Fighting Back
Encyclopedia
Fighting Back, released in 1986
, is a live album
by the British
heavy metal
band Cloven Hoof
. Unusually for a live album, it features a selection of new tracks not featured on previous albums, although the song "Eye of the Sun" would later resurface on their 2006 album of the same name
and "Reach For the Sky" and "The Fugitive" were used on the follow-up 1988 album, Dominator
. This is the only Cloven Hoof release to feature singer Rob Hendrick, and the last with guitarist Steve Rounds and drummer Kevin Poutney before breaking up the band.
, unless indicated otherwise.
1986 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1986.-January-June:*January 23 – The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame takes place...
, is a live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
by the British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Cloven Hoof
Cloven Hoof (band)
Cloven Hoof are a heavy metal band from Wolverhampton that was active from 1979 to 1990, and again from around 2000 onwards. The band were associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement, alongside bands such as Iron Maiden and Diamond Head...
. Unusually for a live album, it features a selection of new tracks not featured on previous albums, although the song "Eye of the Sun" would later resurface on their 2006 album of the same name
Eye of the Sun
Eye of the Sun, released in 2006, is the comeback album of the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof, the first since their split in 1990. Of the four band members, only Lee Payne had actually been a member of Cloven Hoof in their first incarnation....
and "Reach For the Sky" and "The Fugitive" were used on the follow-up 1988 album, Dominator
Dominator (Cloven Hoof album)
Dominator, released in 1988, is the third full-length studio album by the British heavy metal band Cloven Hoof. This science fiction concept album debuts singer Russ North and guitarist Andy Wood in the band, as well as drummer Jon Brown...
. This is the only Cloven Hoof release to feature singer Rob Hendrick, and the last with guitarist Steve Rounds and drummer Kevin Poutney before breaking up the band.
Track listing
All songs written by Lee PayneLee Payne (bassist)
Lee Payne is the founding bassist and main songwriter of the British heavy metal/power metal band Cloven Hoof. Payne is a self-taught musician and is the only member of Cloven Hoof to feature in every line-up of the band to date.He started playing guitar at age of 17, but eventually switched to bass...
, unless indicated otherwise.
- Reach for the Sky - 8:02
- The Fugitive - 5:16
- Daughter of Darkness - 4:26
- Heavy Metal Men of Steel - 8:03
- Raised on Rock - 4:48
- Break it Up - 4:26
- Could This Be Love? - 4:02
- Eye of the Sun - 5:58
Credits
- Rob Hendrick - Vocals
- Steve Rounds - Guitar
- Lee PayneLee Payne (bassist)Lee Payne is the founding bassist and main songwriter of the British heavy metal/power metal band Cloven Hoof. Payne is a self-taught musician and is the only member of Cloven Hoof to feature in every line-up of the band to date.He started playing guitar at age of 17, but eventually switched to bass...
- Bass - Kevin Poutney - Drums