Thanks for this episode. WRABIT albums were very hard to get here in Germany so I never got one. I think especially "Wrough & Wready" is an awesome album and were they Americans they could have been MUCH bigger! First two albums were better than the 3rd imho. I knew about the band shortly after I became a huge fan of Lee Aaron. First time Lee Aaron played in Germany was at their "Metal Queen" period Co-Headlining with BON JOVI, who were not a big name May 1985 at their "7800° Fahrenheit" Tour, maybe 400 or 500 visitors there; Lee Aaron were playing first, imho they should have been headlining over Bon Jovi. Was lucky enough the guy from Roadrunner asked me during Bon Jovi's set, he's driving to the hotel now and would I like to do an interview with Karen (= Lee Aaron)! That was a very special thing for me and I remember John Albani, he didn't like one question but that was just a translation misunderstanding from German / English and my subpar English at the time... I know later that evening Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora tried to pick up on Karen, no surprise, eh... ? Was "mad" at John Albani once... after a show (Winter 1986) from the "Call of the wild" tour, friend of mine and me were singing "She's the lady of the darkest night..." just below the hotel room where Karen and him were staying! Probably a stupid idea, or we were just "high" from the show, but still I remember it to this day, it was damn cold and we both had no place to stay and need to wait till the next morning at the railway station anyway, when a train will bring us home, thats how "crazy" we were as fans of music back then! I do remember she opens the window as to thank us, he came to the window, shook his head in disbelieve and closed the curtain and shut the window (on us). A week later I was on another show from that same tour and George Bernhardt recognises me from the show before and thanked me during the opening bands playing for coming out (again). Karen was always super-nice to me on all shows and when I met her, I guess John Albani was just over-protective and just saw me as a nerd or (drunken) fanatic. ( Karen has found a very supportive and cool husband in John Cody (her drummer, who I also met) and father of her kids so everything turns out great in the end.) Sorry for the long post, Dan.
Hahahahaha! First of all, never apologize for long comments! I love reading them all and this one especially had some cool anecdotes and stories attached to them! I would say this is one of the better stories/comments I've had on my channel that I found a very interesting read! Great and funny! Thanks for sharing! Ya, here in Canada the Wrabit is sort of easy to find and not expensive... had to go through discogs to get them as I have NEVER seen them in used stores here... Mind you, i never actively looked for them either... hahahaha But yeah, good hard rock band which i still find fresh today! Keep your comments and stories coming! I really did enjoy this one! :)
@@offthecharts2272 Did you know that the singer Lou Nadeau is now a Tom Jones impersonator known as Lou Nelson?!?! I bought the first album in 1982 on cassette for $1.99 at my local supermarket in New Jersey!
Hi there again. Good bands you talk about. Love this bands album. Still have the 3 albums on good old original vinyl. My favorite is their third,but all is very good. Rock n roll😁🤘
Thank you for the nice comments! I try and educate people, while myself learning of these obscure bands... I litterally never heard of them until 2 years ago... All three albums are very solid, but I have a tad more love for the 2nd :)
I love the second also,in fact that was my favorite early on but no i am older and i think the third is little more varied and fun. Keep on coming with bands...👍🙂🤘
@@magnuswettermark8293 maybe it will change with time for me... I quite enjoyed listening to them this past week in preparation for this episode... I will come up with more bands (with a bigger discography in the future also) I've also started doing "shorts" on YT showing some obscure unknown bands that do not have many albums, or just one and done...
Hey Dan, great to see Wrabit getting some love! Btw the singer's name is Lou Nadeau (not Les). Anyway Anytime, Just Tell Me What To Do, Just Go Away, Run For Cover, There Was A Time, Don't Lose That Feeling & Young Girl are career highlights! The cover by Chuck Jones is very cool! Dave Alpin played with Sebastian Back in a local Toronto band called Kid Wikkid (pre-Skid Row). Chris Brockway played in a band called Hanover Fist for their only album as well! Keep Rockin'!
