Baroeg in 2007

Baroeg is a music venue in Rotterdam. Baroeg self-describes itself as a 'subcultural pop venue' and hosts alternative modern music events and concerts. The club has been located in the Rotterdam neighbourhood Lombardijen, in the Spinozapark on the Spinozaweg (the club takes its name from the given name of Baruch Spinoza, as pronounced in Dutch).

Enzifer, the guitarist of Urgehal during a gig in Baroeg (2007)

Inside Baroeg there are a bar and a concert hall with podium where bands perform metal, punk, hardcore and other styles.

Baroeg also hosts dance nights. A well-known dance event is the monthly Downward Spiral (electronic body music, gothic rock and more). Other dance nights vary from cybergothic to wave to drum and bass.

In the past bands such as Tröckener Kecks, Claw Boys Claw, Cradle of Filth and Within Temptation (1998) performed at Baroeg though with a capacity of 400 visitors it is not feasible to host such famous bands anymore.^[1]

Baroeg in 2008

Since the 25 year anniversary Baroeg twice-annually organized the Baroeg Open Air festival outside the Baroeg in the park.

Vanderbuyst at Baroeg Open Air 2011

Since 2011 Baroeg Open Air is held annually in the Zuiderpark, near to Ahoy.

In 2007 Baroeg was temporarily closed down after Michal Karlowicz, a 24 year old Polish man, died after being hit with a bar stool. Two suspects were soon apprehended and were later convicted to jail terms of five and six years.^[2][3] Mayor Ivo Opstelten closed Baroeg for three months^[4] despite protest in the city council by the Socialist Party and Livable Rotterdam^[5] The protests fell on deaf ears and Baroeg was closed for the three month duration.^[6]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• (Dutch) Website of Baroeg

Coordinates: 51°52′36″N 4°31′08″E / 51.87667°N 4.51889°E / 51.87667; 4.51889

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Mucky Pup began as an American hardcore and crossover thrash band formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey in 1986, when brothers John (drums) and Chris (vocals) Milnes joined up with Dan Nastasi (guitar) and former Hades member, Scott LePage (bass).^[1] The band went through various incarnations and several musical style changes while gaining minor success in both the USA and Europe. Arguably, their breakthrough moment occurred when Berke Breathed picked their songwriting contest entry for release with a 1987 Bloom County comic strip compilation. However, their European success, based on strong tours and charting for the 1989 A Boy in a Man's World album, surpassed all recognition achieved in their home country.

History[link]

Early years[link]

The band recorded two demos, Live And Mucky and Greatest Hits, which sold a combined amount of over 1,200 copies. The band would also play "battle of the bands" competitions in and around New Jersey. It was during one such event in 1986, while playing with the band Trixter at the Paramus, New Jersey roller rink, that a representative from Torrid Records first saw the band. The band was offered a record contract and several weeks later, they signed their first record deal with the independent label.

Torrid Records[link]

Signing with Torrid brought a distribution deal in Europe with Roadrunner Records' sister label, Roadracer Records. The band's first album, Can't You Take a Joke?, was released in 1987. Around the same time, the band also won a song writing contest for the Bloom County comic strip. Entrants to the contest were to come up with a song for the fictional band Billy and the Boingers. Their winning song, "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U," was included as a flexi-disc in the Bloom County book, Billy and the Boingers Bootleg (ISBN 0-316-10729-8).

In 1988, the band released their second album, A Boy In A Man's World. The album featured a re-recorded version of "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U", for which the band shot their first music video. MTV played the video two times. A Boy In A Man's World also featured cover art by friend and future DC and Marvel comic book artist, Nelson DeCastro, who had previously created t-shirt art for the band as well.

Before the recording of A Boy In A Man's World, LePage, who had never been considered an official member of the band,^[2] left due to touring conflicts. He was replaced by Dave Neabore. Shortly after the album was released, the band found themselves on their first tour of Europe. Although Mucky Pup never had a hit in the U.S., their European distribution deal, combined with this tour, helped the band attain success in Europe. When the band returned home, Nastasi resigned and helped co-found the band Non-Fiction with former members of Hades. Nastasi stayed with Non-Fiction for a short time before leaving to embark on a brief stint with Murphy's Law. Nastasi's position in Mucky Pup was filled by band friend Sean Kilkenny. After a year or so, Neabore and Kilkenny left to form the band Dog Eat Dog and Nastasi returned to Mucky Pup while simultaneously joining Dog Eat Dog as well.

