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Raven

Raven came out of Newcastle in the early 1980s, a hard rock band built around brothers Mark and John Gallagher. Their first album, 'Rock Until You Drop,'...

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Editor's note

Raven's Newcastle hard rock, loud and fast

A British heavy metal band from the early '80s, built around brothers Mark and John Gallagher.

For a sense of what they were about, 'Rock Until You Drop' and 'The Savage and the Hungry' still sound like they were recorded yesterday. That's the Raven sound.

Raven came out of Newcastle with that first album 'Rock Until You Drop' in 1981, and the title track became a quick favorite. They were part of that British heavy metal wave, known for high-energy shows. Songs like 'The Savage and the Hungry' and 'Take it Away' show their style, loud, fast, and built to last.

Their 1983 album 'All for One' gave them a bigger push, with artwork and lyrics that got censored in a few places. They kept putting out albums like 'The Pack Is Back' and 'Mad' through the decade. By the late '80s, their moment in the mainstream had passed, but the Gallaghers kept the band going into the next decade with albums like 'Architect of Fear.'

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Raven came out of Newcastle in the early 1980s, a hard rock band built around brothers Mark and John Gallagher. Their first album, 'Rock Until You Drop,' arrived in 1981 with a title track that became a quick favorite. They were part of that British heavy metal wave, known for high-energy shows.

A couple years later, the 1983 album 'All for One' gave them a bigger push. That record's artwork and some lyrics caused enough fuss to get censored in a few places. They kept putting out albums like 'The Pack Is Back' and 'Mad' through the decade, with songs like 'The Savage and the Hungry' and 'Under Your Radar' showing their style.

By the late '80s, their moment in the mainstream had passed, but the Gallaghers kept the band going. They were still recording into the next decade, working on albums like 'Architect of Fear.'

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