Bullets
I was listening to the Bulgarian underground sensation, A Rumored Saint, eating a correctly-titled Armour hotdog, when the urge to interview 19-year-olds from Pasadena, California swept over me. I walked—nay, ran— down to the record store and purchased the debut LP by Chrysalis Records’ Armored Saint.
Bullets
GIMME THAT CAN OPENER, IT’S ARMORED SAINT
Mark J. Norton
I was listening to the Bulgarian underground sensation, A Rumored Saint, eating a correctly-titled Armour hotdog, when the urge to interview 19-year-olds from Pasadena, California swept over me. I walked—nay, ran— down to the record store and purchased the debut LP by Chrysalis Records’ Armored Saint. It is titled after the group’s favorite month, March Of The Saint.
March is the month I ponder heavy metal from California. Armored Saint’s lead vocalist, John Bush—who is shorter than the average American male—assuaged my fears: ‘‘We identify with midwest heavy metal. We grew up listening to Ted Nugent and guys like him. California is a pretty laid-back type of place.”
California may be laid-back, but Armored Saint would have none of that nonsense. They properly paid their dues in the garage, and their mothers’ collective Joan of Arc-type headache must’ve wished the garage was much larger. Housing a sound as heavenly heavy as Armored Saint was no easy task, Saint John allows: ‘‘Soon we were playing clubs, getting very popular.”