Oups! Thanks for that! Lou, not Les! When I was filming, i was wondering why two Les's came out and didnt notice when typing my notes out! LOL I know the band Kid Wikkid AND Hanover Fist but never heard their music... any good? Thanks for correcting me! I need someone to keep me in check ! LOL :)
@@offthecharts2272 Kid Wikkid never really put out an album but had a couple tunes on a Canadian compilation called Maple Metal. The song Take a Look at Me is a great tune! Hanover Fist had a good song called Hungry Eyes (which became the title track for their album on re-issue, with a poor album cover compared to the original...) Standing Six, is another quality track from that album. This is heavier music than Wrabit with the singer having a melodic but gruff sounding voice! Pretty good stuff! Keep Rockin'!
Gary McCracken must love it when people change his name to Phil(14:28) 😆Seriously though great to see someone giving bands like Wrabit some attention. They are definitely worth checking out.
Hahahahah I guess that Phil McCracken dad joke made its way to NZ eh? That's an oldie! LOL Ya, I'm trying to give some love to unknown bands out there... now wait until you see my next episode of "revisiting"... i do the opposite and do NOT endorse that band and NOT worth checking out... :) (and I did name-drop you regarding a reference I'm hoping you will back me up with) :)
You get a thumbs up just for doing an episode on Wrabit! I only found out about them just a few months ago. I saw an interview with Lee Aaron and John Albani, and John talked about the band he was in before teaming up with Lee Aaron. Then I was looking at the cover of The Lee Aaron Project - the original cover - and I noticed Wrabit on the cover in three places. So I checked Amazon and found the first two albums had been reissued in Japan, and I snatched them up right away. Yes, he was on Emotional Rain, too. John was.
Ha! Why thank you for the nice comments! Thats the point of these "revisiting forgotten bands" is to talk about the ones that dont get talked about enough on YT... I discovered them about a year ago myself... crazy how I never heard of them before, and I'm canadian! :) Oh, good find on that "Wrabit" sticker on the skateboard... I didnt even realise it myself (as I have the other version of that album)... Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Worthwhile comments too! :)
@@musicisajourney I've done many of the "revisiting" series and a few of them are Canadian... so yes, i love my Canadian music and love to show off bands some ppl may not know about...
Hi Dan! I bought the Canadian version of their debut from mail order here in Finland about -83, based on the picture of album cover in catalogue. Wouldn't have bought international version lol. Couldn't find it in my collection though and didn't remember anything about the music. I might have sold or lost it. It's not in Tidal, but I found it from TH-cam and listening as I type. From the first three songs I'm pretty sure it was too pop for me back then and probably singer's falsetto (like in Pushin' On) put me off. Now it sounds much better 😁 Btw, don't know about you but when I was a kid I used to buy a lot of records without listening or never hearing about particular band, just checked cover and tried to judge by that if they are heavy/hard rock 😆 It was kinda hit (Magnum/On a Storyteller's Night) and miss (too many to list here).
