Raven - Chainsaw - BBC TV

[@corvettebmw]

I SAW METALLICA OPEN FOR RAVEN IN 1983, THOSE WERE THE DAY'S.

[@johngallagher7744]

er..they did not!...only time Metallica headlined over us was 2014 in Sao Paulo Brazil...we headlined every one of the "kill em all for one" shows mate....

[@johngallagher7744]

and the Roseland show in 1984....

[@corvettebmw]

Hey i was there at least, to many shows to remember, you came off the stage during a song and i patted you on the back and played some air bass with you next to me, i do remember that, i am glad i was wrong so you could personally message me.

[@skeene_6824]

Kill em all for one baby

[@brendanjarvis8554]

See you tomorrow night in Tulsa, John!

[@Daniel-um9ye]

Priest, Maiden, Raven, Saxon, Motorhead., True metal in its definition..thanks for this

[@panicrev555]

This is one of those bands that if you give them a chance they really grow on you. When I first heard Stay Hard I wasn't sure about it. The album really grew on me the more I listened to it.

[@timbuk1126]

Great old school metal from England. Love em! Despite all the naysayers on here, Raven influenced alot of bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Death, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Exodus, Anthrax, Testament, Bathory etc.

[@BigSCTVfan]

How could just one guitarist be so loud? Feels like the sound of five guitarists going at once.

[@jameshall878]

reminds me of - goodbye cream /"I'm so glad"🎸.

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Mark is so TERRIBLY underrated it pisses me off...one of the best of the NWOBHM era along with Sykes,Campbell,Collens

[@douglashester6127]

They sound exactly the same live, even in a smaller club. Loud, full and rich. I'm not sure how they do it.

[@peehandshihtzu]

Love that his bass has a whammy bar. So fricken' sick! :) \M/

[@kojikabuto9322]

In 1986 Raven was my favorite band! Still does! im 49 now!

[@brogoram]

OPEN YOUR EYES WIDE!! (to all assholes who say "strats style guitars and single coil can't do metal"..)

[@GoldenGateNum9]

*If people listened to twats like that, Metal wouldnt of even existed in the first place, they would of believed* *that you can learn & make music only by going to university, yeah right.*

[@markcbb]

Probably the greatest live band I ever saw and I've seen hundreds.

[@hughzapretti-boyden9187]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@burkaytanr7778]

They play so precisely at live shows. Despite this video is being pretty old they still sound neat. John Gallagher is a very underrated vocalist.

[@serenechaosuk4682]

an obscure hard rock band like Raven of the BBC? No Way ! (Mind you, if Napalm Death can appear on kids' TV then it ain't so surprising !)

[@itkojecockot]

glorious days of NWOBHM

[@vincentkilpatrick3808]

Love Mark's guitar chops and tone. Awesome guitarist. Nice dude too.

[@MetalrecordsOnline]

I've seen Raven live 2-3 times and have met John, Mark & Joe..Awesome music and band

[@lonechaney300]

In the american Thrash Metal scene of the 80's ALL thrash metal bands give credits to NWOBHM. ALL. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, Overkill, Testament, Nuclear Assault, etc... American power metal scene in the 80's, ditto. American death metal scene in the 80's, ditto. American Prog Metal scene in the 80s, ditto. Bands of all those scenes always cited NWOBHM as their main influence.

[@davidhenrylake2047]

The guitar player is one my main guitar heroes

[@Tessmage]

The early 80's were an awsome time for Heavy Metal. Classic bands like Raven, Mercyful Fate, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Witchfinder General, Ozzy with Randy Rhoades... Man, those days will never come back. The music that passes for "metal" these days is unbelievably crappy and uninspired compared to vintage gems like this. If I see another KZbin pee-wee making references to unoriginal copycats like Zakk Wylde, then I think I'm gonna hurl. NWOBHM was and is the best metal era of all-time.

