Sweet Savage
Sweet Savage | |
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| Origin | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Genres | Heavy metal |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Park, Crashed, Neat, SPV |
| Members | Ray Haller Marty McCloskey Phil Edgar |
| Past members | Vivian Campbell Simon McBride Davy Bates Jules Watson Trev Fleming Robert Casserly aka Rob Cass Ian Wilson |
Sweet Savage are a heavy metal band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1979. Future Dio and Def Leppard guitarist Vivian Campbell was an early member. Since forming in 1979, Sweet Savage have released three studio albums, three singles and one demo. Their latest album, Regeneration, was released in 2011.
Considered one of the pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement alongside acts such as Iron Maiden, Saxon, Diamond Head, and Def Leppard, due to a handful of songs, most notably, played and recorded live on the BBC Radio One - The Friday Rock Show. The band however, only released two singles in their first incarnation, failed to record a single album and thus success eluded them, leading to their disbandment by 1983.
The band reformed in 1984 with a different line-up, but did not last long. The band reformed for a second time in the 1990s, following Metallica's cover of their song "Killing Time" as a B-side for their "The Unforgiven" single, recording two albums, before disbanding for a third time. They have since reformed and released their third and last album (to date), in 2011.