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Band/Artist: M-80
Title: Maniacs Revenge
Format: LP
Year of Release: 1985
Genre: Melodic Traditional Heavy Metal
Record label: Roadrunner Records
Bands Country: USA

Track List:
1. Maniacs Revenge 01:15
2. Get Outta My Face 03:35
3. You Drive Me Crazy 02:29
4. The Big Fiz 03:43
5. Nothing to Lose 03:14
6. The Winds of Blowhuyven 04:10
7. Attention 02:37
8. Lets Rock 03:23
9. Stoplight 02:45
10. Forevermore 06:03
11. Love is a Sacrifice 04:05

Members:
– Chris Aylmer [Samson bassist]
– Darrel Young : “Niki Buzz” [Vendetta]
– Ian Roberts (L.A. Secrets).

WHEN NIKI BUZZ LEFT DETROIT ROCKERS ‘VENDETTA’ AFTER ONE ALBUM WITH EPIC RECORDS , HE FORMED A MELODIC METAL ACT IN L.A. BUT ENJOYED MORE SUCCESS IN EUROPE , HENCE RECRUITING BRITISH BASSIST CHRIS AYLMER (Samson) AND DRUMMER IAN ROBERTS (L.A. Secrets).
THESE SONGS WERE ALL RECORDED BETWEEN 1984 AND 1985 AND SHOWCASE SOME FIERY AXEWORK FROM NIKI AS WELL AS STRONG SONGWRITING AND POWERFUL VOCALS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ALL FANS AND COLLECTORS OF MID-80s MELODIC METAL!!

Niki Buzz – founder of 1980s US hard-rock power trios Vendetta and M-80:

What was it like in M-80 working with Don Costa, the only man ever to get kicked out of Ozzy Osborne’s band for being too much of a badass?

Niki: Oh, Jesus. OK, I’m going to tell you about the most famous M-80 gig ever. We were at The Troubador in LA, going to the gig, and Don Costa says: ‘Look, I can’t go in the limo with you. I’m going in my own limo.’ Alright, whatever. So we arrive at the gig and Don Costa is wrapped up like The Mummy; he was taped up head to toe, there was nothing but his eyes showing, and he had smeared cat shit all over himself.

Oh no.

Niki: Oh yes! [laughs] And the drummer sat down and played in an LA jail cell. He literally went to the LA County Jail, where they were replacing the cells, and reconstructed a complete jail cell as our stage set. He had to go into the cell to get on the drums and when he went in he took one of Costa’s extra bass guitars, which I thought was his own. Here we go: we start the concert, and of course there’s this girl on her boyfriend’s shoulders and she starts flashing the band with her big tits. Costa leans over and starts sucking them while he’s playing, which the boyfriend didn’t take too kindly to. So he puts the girl down and starts to swing at Costa. Costa then goes to the back of the stage and comes back out with a pickaxe and starts swinging it at the guy. So now we don’t have a bass player any more because he’s too busy swinging a pickaxe at this guy he’s fighting with. I’m saying to myself OK, I’m the lead singer and the guitar player; I’ll carry the show until he quits this. All of a sudden the drums stop. Sam opens up the case for what I thought was a spare bass guitar and it’s a 12-gauge shotgun…

No! 

Niki: …and he starts blowing holes in the ceiling of the club! Now I’m the only one left actually playing music here, and at that point I was only wearing a chamois – I’m part native American – and so you’ve got this guy in a loin cloth playing guitar; one guy blowing holes in the ceiling, and another guy swinging a pickaxe. That was M-80. Costa was certifiably insane. This wasn’t an act. You know why he got kicked out by Ozzy?

Something to do with a cheese-grater…

Niki: Worse. He used to bring live bunnies on stage and gut them. And he had a cheese-grater on the back of his guitar, which would grate his stomach while he was playing until there was blood everywhere.

And you thought forming a band with this guy would be a good idea why?

[laughter]

Winston: Yeah, Niki. Why?! Thank you for asking that question, Phoenix. We’ve been waiting for him to answer that for years.

Niki: He was the best bass player ever. I just got a fan mail the other day asking if he was still alive and someone told me they think he’s dead, because no one’s heard from his since. Last time I saw him was at The Rainbow, where he showed up in women’s lingerie, motorcycle boots and smoking a cigar.

So how does one go from shotguns, pickaxes and cheese-graters to recording the soundtrack for The Personals, a documentary about the sex lives of the elderly in New York? Just how kinky ARE old people in Manhattan?

[Laughter]

Niki: Every time I land at JFK, my phone starts ringing. People just know I’m in town. This time, it was Planet Studios. I go down there and am just shooting the shit when this guy comes running down the stairs with complete panic on his face. ‘I need a drummer! I need a drummer!’ Everyone pointed at me. It was Miles Davis’ road manager; we hadn’t seen each other in ten years. Miles used to have a recording studio next to mine and would come in and watch me play. Anyway, this guy was recording the soundtrack for a documentary but his drummer hadn’t shown up. So we played through it for about 45 minutes and then I took off the headphones and said OK, I’m ready to do it. And the guy says: ‘No, you’re done. Don’t touch it.’ They had four days to do it; I did it in 45 minutes, first take – and holy shit, it won an Oscar! You know what my wife said to me? ‘That’s good. What are you going to cook for dinner?’

Medieval Death LP and free DVD + Mordicus “Rights ‘n Trials” LP. Official videos, audio, info.