock and nwobhm !!!
@portcullis5622 Жыл бұрын
At one of the first gigs I ever attended, I saw Quartz open for Rush at a packed Queen's Hall, Leeds in 1980. When I say packed, it was dangerously so. You could barely move.
@cfbastiat17 жыл бұрын
Stand Up and Fight is a must-have album. It gets better with each listen.
@lins26510 жыл бұрын
Fuckin' awesome. Don't matter how they look like, they were and still great. Hail to Quartz!
@mickybiggs72563 жыл бұрын
I knew Mick... he sang with my band many times, lovely funny guy xx
@Firecrest768 ай бұрын
Saw Quartz live back in the day at legendary rock venue Bogarts and Digbeth Civic Hall in Birmingham, UK. Great band live and loved the single Nantucket Sleighride.
@charllesxavier28973 жыл бұрын
Classic heavy metal!! New wave of british heavy metal rules.! 🤟🤟
@hugobear116 жыл бұрын
No surprise as Iommi produced Quartz' first LP and they supported Sabbs on the Sabotage tour. Why is SABOTAGE never mentioned when people talk about Sabbath?? It's the heaviest LP ever made with the all-time greatest riffs. God, this stuff stops daily life slipping into the abyss. btw, also check out another band Iommi produced called Necromandus in 1971! rock on.
@TristisMiserabilis10 ай бұрын
Thank you Hugo, I did not know that, and I will!
@paulede2230 Жыл бұрын
looking forward to seeing Quartz again later this year at Nuneaton, still sound as good as back then
@MaidenMessiah17 жыл бұрын
Quartz had some awesome songs. Street Fighting Lady, Around and Around, Mainline Riders. Thanks for posting these. It's taken me ages to find Quartz on youtube. I once met the base player ordering a chinese takeaway! Great band from the past!
@paulede22302 жыл бұрын
Still going now. Saw them before lockdown.
@robertclarke84563 жыл бұрын
IT'S great when one of your old school pals fronts s great group me and Taffy played football and cricket in the same school teams from age 9years till leaving school aged 15 Taffy then joined my brothers group The Valentines playing locally around Bromsgrove Worc's. Glad he went on to better things 👍👍👍
@chrishopkins7715 жыл бұрын
The riff in the verse starts out like the riff on Megalomania from Sabatoge (the one where Ozzy's singing "feel it slipping away...."
@signsmusic13 жыл бұрын
... while Geoff Nicholls (RIP) would soon join Black Sabbath...
@robbyt36533 жыл бұрын
Dude, I was thinking the same fucking thing! That part is very similar.
@bluesoddity20944 ай бұрын
Judas Priest has like 14 songs that have that same riff😅
@BRUMMIETIM16 жыл бұрын
Wildfire was released as single on Reddigton Rare Records an indepedant record label in Birmingham. alternative version of song appeared on acclaimed Stand Up & Fight album on MCA Records. Mick, Dek and Mal still producing stuff today. Geoff is still in contact and has recently been writing stuff on Tony Martin CD SCREAM. Taffy is takng it easy in Weymouth these days.
@nikolaosmosxakis33954 ай бұрын
very good.............................................................................................
@BillBailey013 жыл бұрын
Lead guitarist used to work in Reddingtons Rair Records, nice to find this. "The theme music used throughout the series run was the closing bars of "Nantucket Sleighride", originally written and recorded by the progressive rock group Mountain"
@rodrigozzy11 жыл бұрын
Geoff Nichols playing guitar! Awesome! Love that guy!
@shoot_the_glass56544 жыл бұрын
He did some keyboard work for sabbath in the eighties aswell
@dave415 жыл бұрын
I went out for steak and chips last night and ended up drinking with Derek the Bass Player in my local pub. Nice bloke.
@markstoneman15853 жыл бұрын
Saw quartz support Saxon, wheels of steel tour 1980 Birmingham odeon ✌
@JerryMetal19793 жыл бұрын
great year my year
@GuitarFF16 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is from one of my all time favorite albums - always loved Quartz!
@beowulf20711 жыл бұрын
Saw these live in the late 70's/early 80's...top band!!
@paulede22302 жыл бұрын
Saw them before lockdown. They do more in Europe than back home. They still have a big following over there
@nightcomers668 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Mike Taylor
@e3031616 жыл бұрын
These guys are excellent - many thanks for posting. I've got to track down their back catalogue now - my credit card company will love me....
@alan1kenny15 жыл бұрын
these were a great band in their day !