[@garyunsworth726]

Too right mate 👍

[@burkaytanr7778]

NWOBHM And OSDM are the best of metal for me

[@dogdrill08]

@rabidgerry Thank you. I couldn't have said it better. @darrin conner Raven were so ahead of their time by light years. Do some music research. You desperately need it. Raven has been over the top for close to 40 years. Non stop touring and releasing album after album. I suppose you don't like Motörhead either since Lemmy has a unique voice as well. Crawl back under your rock and rethink your uneducated musical statements.

[@insidethesuns]

maaan you can hear the 70's out of the 80's. This is amazing.

[@funzjag]

When I was a teenager and first listened to Raven , I thought that they were Canadians because the drummer was wearing a hockey goalie mask.

[@infidelzombie9382]

They are from my area of the north of England. Saw them in 83 and I'm sure I permanently lost some hearing because it. Well worth it too

[@ivory1202]

素晴らしいバンド　本当に演奏力が高い　3人で最高の音が出せる

[@PabloSebastianGuajardo]

00:03 Que buen Riff!!! suena como una mano maldita de un motor V8. jejeje...

[@massapower]

These guys were always ahead of their time. Great FKN RIFFS !

[@ollilehtonen2762]

Thanks for this great performance! They sure are the pioneers of metal. Kind of punky also. But great musician with great attitude.

[@jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712]

fuck yeah bad ass track from one of the best new wave of british heavy metal bands raven. man them vocals could break glass with the scream. killer live performance too. #nwobhmforever

[@DJJSerpico]

Saw (Neil Turbin era) Anthrax and Metallica open for Raven. All 3 bands were EQUALLY great that night.

[@777mastershredder]

Raven Super speed ,Punk ,metal, Thrath and then some/ always entertaining rip it up Raven

[@ezequielcronswell8520]

Those were the days !!

[@driffter1976]

Saw them last night, still heavy as fuck.

[@alexandreteixeirabenjamin6539]

Contrabaixo vermelho formato de guitarra Gibson Explorer. Lindo.E ainda tem alavanca!

[@duncan-rmi]

following glen cornish's example, john made (or got someone to make) the whammy bridge himself, because there was nothing on the market. I think the body is home-made, with a fender jazz neck, but yes- patterned after an explorer shape. this was 1980-81, long before BC Rich & the other pointy guitars of speed metal.

[@duncan-rmi]

"My custom red explorer with the tremolo was added by the next album. I had asked for a bass that could not be broken..so it’s a plywood body, a copy jazz neck, Schaller machines and a DiMarzio P pickup…I cajoled a local repair guy to build me a tremolo…and added a bridge pickup not long after."

[@shredman87.57]

Mark is a underrated guitar player

[@gabrielrearte3050]

WILD performance! This is HM!

[@MiguelCruz-cd8jk]

i met the singer in a supermarket last summer and i didn't know who they where. now i seem him every week

[@guitarguts666]

none of these other bands mentioned were anywhere close to as fast as Raven were. 5 guys were trying to play keep up with 3. Still to this day this band is simple brilliant. Fuck Metallica! They should have at least repaid Raven over the years to tour with them, Raven showed them the ropes and Metallica never did shit for them. Lars acts like such a uber fan how come he's not bringing bands out to play shows without them as a thank you for the inspiration and helping us.

[@man0]

can you upload the whole concert?? would be awesome!!!

[@dogdrill08]

@ vimanasguitar69 Raven...British Metal from Newcastle.....

[@bringyourownsnake980]

If they got 50 bucks from every eventual rock star they inspired, it would likely equal more money than they actually made.

[@steelerfreak1977]

Oh man, this song gets me every time! I love it!

[@boneidle626]

Proto thrash! Saw them a couple of times, fast and heavy AF!😮

[@econoroller]

the sickest metal trio ever...

[@KHMMedia]

Metallica and Slayer are fans! Me too... Damn great rockin' [live] band! 🤘🤘

[@TheAccusationNetwork]

My god, this is awesome! Before I die, I WILL see Raven live. Rock until you DROP!

