1996 was spent writing and recording the new studio album Everything Louder , with the sessions taking place in Manassas, Virginia at future Bret Michaels guitarist Pete Evick’s studio. The recording was a frantic affair done over four weekends with almost no rehearsal to get a “live” feel onto tape.…
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The band toured Japan for the first time in May 1995. Raven was also touring Europe irregularly. A live album called Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan was recorded featuring songs from Glow , as well as older cuts such as “For the Future”.
The band spent the first half of 1993 writing and demoing new material; delays ensued due to John Gallagher having a house fire and thieves stealing guitars from the remains. In the following year, the band regrouped and inked a deal with Japanese label Zero – an album entitled Glow…
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In 1990, the band recorded the album Architect of Fear in Germany (again self-produced) showcasing the band’s heavier side. They toured Europe in 1991 as special guests of German band Running Wild . 1992 saw the band releasing an EP called Heads Up , featuring four new studio songs and…
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After the tour for Life’s a Bitch , drummer Rob “Wacko” Hunter left the band in late 1987, to spend more time with his new wife and family. He later pursued a career in audio production and engineering, eventually working with jazz musicians Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick Jr.
Joe Hasselvander (ex- Pentagram ) joined as drummer in late 1987, and the band dropped the outlandish image for a more conventional denim-and-leather look for their 1988 album Nothing Exceeds Like Excess , which was self-produced and continued the band’s return to form with fast, involved compositions. A concert at…
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Stay Hard was released in 1985, and proved a minor hit on the strength of single and video “On and On”. The Atlantic years proved to be less than stellar for the band. A drastic shift in a more commercial direction came at the label’s behest, with many die-hard fans…
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The manager and founder of Megaforce Jon Zazula believed that Raven was major-label material, and kept them touring constantly until the big labels noticed. The Live at the Inferno recording, released in 1984, was a product of one of those tours. Raven contributed songs Hot Moves and Ladykiller to the…
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Sufficient noise was made for the American market to take notice and New Jersey’s Megaforce Records signed them, issuing their next recording in the States as All for One in 1983. The band came stateside in 1983, and toured extensively on the “Kill ’em All for One” tour with young…
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Eventually, the band signed with Neat Records , a low-budget metal label based in Newcastle , England. They released their first single, “Don’t Need Your Money”, in 1980 and embarked on a number of UK shows opening for bands such as Ozzy Osbourne ‘s Blizzard of Ozz, Motörhead , Whitesnake…
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