Fight (band)

Fight
Fight, 1993
Background information
Origin Arizona, United States
Genres Heavy metal, groove metal, thrash metal[1]
Years active 1992–1995
Labels Epic Records
Associated acts Judas Priest
Past members Rob Halford
Brian Tilse
Jack "Jay Jay" Brown
Scott Travis
Russ Parrish
Robby Lochner
Mark Chaussee

Fight were an English-American heavy metal band assembled by frontman Rob Halford after his departure from Judas Priest in 1992. He took with him from Judas Priest and Racer X drummer Scott Travis, though Travis also continued to drum for Judas Priest. The line-up was completed by Russ Parrish on guitar, Brian Tilse on guitar and keyboards and Jack "Jay Jay" Brown on bass guitar, the latter of the two former members of Cyanide.[2]

During its three-year existence, Fight released two albums: War of Words (1993) and A Small Deadly Space (1995). They toured or played shows with the likes of Pantera, Anthrax, Voivod and Skid Row, and opened for Metallica on the 1994 Shit Hits the Sheds Tour.

The band's musical proposal was quite different from Halford's then-former band; it was a mix between the heavy metal sound created by Judas Priest, and a thrash/groove metal sound similar to that of Pantera.

In 2007, Rob Halford's Metal God Entertainment released War of Words – The Film on DVD.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
USA
[3]		 SWE
[4]		 GER
[5]
War of Words
  • Released: September 14, 1993
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 834956
  • US: 223,902+[6]
A Small Deadly Space
  • Released: April 18, 1995
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 12048—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title Album details
Mutations
  • Released: July 12, 1994
  • Label: Epic Records
  • Formats: CD
K5 – The War of Words Demos
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Into the Pit
  • Released: July 4, 2008
  • Label: Metal God Entertainment
  • Formats: CD (box set)

Video albums

Title Album details
War of Words – The Film
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Metal God Entertainment
  • Formats: DVD

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2010-12-07). "Judas Priest | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/rob-halford-is-down-to-do-another-fight-record
  3. ↑ "Fight | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  4. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  5. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts". musicline.de. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  6. 1 2 "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The Us As Reported By Sound Scan". Blabbermouth.net. 2002-04-30. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
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