[@guitarguts666]

none of these other bands mentioned were anywhere close to as fast as Raven were. 5 guys were trying to play keep up with 3. Still to this day this band is simple brilliant. Fuck Metallica! They should have at least repaid Raven over the years to tour with them, Raven showed them the ropes and Metallica never did shit for them. Lars acts like such a uber fan how come he's not bringing bands out to play shows without them as a thank you for the inspiration and helping us.

[@Gregbaltzer]

Yeah, except you're now wrong. Lars did several interviews for the band on their home DVD, and Metallica got Raven to open for them in 2014 in Brazil.

[@duncan-rmi]

just watching john gallagher makes my fingers hurt.

[@drrumms2087]

Raven! Have the first 2 album on vinyl. Awesome vocals(-:

[@jesuscampos8136]

The only thing I couldn't stand about Raven was the singers vocals. 😖

[@akibakousei242]

ワッコはこのままで良かった…変人にならなくても…

[@duntalkin]

I don't normally like metal, but this is great

[@massapower]

80's MeTaL can't be BEAT !! 😛🤟

[@rexmaskimus]

Just saw these guys live tonight and damn... what a badass performance!

[@benmen8699]

GLENN HUGHES MEETS GEDDY LEE WOW. INTENSE!!!!!!

[@andyviper4776]

Brilliant band, original one 3 persons make noise like 5

[@rperelli]

@Tessmage and i proudly lived those years as i was born in 1966...saw Raven live in 1982 twice...good times that will never come back :(

[@billgeezeriommi]

@Darrin Connor you're talking about Samson that's Bruce Dickinsons band before Iron Maiden.

[@lonechaney300]

You talk about lack of originality citing Zakk Wylde, but speaks of originality citing a band which was blatant copy of Black Sabbath (Witchfinder General). It has to be very POSER to do that.

[@alexlagos3224]

I saw RAVEN last weekend in santiago,chile.was awesome.gallagher brothers & thomas heller kick ass.chile,ecuador,argentina and brazil the south american dates.the next year RAVEN will return to chile🇬🇧😼

[@kainnosgoth7336]

The true forefathers of contemporary power metal, and THEN some! On their first album they promised to Rock Until You Drop, and it's been 34 years later and they've kept that promise just fine! Check the new album out, "ExtermiNation" and find out just how strong these guys are still going!

[@nickwarhead]

I think I got off on the wrong foot when I first heard them. "Stay Hard" was not a good starting point, as the album seemed really commercial, and that wasn't where my head was at the time. Their older stuff is a lot more edgy and aggressive.

[@Metalbob011]

Wacko on Drums. funny how they made mistake's, but still kicked ass.

[@rrrnigth8030]

Simplesmente heavy metal fantástic Band 🇧🇷🤘😎🔊👈👉🎶🎵🌃👏👍👌🌍🎸🎤🎧

[@leerampolla2835]

Mark G. Tremolsion king.

[@jameshall878]

A power trio at their Finist🎸

[@jesuscampos8136]

These guys could kick ass when they had to. Nobody's heroes was a good example of that 🎸👍

[@Krazy1Promotions]

I saw them last year and they still kick ass!!!

[@tommyhayes9852]

I was at that show in NY we went in Vinny D's van Raven was the best metal right in ur fn face!!!

[@ginahailey1091]

Fucking hell yeah🤘🤘🤘

[@seagullpoet]

Band name. Band's song title. Amps. Etc.....young...wild crowd....great clip !

[@helterskelter1178]

The Gallagher bros and Rob Hunter had some killer metal chops, way underrated.

[@dgoss1966]

@jimsgasgas This should be mid to late 1982, the photos on the back of the Wiped Out album were culled from the BBC vid. I first saw them a year later, on a tour called Kill Em All For One. Raven had some up and coming band open for them, went by the name of Metallica as I recall...

[@hammerdiscography]

HEAVY

[@xritchyx]

@jimsgasgas i think it´s roundabout the very early 80´s. I saw Raven at first 1983 in Moers/Germany with this show. Raven was the most underrated Band at this time, i think. They ´re a very great Heavy Rock Band. The Show was brilliant

[@brentfelton5464]

Always loved these guys . It gets me riled. Got to listen it will drive u wild !!!!!!

