1980’s Heavy Metal is usually boiled down to a typical history of the big bands and bands that became bigger on into the next decade – i.e. – Metallica, Pantera or the various sub-genres or the fashion and so on. While all that’s good for a general timeline, I’ve been far more interested in a bigger picture which includes the deeper and, at times, weirder history of genre. We’re gonna look two examples: an Italian mystery band with bizarre lyrics to some dodgy drugoids from Ohio. First up is Rollerball an Italian heavy metal act who admittedly I’ve only heard two songs from. … Continue reading HEAVY METAL ODDITIES: IT CAME FROM THE 80’S UNDERGROUND