Toad
Swiss hard rock and blues-rock outfit Toad leaped (sorry) onto their country's charts with their debut single, "Stay," in 1972 -- paving the way for the massive Swiss metal movement of the early '80s and such notable bands as Krokus and Celtic Frost.
Toad's self-titled debut album may have, single-handedly, kicked off the entire Swiss hard rock movement in the '70s. Essentially a power trio consisting of Vittorio "Vic" Vergeat (guitar/vocals), Werner Frohlich (bass) and Cosimo Lampis (drums).
The record has moments of Deep Purple-like propulsion, no doubt thanks to that band's engineer Martin Birch, who manned the controls on this one as well. Toad's debut was mainly a collector's object in its LP form. There were better bands out there, doing the same sort of thing. Albums like Toad may have enjoyed regional success in their time, but were largely forgotten or relegated to "closet classic" status (if they were remembered at all). These types of records have been fetching higher and higher prices over the years and it's darn good to see this pool of underappreciated groups.
This post was edited on 3/9 1:11 AM by Top Row Dawg
Toad
Swiss hard rock and blues-rock outfit Toad leaped (sorry) onto their country's charts with their debut single, "Stay," in 1972 -- paving the way for the massive Swiss metal movement of the early '80s and such notable bands as Krokus and Celtic Frost.
Toad's self-titled debut album may have, single-handedly, kicked off the entire Swiss hard rock movement in the '70s. Essentially a power trio consisting of Vittorio "Vic" Vergeat (guitar/vocals), Werner Frohlich (bass) and Cosimo Lampis (drums).
The record has moments of Deep Purple-like propulsion, no doubt thanks to that band's engineer Martin Birch, who manned the controls on this one as well. Toad's debut was mainly a collector's object in its LP form. There were better bands out there, doing the same sort of thing. Albums like Toad may have enjoyed regional success in their time, but were largely forgotten or relegated to "closet classic" status (if they were remembered at all). These types of records have been fetching higher and higher prices over the years and it's darn good to see this pool of underappreciated groups.
This post was edited on 3/9 1:11 AM by Top Row Dawg
Toad