@bmmaaate3 жыл бұрын
I randomly bought this on 7" today as I wanted to hear Nantucket Sleighride and had never heard of this band. They are really good. I was not expecting the Chav/Glam look though! Adidas glitter rules!
@IgorsDeepPurpleUniverse7 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Geoff Nicholls
@JamesDurbinOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Vicious!!
@thepetesuprize31263 жыл бұрын
beautiful sabbath tone
@Iratimalatesta11 жыл бұрын
WILDFIREEEE SMOKIN GRASS!!
@HazeDisallo15 жыл бұрын
their debut album's "Quartz", is a Tony Iommi production. I Love Quartz!
@nomisj14 жыл бұрын
One of my favourites
@KokoRicky13 жыл бұрын
As much as I love the later, more extreme metal (speed, thrash, black, death, etc.). there is a very special place in my heart for the NWOBHM. I really love the galloping, steady tempos, the hard rock roots, the ridiculous fashion, the carefree attitude. I wish I could have been around in the late 70s when the second wave began.
@baldvale54184 жыл бұрын
It was awsome : )
@graffititigger11 жыл бұрын
This rendition rules! Much better than the album version. At the 3:17 point, the hair on my neck stands up. It is so intensely awesome!
@Aladinsane7711 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff
@mykroz9 жыл бұрын
Nice Adidas suit
@MrStarlight198012 жыл бұрын
Also the two guitarists playing john birch SGs...birch built Sgs for iommi too!
@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev62514 жыл бұрын
Awesome tune
@archiecrawley87976 жыл бұрын
that green adidas jogging is really over the top !!!
@gleivesvianabarroso81205 жыл бұрын
Rock cru sem muita tecnologia muito bom épocas de ouro nao voltara mais so em videos como esse raros
@sittingduhk14 жыл бұрын
this is awesome,
@xnoelle2511 жыл бұрын
They look cool
@BillBailey013 жыл бұрын
Lead guitarist used to work in Reddingtons Rair Records, nice to find this.
@atomicpunk71093 жыл бұрын
True rockers.
@souljacker312 жыл бұрын
like the tracksuit
@zosorunes9114 жыл бұрын
@chrishopkins77 some black sabbath influence for sure
@D0NL18K07 жыл бұрын
r.i.p mike taylor
@crusingandbrusingtv38246 жыл бұрын
Hail Quartz" \m/
@hugobear116 жыл бұрын
the b-side is the definitive version...the LP version is horribly neutered...STILL have it on my jukebox after all these years.
@superfluppe5 жыл бұрын
There are a few songs by Quartz that I really like. The problem is that they were not very cohesive both in terms of songwriting and looks. Some bands don't have that chemistry or vision to make it . Tony Iommi gave them the equipment and the sound (he produced their first record) and they got to support Black Sabbath on many occasions, but that wouldn't take them too far ...
@haskpts8 жыл бұрын
1979 .... Heavy track.
@tet196313 жыл бұрын
Image problem, it was 79' guys, dinner jackets and trackies were out, leather and jeans in, they supported Sabbath hence the very Sabbathy riffs.
@dyr2346 жыл бұрын
too bad their wasn't a studio version of this song but this video and performance still makes it good enough
@DoctorWho19835 жыл бұрын
There was, off "Stand up and Fight" album
@purplegrant13 жыл бұрын
@einaroneeye from 79/80 to around 2004. Longest time served in Sabbath after Tony Iommi.
@hugobear116 жыл бұрын
awesome...happy memories...Geoff Nicholls went on to Sabbath and still plays with them...their version of NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE was used for Weekend World, not Mountain's... great band - stuck between the 2 stools of trad metal and trendy NWOBHM
@mark-wh2qc9 жыл бұрын
First album produced By Tony Iommi, Might explain the Sabbath Sound..
@BenRangel9 жыл бұрын
mark wood Cool fact! Maybe that's why I love it so much. I think it sounds amazing and the sound on the record makes it feel a lot heavier than it could have been with another producer.
@dyr2346 жыл бұрын
no way! was it really produced by tony?
@shoot_the_glass56544 жыл бұрын
I've got the hard copy of the first album, Tony is in the credits
@RavishWarriors31010 жыл бұрын
SMOKIN GRASS!!!!!!!!!!!!
@lrn_news91714 жыл бұрын
This is better than the studio version
@graffititigger11 жыл бұрын
This version is better than the studio. The vocals are more intense.
