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1983-1997

Biography

Reality is proud to present Warrior's "The Wars of Gods and Men" In 1985, the American Metal scene was bursting at the seams, the entire look and feel of rock music was morphing into bigger more exaggerated stage productions and bigger and better sounding albums. This was the Power Metal movement that soon climaxed with bands like Ratt and Dokken, but prior to those bands and others making it big, there was Warrior. Warrior ruled SoCal and were packing every club in LA and San Diego, selling out the country club before Poison bought their bus tickets to LA.

When "Fighting for the Earth" (Virgin debut album) hit the radio, the reaction was instantaneous and the buzz was on. The record sold well even though it was the first of its kind and in many waves paved the road for bands after them. Under age members of Ratt would be seen sneaking into Warrior shows gleaning what they could before" Round and Round was even written. The band was tied up in contract issues and would not record again until 1992, with the comeback release of "Ancient Future" which received rave reviews and was hailed by an amazing core fan base, Warrior was firmly re-established. In 2000, Warrior is centered around Joe Floyd, the founding member and guitarist for the band who surrounded himself with the best talent available, drummer Dave DuCey (WWIII) Simon Oliver (Uriah Heep) and vocalist Rob Rock (Impelliteri, Driver). The result "The Code Of Life" was the best effort yet featuring the traditional Warrior trademarks with just the right amount of modern production elements. The record was released through Nuclear Blast and received rave reviews and solid sales In 2003, working on the anticipated follow up to "The Code of Life", Floyd felt that a new vocal approach would be necessary as the new songs are an extension of each previous record but were determining their own direction as the band began working out the new material. Scheduling also became an issue due to Rob Rocks solo album release, so the Reality Euro office contacted none other than Marc Storace from Krokus to approach him about joining the band. When Marc heard the songs he felt that he could express another side of his musical abilities and flew to LA to meet the band and the rest is history with "The Wars of Gods and Men" to be released 2-24-2003 Produced by guitarist Joe Floyd and Warren Croyle (Halford, Dickinson, Godhead, Gwar, House of Lords et al) , "The Wars of Gods and Men" is old school metal with a modern day vibe that should appeal to young and older metal fans alike. The album is loaded with hooky killer songs and deep wicked rythyms. Sure to be a collectors item for the true Metal fan.

(source: http://www.reality-entertainment.com/music/bands/warrior.html)