Jerusalem

Rank #6 Salisbury, WIL, UK Rock / Heavy Metal / Heavy Rock

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Members: Paul Dean - Bass, Ray Sparrow - Drums, Bill Hinde - 2nd Guitar, Bob Cooke - Lead Guitar, Lynden Williams - Vocals

Sounds Like: Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Sir Lord Baltimore, PENTAGRAM, Pantera

Label: Deram (Decca), Universal, Rockadrome, Rockadrome

Manager: Paul Dean

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First official re-mastered release of the legendary 1972 Jerusalem album + extras, produced & managed by Ian Gillan of Deep Purple - available at Rockadrome.com - Rockadrome Records (www.rockadrome.com)

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“The Jerusalem album is a golden nugget of early metal from 1972 and while it may not have the sheer heaviness of Black Sabbath or the polish of Deep Purple or Zeppelin, it has a songwriting quality that was ahead of its time. This album has a sound and style that many bands today strive more and still don't come close to obtaining.... Jerusalem were ahead of their time in so many ways, they were un-polished, raw with dark, sinister riffing.....Jerusalem are the real deal when it comes to early proto-metal and proto-doom and there is only about another 10 bands that I know of that come close to the raw darkness that Jerusalem produced during those halcyon days of heavy music. The album was produced by the one and only Ian Gillan from Deep Purple”

— Ed Barnard, Doommantia

“A holy relic among proto-metal fans, Jerusalem’s self-titled 1972 debut album was produced by none other than Deep Purple’s own Ian Gillan. A masterpiece of early bludgeon-rock, this doom laden bruiser predates NWOBHM by half a decade, but sounds just as heavy – From Classic Rock Mag #129 (Jerusalem is featured on the free sampler CD included with the magazine)”

— Classi Rock Magazine #129

"Devoid of the showy theatrics of the day (’72) the band has a stripped down rough-hewn majesty that gives them a timelessness lacking in many of their contemporaries." - Shindig! Mag (UK)

— Shindig Mag (UK)

"sledgehammer-heavy masterpiece of underground British rock" - Classic Rock Magazine

— -, Classic Rock Magazine

“It’s easy to see why Ian Gillan was inspired to work with this ragged and raw, incendiary gang. At their best, they managed the compelling riff-mania of Purple, fused with some serious blues licks and the pulverizing heaviness of Sabbath. But on further listen, there’s something else to the band, something much more sinister and malevolent than that simple description puts forth. Yes, Sabbathy, doom-laden riffs abound, but whereas Sabbath played their game like a B-rated horror movie from the House of Hammer come to life, Jerusalem infuse their death-blues with a true sense of the ominous. Fired by the ragged-endothelial celled larynx of Lynden Williams, and I.V. fed with a hefty does of fuzz and spit, there’s something intensely subversive lurking under the at-first-glance straight ahead protometal on this disc. Produced by Gillan with a brief intro by the Purple man himself -- where he said, "not many bands really excite me. But this one's so raw and completely unpretentious"..”

— Racer, The Ripple Effect

“Ian Gillan (who produces here) described Jerusalem as “rough, raw and doomy” which is pretty much spot on. Devoid of the showy theatrics of the day (1972) the band has a stripped down rough-hewn majesty that gives them a timelessness that many of their contemporise were nowhere near. That this album sank without trace at the time is criminal given the multitude of hooks, riffs and exuberant performances on each and every track. It’s hard to pick a favourite but the monster chorus on ‘When the Wolf Sits’ probably just takes it. Across the nine songs on the original album they never let up the energy levels and blast away a lot of the big-name albums from the same time. Rockadrome is fast becoming THE reissue label for early hard-rock and metal collectors and they’ve done a superb job yet again. The sound is incredible and the reissue is handsomely repackaged with the non LP single ‘Kamizake Moth’ and four alternative versions of the albums best tracks. Essential. AM”

— AM, TimeMazine #4

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2010
Sep 10

MERIDIAN
Houston, TX, US | 7:00pm
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Houston, TX, US
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Inner Planets
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem song 'Frustration' in the next issue of Mojo Magazine - free cd 'Heavy Nuggets Vol 2'
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yeeah !! cool!! greetz BF