Ya, i also would not have bought the International version of this album as a kid... LOL But now I have it! :) And I totally get you, I used to buy records without listening to them simply by the cover (and maybe the back to see if there was a band pic)... you couldnt "test" music back then... it was all blind (unless you saw them on MTV or MuchMusic)... Some were hits, some were misses... but that was what was great about the "treasure hunting" :)
@@offthecharts2272 Yeah, me and my friends used to do that treasure hunting in second hand record stores and local big box stores, which probably sometimes bought lot of albums and then put it on sale very cheap and usually didn't even know anything about said album/band. I remember seeing Dr. Feelgood's album "Mötley Crue" once 🤣 I'd love to see an episode of your hits and misses from that time 👍🤘
@@BlackBelgianDog Not a bad idea! I shall see if I have material enough to conjure up an episode like this... the thing is, most of the stuff that were "misses" ended up being re-sold LOL
I actually saw Wrabit as a warmup band I believe in 81 for AC⚡️DC on For Those About To Rock tour. Never heard of them again until today. Just remember the name being weird for a band 😂
Have not come across this band before,, I think they should have used two " B's " in their name. Just looks better.🐰 At least with this band you only have a small discography to collect.🐰
Ya, I only discovered them last year... not the coolest name or album covers (especially the international version of the first one) but the songs are definitely there! And yes, SMALL discography to collect! LOL
You are correct! My bad! The albums say Lou, but the website I was using for research wrote "Les"... thank you for correcting me! AND, thanks for watching and commenting and showing me the error of my ways... :)
@@ToTheBuRecords you know I actually thought about it for a minute or two…. But I was too chicken shit to ask him.. after that blunder of getting his last name wrong also…. 🙄🤷🏻♂️
@@ToTheBuRecords Yip! I feel like a complete knob now! :) And yes, VERY cool he watched my video! I try and make vids from bands who dont get much exposure on YT...
Thanks for this episode. WRABIT albums were very hard to get here in Germany so I never got one. I think especially "Wrough & Wready" is an awesome album and were they Americans they could have been MUCH bigger! First two albums were better than the 3rd imho. I knew about the band shortly after I became a huge fan of Lee Aaron. First time Lee Aaron played in Germany was at their "Metal Queen" period Co-Headlining with BON JOVI, who were not a big name May 1985 at their "7800° Fahrenheit" Tour, maybe 400 or 500 visitors there; Lee Aaron were playing first, imho they should have been headlining over Bon Jovi. Was lucky enough the guy from Roadrunner asked me during Bon Jovi's set, he's driving to the hotel now and would I like to do an interview with Karen (= Lee Aaron)! That was a very special thing for me and I remember John Albani, he didn't like one question but that was just a translation misunderstanding from German / English and my subpar English at the time... I know later that evening Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora tried to pick up on Karen, no surprise, eh... ? Was "mad" at John Albani once... after a show (Winter 1986) from the "Call of the wild" tour, friend of mine and me were singing "She's the lady of the darkest night..." just below the hotel room where Karen and him were staying! Probably a stupid idea, or we were just "high" from the show, but still I remember it to this day, it was damn cold and we both had no place to stay and need to wait till the next morning at the railway station anyway, when a train will bring us home, thats how "crazy" we were as fans of music back then! I do remember she opens the window as to thank us, he came to the window, shook his head in disbelieve and closed the curtain and shut the window (on us). A week later I was on another show from that same tour and George Bernhardt recognises me from the show before and thanked me during the opening bands playing for coming out (again). Karen was always super-nice to me on all shows and when I met her, I guess John Albani was just over-protective and just saw me as a nerd or (drunken) fanatic. ( Karen has found a very supportive and cool husband in John Cody (her drummer, who I also met) and father of her kids so everything turns out great in the end.) Sorry for the long post, Dan.
Hahahahaha! First of all, never apologize for long comments! I love reading them all and this one especially had some cool anecdotes and stories attached to them! I would say this is one of the better stories/comments I've had on my channel that I found a very interesting read! Great and funny! Thanks for sharing! Ya, here in Canada the Wrabit is sort of easy to find and not expensive... had to go through discogs to get them as I have NEVER seen them in used stores here... Mind you, i never actively looked for them either... hahahaha But yeah, good hard rock band which i still find fresh today! Keep your comments and stories coming! I really did enjoy this one! :)
YES!!! Wrabit!!!!
Not often there is something about this band on YT eh? 😋. Thanks for stopping by, watching and commenting! 🤘🏻
@@offthecharts2272 I have a small group of friends that love the first 2 albums and we talk about them all the time.. Pushin' On!!!
@@offthecharts2272 Did you know that the singer Lou Nadeau is now a Tom Jones impersonator known as Lou Nelson?!?!
I bought the first album in 1982 on cassette for $1.99 at my local supermarket in New Jersey!
