Halloween (band)

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A Wikipedia encyclopedia article about Halloween, an American heavy metal and shock rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1983. It lays out the band's career from their 1985 debut Don't Metal with Evil through lineup changes, shelved and re-released records, and later albums like Horror Fire and Terrortory. It also lists current and past members, a full discography, references, and external links. Note: despite the name, this page documents a real music group rather than Halloween-season Halloween content, so confidence is low.

The list

Don't Metal with Evil 1985

Debut studio album, released on the Motor City Metal label

No One Gets Out 1991

Studio album released during the new 1991 lineup era

Victims of the Night 1997

Studio album begun in 1986; shelved, then released on Molton Metal Records

Horror Fire 2006

Studio album released alongside the E.vil P.ieces EP

Terrortory 2012

Studio album released February 25, 2012

E.vil P.ieces 2006

Extended play released in 2006

Motor City Rocks III 1984

Compilation appearance

Lamour Rocks 1986

Compilation appearance

Tricks, Treats and Other Tales from the Crypt 2003

Compilation with re-recorded classics plus one new studio track; recorded 2002-2003

Vicious Demos 1990

Five-track demo produced by Rob Tylak; cassette sold only at shows

No One Gets Out 1990

Demo release (shares title with later studio album)

1031, a Number of Things From... 1998

Demo compilation recorded from 1983 to 1998

Not Dead... in the Murder City 2004

Live album recorded live in February 2004

Trick or Treat / She's a Teazer 1984

Single release

Where's Michael? 2007

Single release

Facts from the original

Halloween is an American heavy metal band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1983.

The band is also known as The Heavy Metal Horror Show.

Its genres are listed as heavy metal and shock rock.

The group has been active from 1983 to the present.

Its labels include Motor City Metal, Molten, and Pure Steel Records.

The band was formed in 1983 by Rick Craig, Brian Thomas, George Neal, and Bill Whyte.

The debut album Don't Metal with Evil was released in 1985 on the Motor City Metal label.

In 1986 the band started work on the follow-up Victims of the Night, which was shelved until its 1997 release on Molton Metal Records.

In 1988 members Rick Craig and Bill Whyte left to pursue other careers.

In 2000, Craig was asked to join the British band Humble Pie with Jerry Shirley for a U.S. tour, and he was also playing in the band NOON with Ean Evans as primary songwriters.

Craig and Whyte's replacements were future Godsmack drummer Tommy Stewart and guitarist Billy Gray.

Billy Gray went on to play in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti-based rock band Fair Game.

Bill Whyte opened his own recording studio and in 2003 joined Detroit band Abandon, releasing a 5-song EP called Project unrealty that he recorded, produced, and engineered; reviews were good but his time with the band was short-lived.

In 1989 Halloween opened for Crimson Glory on a couple of dates of their Transcendence tour.

That same year Halloween began work on a new album with Crimson Glory's Jon Drenning and Warren Wyatt management; the album was never released.

In 1990 Halloween recorded a five-track demo titled Vicious Demos with producer Rob Tylak, Stewart, and Gray; it was released on cassette for show and promotion only and sold at Halloween shows.

1991 brought a new lineup adding former Erebus guitarist Tim Wright, guitarist Donny Allen (formerly of David Neil Cline's Trama and Black Onyx), and future Sponge drummer Billy Adams (a.k.a. BA!).

Halloween released No One Gets Out in 1991.