Quartz (Official Thread)

[Big Ears]

^ That's not a bad version of Nantucket Sleighride. It was brave of them to attempt the cover.

 

[LOU/REALM]

.....Only problem is it reminds me of Brian Walden!! MOUNTAINs version will always be remembered as "The weekend world" theme.....its not often you had heavy rock and politics.
I used to like the theme by Andrew Lloyd Weber to The South Bank Show aswell

 

[Big Ears]

I'm old enough to remember Peter Jay, who married James 'Sunny Jim' Callaghan's daughter, Margaret. Brian Walden was very clever, he did a series about famous people and it was completely unscripted. Gary Moore played guitar on the Julian Lloyd Weber Variations.

 

[LOU/REALM]

An unreleased QUARTZ track I found on you tube

Crack the sky

 

[Moore_82]

Own 'Stand up and Fight' as Mick Hopkins is my favorite NWOBHM guitarist, next to John Sykes' time in Tygers of Pan Tang.

Charlie Snow

 

[LOU/REALM]

Agreed Moore 82 Mick Hopkins is a great guitarist...a lot of his best riffs are Iommi like.Here is a top track from their "Against all odds" album

Buried alive

 

[LOU/REALM]

Sad news to hear original QUARTZ vocalist Taffy Taylor died September 2016

 

[LOU/REALM]

QUARTZ discography

Quartz...1977 [...Re-released 1980 titled "Deleted" different cover ]
"Live" Quartz....1980
Stand up and fight...1980
Against all odds...........83
Ressurection............1996
Fear no evil..............2016
On The Edge Of No Tomorrow….2022

Great to see these old boys play the Hard Rock Hell N.W.O.B.H.M Festival !
Guitarist Mike Hopkins is in his 70s now...
They played some old favourites, some new off the new album plus a tribute to Dio/Sabbath playing a fine rendition of Heaven and hell

The new album sounds great !

 

[Sweaty]

Been listening to these guys, pretty good stuff, 1 st album is a belter as you would expect, glad I saw them last year, that will go in the book. They need to reissue thar first album on CD now.

 

[LOU/REALM]

2 beauties taken from the new album

Fear no evil /Walking on holy water