@@Strimbles LOL! NO! I did NOT know that! :) That's quite the curve ball you threw me there! :)
They opened for Black Sabbath too. According to John Albani, he got on really well with Rio Dio.
Ya i think I saw the Sabbath mention when I was researching them (which there isnt a lot of on the net...)
Hi there again. Good bands you talk about. Love this bands album. Still have the 3 albums on good old original vinyl. My favorite is their third,but all is very good. Rock n roll😁🤘
Thank you for the nice comments! I try and educate people, while myself learning of these obscure bands... I litterally never heard of them until 2 years ago... All three albums are very solid, but I have a tad more love for the 2nd :)
I love the second also,in fact that was my favorite early on but no i am older and i think the third is little more varied and fun. Keep on coming with bands...👍🙂🤘
@@magnuswettermark8293 maybe it will change with time for me... I quite enjoyed listening to them this past week in preparation for this episode... I will come up with more bands (with a bigger discography in the future also) I've also started doing "shorts" on YT showing some obscure unknown bands that do not have many albums, or just one and done...
Hey Dan, great to see Wrabit getting some love! Btw the singer's name is Lou Nadeau (not Les). Anyway Anytime, Just Tell Me What To Do, Just Go Away, Run For Cover, There Was A Time, Don't Lose That Feeling & Young Girl are career highlights! The cover by Chuck Jones is very cool! Dave Alpin played with Sebastian Back in a local Toronto band called Kid Wikkid (pre-Skid Row). Chris Brockway played in a band called Hanover Fist for their only album as well! Keep Rockin'!
Oups! Thanks for that! Lou, not Les! When I was filming, i was wondering why two Les's came out and didnt notice when typing my notes out! LOL I know the band Kid Wikkid AND Hanover Fist but never heard their music... any good? Thanks for correcting me! I need someone to keep me in check ! LOL :)
@@offthecharts2272 Kid Wikkid never really put out an album but had a couple tunes on a Canadian compilation called Maple Metal. The song Take a Look at Me is a great tune! Hanover Fist had a good song called Hungry Eyes (which became the title track for their album on re-issue, with a poor album cover compared to the original...) Standing Six, is another quality track from that album. This is heavier music than Wrabit with the singer having a melodic but gruff sounding voice! Pretty good stuff! Keep Rockin'!
@@Kenneth-fk3py thank you for the info! I shall try and track some down!
Awesome! Great coverage for a band that should be better known! Cheers (*dingggg)
Thank you! But in all honesty, this episode does not get made without you introducing me to this band! Good call! Great fresh music! 🤘🏻
Gary McCracken must love it when people change his name to Phil(14:28) 😆Seriously though great to see someone giving bands like Wrabit some attention. They are definitely worth checking out.
Hahahahah I guess that Phil McCracken dad joke made its way to NZ eh? That's an oldie! LOL Ya, I'm trying to give some love to unknown bands out there... now wait until you see my next episode of "revisiting"... i do the opposite and do NOT endorse that band and NOT worth checking out... :) (and I did name-drop you regarding a reference I'm hoping you will back me up with) :)
Ok Sounds interesting
You get a thumbs up just for doing an episode on Wrabit!
I only found out about them just a few months ago. I saw an interview with Lee Aaron and John Albani, and John talked about the band he was in before teaming up with Lee Aaron.
Then I was looking at the cover of The Lee Aaron Project - the original cover - and I noticed Wrabit on the cover in three places.
So I checked Amazon and found the first two albums had been reissued in Japan, and I snatched them up right away.
Yes, he was on Emotional Rain, too. John was.
Ha! Why thank you for the nice comments! Thats the point of these "revisiting forgotten bands" is to talk about the ones that dont get talked about enough on YT... I discovered them about a year ago myself... crazy how I never heard of them before, and I'm canadian! :) Oh, good find on that "Wrabit" sticker on the skateboard... I didnt even realise it myself (as I have the other version of that album)... Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Worthwhile comments too! :)
@@offthecharts2272 I hope to contribute to the conversation. I’m especially glad to see someone talk about unsung Canuck music heroes.
