Urgent Cry
Demo 011591
1991 (no label)
Vandalia, Ohio, USA
Steve Mikel – Vocals
Mike Wilcox – Guitar
Jamie Richards – Bass
Don Real – Drums
- Come Along
- Like Adam, I Hide
- Dry Wind
- Emperor’s New Clothes
So this looks like the same Urgent Cry that recorded the earlier demo I converted. Same logo and all… but I put this tape in and it is a lot heavier than the other demo. More straight up hard rock/metal with no progressive pop leanings. It seems that this is a whole new band with the same lead singer. So it appears that the new band influenced a new style (or the singer wanted a different style and found new people that wanted the same?). There may have been other demos between this one and the last one in 1987 that chronicles the evolution a bit better. And it could be that the band members changed organically over a three year period and this sound was the end result. You never know. I enjoyed the older demo, and this one seems to be a step in the right direction (unless you are a huge prog-rock addict, that is). There is also a bootleg demo called Live at Bellbrook High School that probably came before this tape.
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