HELLION - Screams In The Night
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2007
- HELLION - Screams In The Night.
Hellion became famous after being discovered by Ronnie James Dio in the mid-1980s. Hellion was based in Los Angeles and there were several line-ups, all of which were very good. The band probably would have become very big, if it was not for the major record companys' concept of female singers and they type of music women were expected to perform in the 1980s. Many famous managers and record companys offered Ann Boleyn deals if she agree to become more of a pop-rock singer, such as Pat Benetar. (There is a story that the former manager of Van Halen was convinced that Ann Boleyn was going to be "the next Pat Benetar." Another famous record producer, who had worked with Janis Joplin, said she was the 1980s answer to Janis.) At the same time, most of the record companies thought that the band itself was so heavy that they needed a male singer. These conflicts often caused band members to come and go.
Hellion developed a substantial following in the cities where they regularly performed. Because Ann Boleyn is one of the only metal singers who did not rely on sexy costumes and never "sold out" she has maintained a strong cult following, and releases recordings every several years. The last Hellion album came out in 2003 on Massacre Records (Germany).
She took a few years off from music to go to law school. But, she has said in interviews that she will continue performing and recording when she is done with law school.
Ann Boleyn was tapped to replace singer Dawn Crosby (RIP) in the legendary thrash band, Detente. Boleyn toured the USA and Europe with Detente in 2008 and 2009.
In 2010, following the death of her mentor, Ronnie James Dio, Ann Boleyn stopped touring. She performed live one time (at the All-Star Metal Jam at the NAMM Music show) in the last three years.
Ann Boleyn's facebook page indicates that she and former Dio & AC/DC drummer, Simon Wright, have reformed Hellion with the aid of a new guitarist, Maxxxwell Carlisle, and bass player, Bjorn Englen (Yngwie Malmsteen and Uli John Roth). A news report said that Hellion is currently in the studio with legendary producer, Ken Scott.
The line-up on this video is:
Drummer - Greg Pecka (ex-Dokken)
Singer - Ann Boleyn
Guitar - Chet Thompson
Bass - Alex Campbell (ex-Lyon) - เพลง
Back in 84 /85 I've seen HELLION in the Los Angeles street scene thy were awesome!!.. ANN boylen was something else!!! 🎵🎶🤘🇺🇲
Totally Dio influenced vocally. Amazing vocalist!!! Underrated talent. Long live the 80’s. Best memories of my life :(
She is shite, hurts my ears
She'a kid of Dio's rage and Gillan's high pitch temper.
Chet, incredible guitarist and under rated musician. He was my guitar instructor for 2 years. The best instructor I had. He was and still is amazing.
He was my guitar teacher too. I can't remember the name of the school but it was in Montrose, CA
He’s my dads cousin so my second cousins dad. No joke
Chet is amazing. Reminds me of Jake E Lee.
Very underrated guitarist. George Lynch talks about taking lessons with Chet, when He was in a rut.
What makes her really awesome is that her "sexiness" comes from her talent, and the fact that she is NOT tarting it up.. She is dressed with rock and roll style. She is indeed pretty, but I really like the fact that she still holds her class.
At NAMM I partied and hanged out with Ann Boleyn best fucken day ever she's such a badass
Hellion haters can pound sand! No matter who is in Hellion, as long as Ann Boleyn is there it ranks!
Queen of Metal
Ah no, that would be Doro.
***** Ann Boleyn is the best female stage performer and her voice is the purest.
Doro for sure. Ann is good Doro is great.
This band was totally underrated back in my days, the 80s that is, best decade for Metal!!! I'm 57 years old and still rocking, this is the kind of shit they're going to play at my funeral , I'll be 100 and still head banging!!!!
Man that lead is awesome
I can affirm how cool Ann is regarding even small bands. Back in the late 90s/early 00s she was super cool and sent lots of promos and great advice. With as much talent as she has, she has always been super approachable. We had the biggest crush on her :)
Ann Boleyn, also coined ther term "speed metal" and founded New Renaissance Records. Truly the metal queen!
No one can top Ann Boleyn's vocal performance on Screams In The Night. Still love this and can't wait for the new CD!
This style is f***ing awesome ! All those bands of this era. True powerful unique compositions, great players, great vocals !
Happy Birthday Ann!
Un grandissimo gruppo, quando uscì il loro EP nell'83 andai di corsa a comprarlo! ANN BOLEYN è stata (secondo me) una delle più belle voci dell'HEAVY METAL americano, e gli HELLION erano faaaaaantastici !!!!!!!
