Crossfire – Demo

Crossfire
Demo
1982 (no label)
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

John ‘Maddo the Mad’ Maddison – Vocals, keyboards
Mark ‘Timmo’ Timson – Lead guitars
Ashley ‘Flash Ash’ Cooke – Lead guitars
Stu L – Bass guitar
Rich Robinson – Drums

1. Witness
2. One Way Ticket
3. Take a Walk

This demo is one of the first bands featuring Maddison and Timson, who went on to form Omega (Roger Hicks of Omega was also the crew chief for Crossfire). Other members of this band might  have been in Omega as well, but I don’t know as much about that band. All of their recordings are being released on CD soon by Roxx Records, so I am sure I will find out more soon. Omega released hard rock albums like God Loves to Rock n’ Roll and Gambler. At first, the slower opening track on this demo makes you think they are a different style here. But the second track comes blasting out with a hard rock/heavy metal intensity – that seems to sound more like the Omega I have heard before. The last song starts off as a ballad, and then changes to a hard/heavy song the last half.