The band's third album, Now, was released in 1989. Now introduced new bass player Marc DeBacker, of Belgium, to the lineup and featured guest appearances by Evan Seinfeld and Billy Graziadei of the band Biohazard, whom Mucky Pup had befriended and regularly used as an opening act. In the past, various clubs had refused to let Biohazard play, thinking that their performances would lead to violence, but Mucky Pup would sneak the band on stage for a few songs before their own set. The band shot a second video, "Hippies Hate Water," which MTV never played.

The band began playing shows with bands such as Primus, Gwar, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Murphy's Law, Bad Brains, 24-7 Spyz, and Scatterbrain. While Nastasi had returned to record Now, he no longer toured with the band as he was performing with Dog Eat Dog at the same time Mucky Pup was touring. As a result, new guitarist Splatter became the band's live guitarist. Splatter's time with band was brief and it wasn't long before he was replaced by Terry, who would remain their live guitarist until 1992.

After the release of Now, Mucky Pup ended their association with Torrid and Roadrunner Records.

Century Media Records[link]

In 1990, the band signed with Century Media Records and released Act Of Faith. Once again, the lineup shuffled with DeBacker being replaced by Christopher "Junior" LaPlante and the addition of Kevin Powers as a keyboard player. Powers had previously played in the local New Jersey band, Articulate Violence. Videos were shot for the songs "Freakin' at the Peepshow" and "Mr. Hand", which only received airplay in Europe.

Shortly after the recording of the album, Nastasi stepped down from both Mucky Pup and Dog Eat Dog. It wasn't long before he re-joined the original lineup of Non-Fiction, now calling themselves #9. #9 was in the process of recording their debut when Nastasi accepted a solo record deal with SPV Records.^[3] Nastasi named the band Nastasee and recorded two albums, featuring collaborations with members of both Mucky Pup and Dog Eat Dog. Trim The Fat and Ule Tide were only intended for European release and as a result, the band embarked on four tours of the continent. Before Ule Tide could officially be released, Nastasee was dropped from the label and the album was never officially released outside of promotional and mail order copies. As a result, Nastasi disbanded his band.

1992 saw Mucky Pup take a turn away from humorous pop songs to focus on more aggressive, emotional and angry songs with their fifth release, Lemonade. The album brought yet another lineup change, as John Milnes moved to guitar and Kevin Powers took the drummer's position. It also saw the return of Marc DeBacker on bass. Since his previous run with Mucky Pup, DeBacker had moved on to replace Nastasi on guitar in Dog Eat Dog and had taken part in the recording of the band's second full length album, Play Games as well as the European tour that preceded it. Once again, Mucky Pup returned to Europe, appearing frequently with Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine with whom the band became good friends.

After releasing two albums in as many years with Century Media Records, Mucky Pup ended their association with the label.

Mucky Records / SPV Music[link]

In 1993, the band released the album Alive & Well under their own imprint, Mucky Records, through SPV Music exclusively in Europe. The album was primarily a collection of live tracks recorded during their 1993 tour of Europe. It also contains a demo version of "The Skinheads Broke My Walkman" from the Act of Faith album, as well as cover versions of Prince's "Darling Nikki" and Sade's "Nothing Can Come Between Us". New additions to the lineup were Eric "EVS" VanSteenbergh and Glen Cummings, both on guitar. Cummings had previously been a member of both Ludichrist and Scatterbrain and would tour Europe with Mucky Pup, on two occasions, as a part-time member of the band.

The band's final album, Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage, was released in Germany in 1996. The final lineup saw John Milnes return to the drums and also featured the additions of Jack "Hinge" Pitzer, formerly of New Jersey thrash metal band, The Beast,^[4] on guitar and Joe Mama on bass. Marc DeBacker had since left the band a second time to return to Belgium and form the band 10,000 Women Man. Bass player Bill Bergmann appeared on two of the songs and was pictured on the album cover. Bergmann would remain the bass player for what would be the last several months of the band's existence.

Post-Mucky Pup[link]

After the final album, the band members continued to collaborate on different bands and projects. Members of the final lineup became tour managers and road crew members for artists such as The Bloodhound Gang, the Genitorturers, Type O Negative, Monster Magnet, Liz Phair and Tracy Bonham.

In 1998, Chris and John Milnes formed a band named Bully with Bill Bergmann & Kevin Powers. Bully was an attempt to continue recording together without the Mucky Pup name which they felt, at the time, had run its course. This lineup recorded a five song demo consisting of the final original Mucky Pup material but no album ever materialized. Mucky Pup's website retroactively refers to the recording as a Mucky Pup demo titled Bully.