@corm100014 жыл бұрын
also check out buffalo from down under they had a song called shlock that was as heavy as master of the universe and predated it by two years,
@BRUMMIETIM16 жыл бұрын
Hugobear1 tend to agree with your comment although did you know that there is a 3rd version with geoff Nicholls on vocals that appears on Quartz Anthology double CD release in 2004 I think?
@markrago53385 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Megalomania off Black Sabbath Sabotage. Time keep slipping away, slipping into tomorrow.
@tonygooda564111 жыл бұрын
good old taffy on vocal's
@SAHBfan16 жыл бұрын
I saw these guys at the Polytechnic Of Wales in 1979. I'm from the Midlands, but didn't get to see my local Hard Rock bands, Quartz, Jameson Raid, Split Beaver etc. until I went to college and they were good enough to follow me :-) A lot of these lesser known bands were really great, solid hard rock acts live that would blow a lot of the ponces who made the big time off the stage (you know who I mean ;-) Alas, by this time image and looks had too much to do with it when signing bands...
@BenRangel9 жыл бұрын
Got any more old Quartz live videos? Would love to hear Stand Up and Figh, Stocking Up the Fires of Hello or Rock 'n' Roll Child but haven't been able to find em
@NeilThompson3015 жыл бұрын
They were both managed by Don Arden for a while!
@kentshowstopper15 жыл бұрын
saw them in 1980 at hammersmith supporting gillan, thank god that by then the singer had switched his dodgy track suit for a ozzy style fringed suede number. who was his stylist, jimmy saville??
@TompComp Жыл бұрын
Is this early inspiration for Justin Broadrick of Birmingham?
@HevyImpaler15 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine 'em playing live Satan's Serenade with that attire ... specially Mike ''Joggin' '' Taylor, hehehe. Although this is indeed a burning track.
@ozzy2k1111 жыл бұрын
these guys remind me of sabbath
@evelskunny15 жыл бұрын
totaly not what i expected them to look like,a lil image make over would of helped,
@antimente14 жыл бұрын
smokin grass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@edwardcastillo9750 Жыл бұрын
Did you notice same quitars as Iommi
@mccartney211 жыл бұрын
I used to own the independent release of this song...out on single in er 79 I think... the b side was a version of Nantucket Sleighride... it was a far superior version of "Wild Fire" .better production..more powerful than the later album version..with better vocals... the dinger sounding like Noddy Holder..I remember being very dissapointed with the album version.. it sucked !!
@einaroneeye14 жыл бұрын
Didn't Geoff Nichols go on to spend some time on keys for Sabbath in the 80s?
@lordstray14 жыл бұрын
How great was the 70/80 bands... where I can get the lyrics?
@marceloacosta17425 ай бұрын
Es como jetro Tull pero mas diabólico y pesado👹
@RueMorgueDweller11 жыл бұрын
Excellent song. Goofy outfits.
@kostasxrysogelos6 жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot (and I mean A LOT) like "Megalomania".
@MaidenMessiah17 жыл бұрын
I think if the front man had shaved his beard off, dyed his hair black, put some gel in it and put some leather clothing on Quartz may have been as successful as Iron Maiden. Sorry but it's sad they didn't fulfil their potential.
@gardipa56536 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Noddy
@tet196313 жыл бұрын
tOTAL IMAGE PROBLEM, OK SONG
@lordharry4236 ай бұрын
Great song he looks like a prancing kermit the frog
@tet196315 жыл бұрын
The image was crap then, hilariously naff, one of them has a smoking jacket on and the singer looks like he's out for a jog!!
@billgeezeriommi8 жыл бұрын
The main riff sounds like Megalomania by Black Sabbath, at least they rip off a good band
@D0NL18K07 жыл бұрын
BillGeezerIommi mike taylor (singer) actually grew up with ozzy osbourne in brum
@eldonb4029 жыл бұрын
The most over used riff in metal.
@richardhewlett56037 жыл бұрын
Over used like your mum.
@eldonb4027 жыл бұрын
Richard Hewlett Wow, did you write that all by yourself? Good job!
@richardhewlett56037 жыл бұрын
Eldon B Don't cry.
@lonegroover14 жыл бұрын
Saw this band supporting Rush in the '70s. Pretty awful Sabbath clones.
@heresyify6 жыл бұрын
lonegroover, get over yourself tool, they are Quartz being Quartz. Everyone gets influence from somewhere.
@ReidlyB111 жыл бұрын
Yeah -- what a rip-off!
@Olderthantimeitself13 жыл бұрын
Ah Bandylegs. Got to tour with Sabbath, became Quartz and churned out 3rd division music. This is crap.