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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Nuclear Assault| image =|270px| caption = From left: Glenn Evans , John Connelly (musician)|John Connelly , Anthony Bramante , and Dan Lilker deletable image-caption|date=July 2011| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = New York City , United States | genre = Thrash metal , crossover thrash | years_active = 1984–1995, 1997, 2002–2008, 2010–present| label = I.R.S. Records|I.R.S. , Combat Records|Combat , In-Effect, Receiver Records, SPV GmbH|SPV | associated_acts = ShocktaleZ , Stormtroopers of Death|S.O.D. , Anthrax (band)|Anthrax , Cycle Sluts From Hell , Warrior Soul , Brutal Truth , Holy Moses , Tails Of Blood, TT Quick.| website = URL| http://www.nuclearassault.us/| current_members = Danny Lilker John Connelly (musician)|John Connelly Scott Harrington Glenn Evans| past_members = Mike Bogush Scott Duboys Anthony Bramante Dave DiPietro Scott Metaxas Eric Paone Eric Burke Karl Kochran Dave DiPietro Nuclear Assault is an American thrash metal / crossover thrash band formed in 1984.
History
After the release of Anthrax (band)|Anthrax 's debut album Fistful of Metal , bass player Danny Lilker , a founding member of the group, was fired by the band. He decided to pursue a more aggressive style of music and formed Nuclear Assault with guitarist/vocalist John Connelly (musician)|John Connelly ,cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5046|pure_url=yes|title=Nuclear Assault > Biography|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|coauthors=Franck, John|work= Allmusic |publisher= Macrovision |accessdate=2009-07-05 who had been involved in an early version of Anthrax.cite web|url= http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php? id=169 |title=Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Anthrax |publisher=The Metal Archives |date=2002-07-18 |accessdate=2011-07-16 They were joined by guitarist Mike Bogush and drummer Scott Duboys (later of Cities, Cycle Sluts From Hell and Warrior Soul ). They then recorded the first of two Demo (music)|demos , which included the songs Stranded in Hell , The Plague , and Hang the Pope .cite web|url= http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php? id=18329 |title=Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Nuclear Assault - 1984 demo |publisher=The Metal Archives |date=2011-05-07 |accessdate=2011-07-16cite web|url= http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php? id=9696 |title=Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Nuclear Assault - Live, Suffer, Die |publisher=The Metal Archives |date=2011-05-07 |accessdate=2011-07-16
The group's first live performance was at the Union Jack in South River , New Jersey in late 1984.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Guitarist Mike Bogush was later replaced by Anthony Bramante. Bramante's first live performance with the group was at L'Amour (venue)|L'Amour in Brooklyn , New York in April 1985.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Shortly after the performance, Duboys left the band and was replaced by powerhouse drummer Glenn Evans formerly of New Jersey based band T.T. Quick.
The second demo "Live Suffer Die" was recorded and the band began touring the United States consistently. The band signed a multi-album contract with Combat Records and after recording the Game Over (Nuclear Assault album)|Game Over album in April 1986, the band secured a European tour with Agent Steel and Atomkraft .Citation needed|date=July 2009 Later, feeling constrained by their contract with Combat, the band signed with I.R.S. Records and recorded Survive (Nuclear Assault album)|Survive in 1988.Citation needed|date=July 2009 The album reached number 145 on the US Billboard 200| Billboard 200 chartcite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums& model.vnuArtistId=5328& model.vnuAlbumId=725563|title=Artist Chart History - Nuclear Assault|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|accessdate=2009-07-06 and Nuclear Assault set off on a 180-day world tourCitation needed|date=July 2009 in the United States and Europe; first as an opening act|opening for Slayer and later headlining with British group Acid Reign as a support act.cite web|url= http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/new+york/new+york+city/nuclear+assault|title=Nuclear Assault biography|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|publisher= MusicMight |accessdate=2009-07-06 The next album, 1989's Handle with Care (Nuclear Assault album)|Handle with Care , would see the band at their commercial peak, hitting the US chart at number 126, and peaking in the UK Albums Chart at #60,cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 398 with more touring, including a trip to Japan and a U.S. tour opening for Testament and Savatage.Citation needed|date=July 2009 The band released their first live album, Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (Nuclear Assault album)|Live at the Hammersmith Odeon , in 1990, but internal troubles were causing problems for the band.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Constant touring and recording was taking its toll on the band, and there was a rumor that the band might split.Citation needed|date=July 2009 The recording of Out of Order (Nuclear Assault album)|Out of Order was problematic.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Lead songwriter John Connelly (musician)|John Connelly was conspicuously absent from the recording process.Citation needed|date=July 2009 He only sang on five of the songs and played the guitar on one (Quocustodiat his only full writing credit), leaving Evans and Lilker to do most of the recording alone.Citation needed|date=July 2009 After the release of Out of Order (Nuclear Assault album)|Out of Order bassist Lilker left to start the band Brutal Truth in 1990. The band enlisted Scott Metaxas on bass and toured across the United States and Europe before longstanding guitarist Anthony Bramante left the band. In 1993, the band released one more album, entitled Something Wicked (album)|Something Wicked doing one last European tour with guitarist Dave DiPietro before breaking up in 1995.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Nuclear Assault later reunited for one concert in 1997 (put on by Eric Paone of 'Candy Striper Death Orgy' in New Hampshire ) before parting ways a second time.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Then, two more shows the following year with Eric Paone on bass guitar in New England.Citation needed|date=July 2009 They reformed once again in 2002 to record a live album entitled Alive Again (Nuclear Assault album)|Alive Again followed by several European tours, first with Testament (band)|Testament and Death Angel , then with Exodus (band)|Exodus and Agent Steel . A new studio album entitled Third World Genocide followed in 2005, with yet more touring, including a South American tour with Death Angel .
They made a guest appearance at the Maryland Deathfest on May 25, 2008.Citation needed|date=July 2009 Nuclear Assault are still active and appeared at the Metal Merchants Festival in Oslo , Norway , in January 2011.
John Connelly (musician)|John Connelly - vocals/guitar
Scott Harrington - guitar
Glenn Evans - drums
Former members
Mike Bogush - guitar (1984)
Scott Duboys - drums (1984)
Anthony Bramante - guitar (1985–1991, 2001–2002)
Dave DiPietro - guitar (1993)
Scott Metaxas - Bass (1993)
Eric Paone - bass (1998)
Eric Burke - guitar (2002–2004)
Karl Kochran - guitar
Dave DiPietro - guitar
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.nuclearassault.us/ Nuclear Assault & ndash; official website
MySpace|theofficialnuclearassault|Nuclear Assault
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