Also in 1998, Dan Nastasi & John Milnes joined forces with former Mucky Pup and Dog Eat Dog bandmates Dave Neabore & Sean Kilkenny to become All Boro Kings. The project was a throwback to the early days of Dog Eat Dog as it focused on the hardcore style that Dog Eat Dog had originally displayed on their first two releases. The band quickly signed with Century Media Records who released their debut album Just For The Fun Of It in 2002. The album was released exclusively in Europe due to the strong European fan base the members had in their other bands. The band would also appear on several compilation albums. The band played most of their shows in and around New Jersey before embarking on one European tour with Biohazard, Agnostic Front, Hatebreed, Discipline, Death Threat and Born From Pain, as part of the Eastpak Resistance Tour. In 2004, All Boro Kings quietly disbanded.

In 2000, Chris and John Milnes would once again join Dan Nastasi and Bill Bergmann to form The Hasbeens, a cover band that would perform popular songs of the 1980s & 1990s, as well as the occasional Mucky Pup song. The band played bars and small clubs in the Bergen County, New Jersey area for a year or so before disbanding.

In 2005, Kevin Powers directed the music video for the Bloodhound Gang's song "Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss", the second single from their Hefty Fine album.

Dog Eat Dog continues to record and tour Europe but of the three former Mucky Pup members who formed the band, only Dave Neabore remains. Dog Eat Dog released their fourth full-length album, Walk With Me, in Europe on June 23, 2006.

Chris and John Milnes co-own the website development company True9. Pitzer and Powers have also contributed work for the company which has been instrumental in the development and maintenance of websites for the World Baseball Classic, the Charlotte Bobcats and MetLife Bank, N.A. among others.

Reunions[link]

After their breakup in 1996, Mucky Pup reunited for one night performances on several occasions, each time featuring a different incarnation or combination of previous lineups. In 1999, they reunited as an opening act for their first show ever with Dog Eat Dog. This was followed by five more one-off headlining reunion shows in 2000, 2002 & 2003.

In October, 2008, the band updated their website for the first time in several years. As part of the update, the band announced that they would embark on a European mini-tour in the summer of 2009. The reunited band, consisting of Chris Milnes, John Milnes, Dan Nastasi, Dave Neabore and Kevin Powers, made a United States appearance at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, New Jersey, on April 11, 2009, performing to a sold out crowd. In July, 2009, the band performed at the Rock for People and With Full Force festivals. The band made a second trip to Europe in late August to play a handful of festival dates with bands such as Municipal Waste, Gorefest, Flotsam and Jetsam, Sodom and Martyr, before ending the tour with a string of dates with Superbutt. The European tour dates featured the lineup of Chris Milnes, Dan Nastasi, Mark DeBacker and Kevin Powers performing songs voted on, via the internet, by their fans. The band returned to Mexicali Live on December 11 to perform their final show of 2009. The show was a release party for Live At Mexicali 2009, a DVD and CD recording of the show held at the same location, the previous April. Towards the end of Mucky Pup's set, the original lineup of Dog Eat Dog reunited onstage to perform two songs.

Mucky Pup continued to perform in 2010 starting with a performance at The Saint, a nightclub located in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on January 16. On May 1, 2010, the band performed at a small benefit show held in honor of Marc DiNardo, a Jersey City Emergency Services Unit Police Officer, who was killed in the line of duty in July, 2009. DiNardo had been a longtime fan of the band. Mucky Pup made its return to Europe during the summer of 2010 for several festival and club dates. The most notable appearance of the tour was on June 27 at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium where the band appeared alongside acts such as Killswitch Engage, Amon Amarth and Kiss. The band returned for a third performance at Mexicali Live in Teaneck, New Jersey on November 24, 2010 with Murphy's Law as an opening act.

On February 27, 2011, Mucky Pup appeared as an opening act for Dirty Rotten Imbeciles at Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. A short tour of Holland and Belgium followed on the first week of June, 2011 and featured the lineup of Chris Milnes, Kevin Powers, Mark DeBacker and Sean Kilkenny. On June 24, 2011, Mucky Pup performed on the first day of the three day East Coast Tsunami Fest in Reading, Pennsylvania where they shared the stage with several bands such as Skarhead, Murphy's Law and Leftöver Crack. The band returned to Mexicali Live on November 25, 2011 as an opening act for Hodge Podge, a band featuring John Connor of Dog Eat Dog, Nelson Decastro and Eric VanSteenbergh within its lineup.