[@baldpecker66]

@MetalliDethSlayThrax he used to do those screams both exhaling and inhaling! I used to be able to do them, not anymore!!LOL!!

[@jorgeluisvelardepebes2949]

Darrin: it is not thrash, it's only Rock n Roll, and I like it!!!

[@sabace]

BRILLIANT BAND !

[@dogdrill08]

i would be honoured to contribute this footage as i have it on dvd!

[@jonathan0367]

what dvd?

[@markgembalczyk9831]

F love this band pure metal vocals ace kick ass

[@rolandvigil4863]

Anyone know what those amps are?

[@Ravenbandofficial]

Carlsbro.... killer UK solid state amps!

[@laurenzgraffilpenstein8117]

Full sound

[@GreenDayRoxer1]

Believe it! I saw this with my own eyes tonight after a gig they played in Toronto haha, fully functional too, not just for show :)

[@glamguitaristdave]

My all time fav guitarist! Thanks for the inspiration, long live John Gallagher! Hope to see them on the 70000tons cruise next january!

[@colorado50th]

Wow, where have I been, these guys are fantastic!!

[@sethdunavant1831]

i saw anthrax and wild dogs open for em in 83

[@natisagj]

BASS POWER !!!

[@ganspare]

the Rat? yeah!!! 2 crazy shows..that place was such a hole in the wall!!

[@bolidst7928]

Vimansguitar69-yeah, somehow, I always thought they were from Canada too

[@originalhaggis]

They could never even get into Canada. Had tickets to see them on two occasions: once with Tank and the other wth WASP and Slayer. Raven bailed out of both, for whatever reason.

[@timbuk1126]

What kind of guitar amps are those?

[@bobalexander1212]

what the fuck is with the drum section- high hat sounds poo/

[@RavenNWOBHMYoutubeFanChannel]

yeeeeeeeeeeeah! You're so fuckin' right!

[@metalmikejr]

Hahaha I was just hanging with these guys last night

[@kenvorland]

Fuckin awesome rock it.

[@antonlegionus]

wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aaa-a-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@darrinconnor7]

Never understood this band, from the very first time we heard them we knew they totally sucked, like sucked really bad. There shitty musicians, they write shitty songs, weak licks, vocalist is the typical 80's singer etc etc.I don't really consider them thrash pioneers because there not thrash enough to even be considered thrash. Any guitarist could hear there songs once and play them.

[@JoeSonic5678]

But they're fun

[@tonylane941]

Darrin Connor You can't beat the raw energy in their sound. For three guys, they fire enough juice to contend with bands like Judas Priest, Accept, and even early Metallica. Listen to Kill Em' All and tell me you don't hear a similar sound. James Hetfield could never pull off the power John Gallagher packs into his vocals.

[@tonylane941]

Darrin Connor You want technicality? Go listen to Satan, Coroner, Annihilator, Iron Maiden, Iced Earth, ect... Raw heavy metal isn't about complexity, it's about blowing off steam. Power, Attitude, Volume, and Passion. When they play, you can tell they mean it. It's exciting, invigorating, entertaining, fun, and brash. You can have all the skill and technicality in the world and still make boring, uninspired music that doesn't generate any feelings on the listener whatsoever. There's no passion, just cheap hooks and mindless scale runs. You try picking up a bass and try putting out the same stamina as the band members you're playing with while singing at the top of your lungs. Not even Lemmy can pull off that much raw energy and engaging performance.

[@markcooperartcomofficial]

Some might say metal has evolved. Others might say it just became more narcissistic.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Off you go then. Form a better metal band than Raven.

[@duncan-rmi]

I've got kahlers on two of my basses because of john.

[@duncan-rmi]

three.

[@hammerdiscography]

Super Power

[@wiggafabulous]

i cant find there music any where

[@dikkierijken391]

Miss those times..

[@Scramble4r]

this is awesome! Ravenlunatics!

[@jonsupertouch]

do you have entire show?

[@СергейСимонов-у2н]

AWESOMEEEEE AHHHHHH