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Oz

Genre: Heavy Metal  |  Status: Disbanded  |  Viewed: 1739 times

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Oz biography

The band Oz made a major splash with their 1983 album Fire In The Brain, a great NWOBHM-flavored energetic metal affair that won over critics and fans alike.The subsequent albums, however, failed to elicit the same response, and the band faded from worldwide view.By the time of their last album, Roll The Dice, the band had become half-Swedish with considerable lineup changes, and (based on some reports) a change in style as well.

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The band Oz made a major splash with their 1983 album Fire In The Brain, a great NWOBHM-flavored energetic metal affair that won over critics and fans alike.

The subsequent albums, however, failed to elicit the same response, and the band faded from worldwide view.

By the time of their last album, Roll The Dice, the band had become half-Swedish with considerable lineup changes, and (based on some reports) a change in style as well.

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Discography

Albums

Heavy Metal Heroes

  • Label: Tyfon / Kräk
  • Released: 1982

OZ on Record Shop X

  • 1. Hey You
  • 2. Call from Your Eyes
  • 3. Runnin´ the Line
  • 4. Rather Knight
  • 5. Saturday Night
  • 6. Second-Hand Lady
  • 7. In the Chains
  • 8. Capricorn Man

Fire in the Brain

  • Label: Combat Records
  • Released: 1983

OZ on Record Shop X

  • 1. Search Lights
  • 2. Fortune
  • 3. Megalomaniac
  • 4. Black Candles
  • 5. Gambler
  • 6. Stop Believin´
  • 7. Free Me, Leave Me
  • 8. Fire in the Brain

III Warning

  • Label: Combat Records
  • Released: 1984

OZ on Record Shop X

  • 1. Third Warning
  • 2. Crucified
  • 3. Runner
  • 4. Rock ´n´ Roll Widow
  • 5. Samurai
  • 6. Born Out of Time
  • 7. Too Bad to Be True
  • 8. Total Metal

Decibel Storm

  • Label: RCA
  • Released: 1986

OZ on Record Shop X

  • 1. Eyes of the Stranger
  • 2. Starrider
  • 3. Teenage Rampage (The Sweet cover)
  • 4. Disaster Dreamer
  • 5. Firestarter
  • 6. Exterminator
  • 7. Black Tattoo
  • 8. Sound of Speed
  • 9. The Show Must Go On

Roll the Dice

  • Label: Black Mark Prod.
  • Released: 1991

OZ on Record Shop X

  • 1. Intro
  • 2. Roll the Dice
  • 3. Lost Generation
  • 4. Rock On
  • 5. Midnight Lady
  • 6. Runaways
  • 7. Out of Touch
  • 8. Thousand Miles
  • 9. Alive
  • 10. Not Enough
  • 11. Night Crime

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Members

Former members

Tapani "Ape de Martini" Anselm
Vocals
Jörgen Schelander
Keyboards
Fredrik Thörnblom
Bass
Michael Lundholm
Guitars
Pekka Mark
Drums
Kari Elo
Guitars
Jukka Homi
Bass
Tobbe Moen
Bass
Tauno Vajavaara
Bass

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