Mucky Pup performed its first show of 2012 at The Blue Room in Secaucus, New Jersey on February 10 and featured the line up of Chris Milnes, Dave Neabore, Kevin Powers and Sean Kilkenny. The show served as a warmup show for a tour of Europe scheduled to run from mid-February through early March and featuring the previous year's European lineup of Chris Milnes, Kevin Powers, Mark DeBacker and Sean Kilkenny.

The Mucky Pup[link]

In February 2012, Mucky Pup opened its own band-themed hot dog restaurant named, The Mucky Pup. Located within Dirienzo's Deli in Little Ferry, New Jersey, the restaurant caters specifically to lunchtime patrons. The band's compact discs and t-shirts are also available for purchase at the location.^[5]

Band members[link]

Original lineup[link]

• Chris Milnes - lead vocalist (all releases and tours)
• John Milnes - drummer, guitarist (all releases and tours)
• Dan Nastasi - guitarist (Can't You Take A Joke? - Act Of Faith)
• Scott LePage - bassist (Can't You Take A Joke) (not considered a full-time member)

Later members[link]

• Dave Neabore - bassist (A Boy In A Man's World)
• Sean Kilkenny - guitarist (live during the A Boy In A Man's World tours)
• Marc DeBacker - bassist (Now and Lemonade)
• Christopher "Junior" LaPlante - bassist (Act Of Faith)
• Eric VanSteenbergh - guitarist (Alive & Well)
• Joe Mama - bassist (Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage)
• Splatter - guitarist (live during the Now tour)
• Terry - guitarist (live during the Now and Act Of Faith tours)
• Glenn Cummings - guitarist (Alive & Well) (not considered a full-time member)

Final lineup[link]

• Chris Milnes - lead vocalist
• John Milnes - drummer
• Jack "Hinge" Pitzer - guitarist (Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage)
• Bill Bergmann - bassist (live after Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage)
• Kevin Powers - keyboardist (Act Of Faith and Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage) / drummer (Lemonade and Alive & Well)

Reunion lineups[link]

Since the band reunited in 2009, it has featured several lineup variations.

• Chris Milnes - lead vocalist (all dates)
• John Milnes - drummer (all but one USA date 2009 - 2012 / Europe dates in 2010)
• Dan Nastasi - guitarist (all but one USA date) / (Europe dates 2009 - 2010)
• Kevin Powers - keyboardist (2009–2011); drummer (one USA date in 2012) / drummer (Europe dates in 2009, 2011 & 2012)
• Marc DeBacker - bassist (Europe dates) / (one USA date in 2011)
• Dave Neabore - bassist (all but one USA date)
• Sean Kilkenny - guitarist (Europe dates in 2011 & 2012) / (one USA date in 2012)
• Jack "Hinge" Pitzer - live sound (2009 & 2010)

Discography[link]

Demos[link]

• Live And Mucky (cassette only demo)
• Greatest Hits (cassette only demo)
• Bully

Studio albums[link]

• Can't You Take A Joke? (1987)
• A Boy In A Man's World (1988)
• Now (1989)
• Act of Faith (1990)
• Lemonade (1992)
• Five Guys In A Really Hot Garage (1996)

Singles[link]

• "U-Stink-But-I-♥-U" (1987) (included as a flexi-disc in the Bloom County book, Billy and the Boingers Bootleg (ISBN 0-316-10729-8))
• "Short Attention Span" (1996)

Live[link]

• Alive & Well (1993) (Europe only release)
• Live At Mexicali 2009 (2009) (CD & DVD)

Compilation appearances[link]

• Stars On Thrash (1988, Roadrunner Records)
• Funky Metal (1991, Intercord)
• A Journey Into Sound Vol. V (1995, Visions Magazine)
• Introducing Vol. 3 (1996, Indigo Records)
• Board To Hell (1996, Viceroy Music Europe)
• Slammed (1997, Roadrunner Records)
• Hard Rock Hitters (1998, Disky Records)
• The New, The Classic & The Unexplored - Volume Three (1998, Visions Magazine)
• Crossing All Over! - The Classix (1999, Supersonic Records)
• Guitar Club Classics (1999, SPV Recordings)
• Lords of the Boards (2000, Modul Records)

Associated acts (and shared members)[link]