@@musicisajourney I've done many of the "revisiting" series and a few of them are Canadian... so yes, i love my Canadian music and love to show off bands some ppl may not know about...
I feel seen. Les, Les, Les.
LOL I couldnt help myself with that "Les" joke! :)
Hi Dan! I bought the Canadian version of their debut from mail order here in Finland about -83, based on the picture of album cover in catalogue. Wouldn't have bought international version lol. Couldn't find it in my collection though and didn't remember anything about the music. I might have sold or lost it.
It's not in Tidal, but I found it from TH-cam and listening as I type. From the first three songs I'm pretty sure it was too pop for me back then and probably singer's falsetto (like in Pushin' On) put me off. Now it sounds much better 😁
Btw, don't know about you but when I was a kid I used to buy a lot of records without listening or never hearing about particular band, just checked cover and tried to judge by that if they are heavy/hard rock 😆 It was kinda hit (Magnum/On a Storyteller's Night) and miss (too many to list here).
Ya, i also would not have bought the International version of this album as a kid... LOL But now I have it! :) And I totally get you, I used to buy records without listening to them simply by the cover (and maybe the back to see if there was a band pic)... you couldnt "test" music back then... it was all blind (unless you saw them on MTV or MuchMusic)... Some were hits, some were misses... but that was what was great about the "treasure hunting" :)
@@offthecharts2272 Yeah, me and my friends used to do that treasure hunting in second hand record stores and local big box stores, which probably sometimes bought lot of albums and then put it on sale very cheap and usually didn't even know anything about said album/band. I remember seeing Dr. Feelgood's album "Mötley Crue" once 🤣
I'd love to see an episode of your hits and misses from that time 👍🤘
@@BlackBelgianDog Not a bad idea! I shall see if I have material enough to conjure up an episode like this... the thing is, most of the stuff that were "misses" ended up being re-sold LOL
I actually saw Wrabit as a warmup band I believe in 81 for AC⚡️DC on For Those About To Rock tour.
Never heard of them again until today. Just remember the name being weird for a band 😂
Wow! More ppl who remember/know Wrabit than i thought…. Where was the ACDC tour if you don’t mind me asking? And yes, weird name for a band. 😋
Sure Saint Louis
@@Starman2112ofKings lol. Thank you! I should have been more specific and say i only asked for the country! Did not mean to pry! 😋
Never heard of them
Neither did I until 2 years ago...
Have not come across this band before,, I think they should have used two " B's " in their name. Just looks
better.🐰
At least with this band you only have a small discography to collect.🐰
Ya, I only discovered them last year... not the coolest name or album covers (especially the international version of the first one) but the songs are definitely there! And yes, SMALL discography to collect! LOL
Wrong info, it’s Lou Nadeau on vocals. Easy on the cocktails.
You are correct! My bad! The albums say Lou, but the website I was using for research wrote "Les"... thank you for correcting me! AND, thanks for watching and commenting and showing me the error of my ways... :)
@@offthecharts2272 Dan do you realize this is the man himself.. Lou Nadeu/Nelson!! Hey Lou!!!!! Pushin' On!!!
@@ToTheBuRecords you know I actually thought about it for a minute or two…. But I was too chicken shit to ask him.. after that blunder of getting his last name wrong also…. 🙄🤷🏻♂️
@@offthecharts2272 Yes, it's him!! That's cool he watched your video!! Lou is a Legend!!
@@ToTheBuRecords Yip! I feel like a complete knob now! :) And yes, VERY cool he watched my video! I try and make vids from bands who dont get much exposure on YT...
I feel the band sounds like Styx, Loverboy and SAGA. They’re often semi-progressive like SAGA and Styx.
Loverboy i can agree! Honeymoon Suite too... maybe HEAVY Styx?