I saw Hellion open up for Dio and Whitesnake. Awesome show. Best ever female metal singer.
Powerful voice
Chet is such an amazing guitarist and it’s a shame he left Hellion, he is one of my favorite guitarists
Ann Boleyn the metal queen!!
Nothing against Ann, but she isn't referred as the queen. That would be Doro.
That's a matter of opinion. Still have wet dreams about Ann Boleyn. She has the best mid range grown of any female singer IMO. Doro is excellent, though too.
Ann Boleyn is referred to as America's metal Queen. Look at old issues of Metal Hammer and Kerrang!
Doro sucks ass! Ann is wayy better
Better check your statistics , Millions of fans, Journalists, other singers all refer to Doro as the queen of metal, not Ann. I'm sure you've sucked a few asses , Ana. I have nothing else to say about it, facts are facts.
@YogaArmy Wendy's focus was Paul Shortino and Rough Cutt, who were my friends. Hellion opened for Dio and Whitesnake. Hellion got the crowd on their feet right away. Whitesnake followed and were pissed because the crowd wouldn't stand up. The crowd was sitting down the whole show until Whitesnake played played "Fool For Your Lovin' No More." Dio was great and had a great show but Hellion stole the show for people that arrived early enough. After that nobody wanted Hellion as the opener.
I agree. All of the musicians in the band during this line-up were outstanding. A lot of people don't know this, but the drummer was the original drummer of Dokken. The bass player was also famous in California and played in many of the best bands during the late 80s and early 90s. Personally, I think that Ann Boleyn was/is the best femal metal singer ever. And, Chet Thompson is on my top-5 of guitarists, right up there with Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhodes.
Very solid and very strong delivery from miz Boleyn on vocals.
What tha fuuuuok incredible voice!!! Why hadn't I heard them before? Amazing band sound !
Hellion was so badass.
🔥🤘💀🤘🔥
Around 1993 i had a band called hellion with sone school pals, we lived in Portugal and the internet was not really a thing back then, also it was hard knowing about more "obscure/less known" bands back then, funny how all that time a band already existed with the same name :)
Спасибо сто миллионов раз!!!
This is awesome! I love Ann and Chet.
good singer- good metal
Going to that rehearsal studio was fun. That couch stunk like Vodka and other things. Greg tried to sneak us backstage at David Lee Roth and we all got busted. Fun times!
Don't forget also Kate from Belgium speed metal act Acid (early 80's)! Kate is my my favorite... I spoke with Ann two times, and she's an amazing person!
Ann Boleyn is still singing, but now is in a thrash/cross-over band called Detente. They have videos on youtube and are very good.
Fuck that was intense. What real Metal should be. Bangin as fuck
Trip down memory lane--- She rocked the house @ the ROXY back in the day!
Hellion is touring in October! Simon Wright is on drums, too!
Sensacional! Ann Boleyn é um espetáculo cantando com estes agudos ferozes!
still sounds great even after all these years.
This is what a female METAL singer should strive for! She is the best ever at what she does. No one comes close!
This chick is the sound of female metal.....period.
i like the way the guitar player has to lean back to get himself in the scene ,the camera is on the headbanging singer
Really amazing!I saw an Ann Boleyn show with Detente(i'd like Dawn Crosby too)
OMG! This brings back MAJOR memories LOL I worked w/ Ann & helped Hellion out a LOT during this time period plus I took guitar lessons for many years from Chet Thompson. I recently ran into the drummer Greg Pecka he's still the same cool Greg! I really worked hard to help this band make it and they really should have - the sucky thing is they couldn't get a gig as a opening act for a major artist and while I LOVE Dio during this time he really didn't help them - earlier he was involved.
Chet is a freakin' beast,, I absolutely love his guitar playing,,, please bring him into the light again.Hailzzz
From what I heard, Ann Boleyn (the singer) and CHet Thompson (the guitarist) both went back to college. Ann Boleyn finished up first. In interview she said that she didn't want to reform Hellion without the guitarists. So that is probably why she has been playing with Detente. But, she said that Chet will be done with college soon, so who know what will happen in the future.
I used to have this on cassette when i was a kid , good memories...
Awesome 😎
Ann Boleyn has always looked great.
Probably the best female voice in metal.
Lee Axeman Miller Leather Leone and Doro said hello!
Doro doesn't come even close... Leather Leone is great, but not as powerful as Ann Boylen...
The best ,hard voice!! Ever
Junto con la cantante de Acid
Breno Raphaldini Leather is just as powerful in her own way. She has a stronger voice in a lower register than Ann who shines in the upper registers.