• #9 (Dan Nastasi)
• 10,000 Women Man (Marc DeBacker)
• All Boro Kings (Dave Neabore, John Milnes, Dan Nastasi and Sean Kilkenny)
• Articulate Violence (Kevin Powers)
• The Beast (Jack "Hinge" Pitzer)
• Bully (Chris Milnes, John Milnes, Bill Bergmann and Kevin Powers)
• Candypants (Bill Bergmann and Kevin Powers)
• Dog Eat Dog (Dan Nastasi, Sean Kilkenny, Dave Neabore, John Milnes and Marc DeBacker)
• Hades (Scott LePage)
• The Hasbeens (Chris Milnes, John Milnes, Bill Bergmann and Dan Nastasi)
• LowBuz (Dave Neabore)
• Ludichrist (Glen Cummings)
• Murphy's Law (Dan Nastasi and Sean Kilkenny)
• Nastasee (Dan Nastasi, John Milnes, Bill Bergmann and Sean Kilkenny)
• Non-Fiction (Dan Nastasi)
• Scatterbrain (Glen Cummings)
• The Skels (Eric VanSteenbergh)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Mucky Pup Site
• Official website of The Mucky Pup, the band's hot dog restaurant
• True9 - website development company owned by the Milnes brothers
• Mucky Pup on Allmusic

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Vicious Rumors is an American power metal band founded in 1979 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

The brainchild of Geoff Thorpe, the band has been active on the metal scene since its inception in 1979. Vicious Rumors is recognized for their guitar works and harmonies, as well as the variety of their tracks.

Band leader Thorpe also sat in on sessions alongside veteran British session guitarist Martin Pugh^[1] (of Steamhammer, the 1st Rod Stewart solo album,^[2] and Armageddon) and drummer Tim Kelliher (of Randy Hansen's Machine Gun) for American rock & roll band 7th Order^[3] on their debut CD, The Lake of Memory - released in 2007.

Biography[link]

The debut[link]

The only member in every Vicious Rumors line-up is the guitarist, leader and main composer: Geoff Thorpe^[4]

The band, without a definite line-up, (between 1982 and 1985) appeared on the compilations: KMEL's "New Oasis", U.S. Metal vol. III and U.S. Metal vol. IV.

The first album Soldiers of the Night, published in 1985 by Shrapnel records, features (together with Geoff Thorpe): Larry Howe (drums), Dave Starr (bass), Gary St.Pierre (voice) and Vinnie Moore (guitar). Vinnie Moore was suggested by Shrapnel's mastermind Mike Varney.^[5]

From Digital Dictator to Word of Mouth[link]

Without St.Pierre and Moore, the second album Digital Dictator, in 1988, fixed Vicious Rumors' most famous line-up with singer Carl Albert (Villain, Ruffians) and the guitarist Mark McGee (Overdrive, Starcastle) along with Geoff Thorpe, Dave Starr, and Larry Howe.

In 1990, the band released their self-titled album Vicious Rumors on Atlantic Records.

In 1992, Vicious Rumors released their best seller: Welcome to the Ball. This album received a Bay Area Music Award nomination for "Outstanding Metal Album" alongside the ranks of Metallica and Tesla.^[6]

After a tour, with label-mates Savatage,^[7][8] and the live-album Plug In and Hang On: Live in Tokyo, guitarist Geoff Thorpe became ill with Carpal tunnel syndrome.^[9] The band wasn't sure to continue, they also split with the bassist Dave Starr.

In 1994, with new bass-player Tommy Sisco (ex-Villain with Carl Albert), they released the album Word of Mouth for the label Rising Sun. This record includes the song "Thunder and Rain" (part.1 & part.2) dedicated to the memory of Criss Oliva of Savatage.^[10]

The Darkness[link]

At the end of the Word of Mouth tour, Mark McGee decided to leave and went on to play with Gregg Allman & Friends.

On April 22, 1995 as a result of a car accident: singer Carl Albert (1962–1995) died.^[11][12]

In memory of Carl Albert, the CD A tribute to Carl Albert (including bootleg recordings taken from the Word of Mouth European tour) and the home-video The First Ten Years were released. The song "Perpetual", included on the Something Burning album, was the last track he wrote. Mark McGee, for one of his solo projects (actually unpublished), composed and recorded the song "Find Your Way Home" dedicated to the memory of his lost friend.^[13]

After the death of Carl Albert, the band became unstable. Tommy Sisco and Larry Howe stayed for two more albums: Something Burning in 1996 (this album is sung by Geoff Thorpe because "there is no one who can take Carl's place") and Cyberchrist in 1998 (with Brian O'Connor as vocalist^[14]).

You Only Live Twice[link]

Among many albums with various musicians, in 2006, the Warball album saw the return of Larry Howe and Dave Starr together with the session-members: James Rivera (Helstar), Thaen Rasmussen,^[15] and Brad Gillis (Night Ranger), along with a return to a more classic sound. Dave Starr, unable to tour, was replaced at this point by Stephen Goodwin^[16] as live bassist. Thaen Rasmussen was the guitarist touring supporting this album.

After the departure of Rivera and Rasmussen, Ronnie Stixx^[17] (Divine Ruins, Blood Redskies, Shadowkeep) was the live singer for a while, but never made it to album. Rasmussen was replaced at this point by Kiyoshi Morgan.^[18] Stixx was eventually replaced with Brian Allen^[19] (Last Empire, Malice)

In tribute to the band's 30 years, at the Headbanger's Open Air festival 2009, some songs of the first album Soldiers of the Night were played together with the original singer Gary St.Pierre.^[20]

Another Vicious Rumors home-video, titled Crushing the World, was released in 2005 and it features performances from the second part of the band's career.

The band's tenth studio album, Razorback Killers, was released on March 28, 2011 with guest appearances by several musicians including former guitarist Mark McGee and the first VR studio appearances of Stephen Goodwin,^[21] Kiyoshi Morgan,^[22] and Brian Allen.^[23]

Members[link]

Current

• Geoff Thorpe- Guitars (1979–Present), vocals (1995–1997)
• Larry Howe - Drums (1982–2000, 2004–Present)
• Brian Allen - Vocals (2009–Present)
• Stephen Goodwin^[24] - Bass (touring 2005-2007, 2007–Present)
• Bob Capka - Guitars (2012-Present)

Former

• Greg Noll - Guitars (1979)
• Jamie Scott - Guitars (1979)
• Ira Black - Guitars (1981, 2000–2005)
• Jeff Barnacle - Bass (1982–1984)
• Mark Tate - Vocals (1982–1983)
• Jim Cassero - Guitars (1982–1983)
• Gary St. Pierre - Vocals (1983–1986)
• Terry Montana - Guitars (1986)
• Chuck Moomey - Guitars (1983–1985)
• Dave Starr - Bass (1984–1993, 2005–2007)
• Vinnie Moore - Guitars (1985–1986)
• Mark McGee - Guitars (1986–1995)
• Carl Albert - Vocals (1988–1995; deceased)
• Tommy Sisco - Bass (1994–1999; touring: 2005)
• Steve Smyth - Guitars (1996–1999)
• Brian O'Connor - Vocals (1997–1999, 2001–2005)
• Morgan Thorn - Vocals (2000–2001)
• Atma Anur - Drums (2000–2001)
• Cornbread - Bass (2001–2005)
• Bill Ackerman - Drums (2001)
• Dan Lawson - Drums (2001)
• Will Carroll - Drums (2001–2004)
• James Rivera - Vocals (2005–2007)
• Brad Gillis - Guitars (2005)
• Thaen Rasmussen - Guitars (2005–2007)
• Ronnie Stixx - Vocals (2008–2009)
• Kiyoshi Morgan - Guitars (2007–2012)

Official releases[link]

Discography[link]

Studio[link]

• 1985 - Soldiers of the Night
• 1988 - Digital Dictator
• 1990 - Vicious Rumors
• 1992 - Welcome to the Ball
• 1994 - Word of Mouth
• 1996 - Something Burning
• 1998 - Cyberchrist
• 2001 - Sadistic Symphony
• 2006 - Warball
• 2011 - Razorback Killers

Live[link]

• 1992 - Plug In and Hang On
• 1995 - A Tribute to Carl Albert

EP[link]

• 1994 - The Voice (EP)

Single tracks[link]

• 1982 - "I Can Live Forever" - KMEL compilation "New Oasis"
• 1983 - "Ultimate Death" - US Metal vol. III
• 1984 - "One Way Ticket" - US Metal vol. IV

Videography[link]

• 1996 - The First Ten Years (VHS)
• 2005 - VR - Crushing the World (DVD)

External links[link]

• On the Edge - Official band site
• Rock Detector's VR Biography
• The Rockit Scientists Vicious Rumors' Geoff Thorpe & Armageddon/Steamhammer's Martin Pugh sit in on 7th Order sessions

References[link]