This is what metal is supposed to sound like, basically enough said, 2023 and still digging on it VERY underrated, this ain't no sellout music 🎵🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎉💥
Best female singer ever
Getting tickets to see them on Monday!
Hellion Rules
I love her stage presence
Killer vocals. She just came on and sang with DC4 and sounded killer.
It looks like a female version of DIO, including the mannerisms. Very good band. I liked the singer.
Indeed shes a disciple of dio...dio produced their first lp back in the day sometime in 84 or 85...
Oh! Really! So here is the tricky. It is the answer to so many references. That's right. You have every reason. Thanks for the info, Richard Lugo.
yeah man got magazine called metal forces..'85 issue hellion is featured there..
There is a good interview with Ronnie James Dio in one of the old metal mages (Kerrang or maybe Metal Hammer?) where he said he didn't believe that females could sing metal until he heard Ann Boleyn's voice. He produced and managed Hellion for a while and apparently was Ann's close friend until his death.
Yup! If it wasn't for DIO , then Hellion would have been more underground.
Honestly I don't know why Dio & Wendy didn't continue to help them. We did see Dio at Mates during the time but he never stepped in. I rem. Ann going over to Niji. I was constantly around Hellion during this time & at all gigs / practices. Yes they really were that tight of band and YES the shows were nothing less than AMAZING. I used 2 have all the live tapes & pics. Ann & the band were ALWAYS on and I mean that! It's a TOTAL Mystery to me why they never made it BIG during the 1980s.
The singer is a very nice person and very humble to talk to.
the new Hellion 2- CD anthology is killer. bought it off of Amazon and it is good hear that Ann is singing as great as ever!
Brilliant.
my favorite female singer hail hellion
Just ordered the new Hellion anthology! Can't wait for April 1st!
This is very good!!
I used to do opening act for this band Hellion but this is my first time to listen this tune!! I really love it and singer is real metal queen!!
Awesome band...
Years later, I still love this song!
Sorry Nolde1965. No problem. My English is not good. Ronnie James Dio produced Hellion (band with a female singer). Also, Doro and Hellion used to open for Dio. Ronnie James Dio did one interview said that Ann Boleyn reminded him of himself and that he enjoyed touring with Doro.
I remember them! Whatever happened to bad ass music like this??
Yeah, she was and she still is. ;)
wow! i had their EP back in the day on vinyl & only now listening to this do i realise what an amazing metal vocalist she is!! Wish they had more success.
amazing.
lovely..perfect voice and rythm
That was a pretty damn majestic solo...
I'd love for this kind of music to come back in style. She's got more balls than all of whiney bands of today.
Awesome!
Wow she is something else. What power, sustain, and range.
Nice fury of her voice!!!
Agreed, VERY underrated, I love this, metal rules, 🎸🎸🎸💥💥
awesome
@714HellBoy Yes you are right on there. The focus was on Rough Cutt and Paul. I was/still am a big Rough Cutt fan - they were an incredible band that really never reached their full potential - same w/ Hellion. Those early shows were amazing. Also all the early Hellion shows were amazing. Ann was always very high energy. Lots of very fond memories. I hear ya on that - I rem. Ann telling me a lot of stories. Chet's solo is pretty friggin amazing on this song!!!
Wow ! 👌
GREAT....always loved her voice.
Agree, totally.
Great..never heard of them until now...I missed out back then
I agree with you. The tone of her voice is very unique. There is nobody quite like her.
Got my pre-order in on Amazon for the new Hellion CD!
Awesomeness
I agree. I was very happy when I finally got a copy of this video.
YAY i have this vinyl!!! I love Ann Boleyn ... best female vocalist ever!!!
Somebody once told me that Ripper Owens did a cover of one of the Hellion songs, but, I looked for it everywhere online, so i think they must have been talking about the cover version of Better of Dead by Hellion. A couple bands recorded that song.
genial grande ANN BOLEYN
Best female singer EVER in metal!!!! Great lyrics and excellent songs too!
I remember when this came out. I still think who's the best!
one of the greatest female singers and at the top 3 looks!
thanks you +MetalJesusRocks this is awesome
Chet Thompson and Jake E. Lee Ruled.
Awesome song. I can't wait to hear new music from her!
She singing 1-23-13 at the NAMMM Metal Jam!
...and on guitar: The 8th wonder of the world.... Mr. Chet Thompson!
very cool!
YEAH! BABY
The new Hellion CD sounds so friggen awesome! Ann is as good as ever.
Fucking awesome!
I love this. Awesome slice of 80s "power" metal.
LET'S GO ANN !!!