The progenitors of the triple axe attack. If you like Mike Olivieri’s voice you have to give the Soul sign album “Life in the dark’ a listen, cause he provides the vocals on that. Carey and him are still a helluva pair of axe-slayers.
I remember helping make this video! Carey Lived next door, and Michael O around the corner. Being the "roadie" for the summer was one of the best times of my teenage life. Thanks LW for listing me right before "all our fans:" on the Thank Yous on the back of the album!
This is perhaps the most realistic music video that portrays a band's quest for success. And it's uncomfortable to know that a team of this caliber never got the recognition it deserved. Forever Leatherwolf!!!!
I met their vocalist, Michael, today while I was in work. Absolutely top man whom was out with his family in the horrible Irish weather. I said I would look them up and after doing so, I have concluded that their music is great :-) plenty of depth to it which you dont get with a lot of today's music.
Such a great fuckin' band. The 1980s were the best. The heaviness, production, melody, songwriting, musicianship, they have it all. This band has some really stellar material.
MadLane Nirvana ushered in the death knell for heavy metal along with marble-mouthed Pearl Jam. Those dirtballs didn't last and the record companies screwed metal for good as not much comes from them !
"For those who dare..." Yeah,for those who DARE to seek out and LISTEN to AWESOME music like this! Those RIFFS,that VOICE!!! Hear the LEATHERWOLF calling!
Me too turned 20 1982 30 1992 my 20's was best decade time of life want to go back stay in that decade yes was hard but better than anything from 2000 on up
One of the most underrated American Heavy Metal bands of the 80's. Such a catchy yet melodic and heavy sound, I keep coming back to the first two albums they released.
When people mention the "Golden Years," they are surely talking about this time in rock history that put so many of us on top of the world. This was our food, our drink, our medicine, our therapy, our love!! We had it all.
AMEN or LIKEWISE! Been into rock/metal since 1978 (thanks to a band called: KISS!). TO THIS DAY, rock/metal music (particularly "old school" and "underground") IS MY LIFE/MY ESCAPE!
Saw these guys in the Summer of '89 and they just killed it with the triple guitar attack and it was one of the most epic performances I had ever witnessed ! They should have been so much bigger as they had something very unique compared to all of the other bands at that time !
Leatherwolf has been my favorite band since back in the 80s when I first heard them. My favorite song is Thunder. It has some wierd-ass lyrics! This band is awesome!!
Signed bands in the 80s and early 90s had to deal with terrible record company’s that would just put them on a shelf and use them for tax write offs and ruin their careers. They would put you on bad tours and not promote your records then drop you from the label a couple years later claiming you didn’t sell enough records. People think that once you got signed you were “on your way” but the truth is, that’s when the true struggle would start.
So good to hear Hard Rock still being delivered in a traditional, but fresh style. Dig the tune very much. Be looking forward to the album, & stoked to hear Mike Drive's voice belting out the goods. Always been one of my favourite vocalists🤘
long hair is essential for the image of rocknroll because they are special gifted people and deserves special personality. people often dislikes this kind of looks, but to me they look superb.
2:49 reminds me of Marina High School in Huntington Beach🌊 in 1979. I used to cruise around in the back of the little blue truck they had with the long roach clip feathers they had hanging from the rear view mirror back when things were totally fun and awesome. Yeah those were the days! LSD and THC and beer 🫠and it wasn't illegal to ride in the back of trucks back then. LOL 😉
Great band! Most of the old members now formed Hail Mary, as (according to my information) the drummer has the naming rights in Leatherwolf. You can watch their complete gig at the Keep It True Festival of 2023 here on TH-cam, which features many old classics of Leatherwolf
Leatherwolf never disappoints! A damn good kick ass heavy metal band through and through! Couldn't get enough of the album Street Ready when it was released, completely wore out 2 Cd's! Damn those where the days!
Here's me trying to track down vinal and cassette tapes like an privet investigator and you ancient one's had this type of music on the daily radio, im 92 born by the way, you oldies had it good with music.
Good God, how I loved the first EP. Those vocals. Gee. And then the Leatherwolf full length 'debut' was released and ripped me a new one. What a band. The only thing I regret is not seeing them in Germany end of the 80s.
This is their second album, their debut is self titled. It's much more raw sounding, if you know what I mean. Songs like, "Spiter" and "Season of the Witch" will kick your @$$!🤘🖤
I have an addiction to 80s metal like this usually I'm able to keep it under control but sometimes I relapse and this has been quite a nice treat for a junkie like myself.
Fortunately this was my hometown band and I got to see so many shows from backyard parties to opening for Queensryche at Irvine Meadows. What incredible talent these guys are still to this day.
I'm also from Westminster and Fountain Valley, HB living in Arizona, first seen them live at Mile Square Park battle of the bands, was blown away. Had moved from Virginia in 1981 never heard rock music, hardest thing on radio out their back then was Journey or Toto 😂 my parents couldn't get me to leave that's when I fell in love with rock! music music and 😅
Vinyl Puppy Power!!! Holly Crap!!! Just went through an old, rediscovered, "memories box" with a ton of LeatherWolf stuff. Flyers from keg'r party days to a print for the Queensryche Mindcrime show @ LBArena...Couple of shirts, some stickers, stacks o' pics of shows & parties... few choice poloroids :-P... "F" free love SanFran 60's... I'll take a replay of SDR&R OC/LA 80's Debauchery Anyday... I felt lucky to be alive for it, & grateful to have lived throught it.
I met this guy's in Eindhoven Holland they where verry friendly and greath musicians as well the eighties when rock music was greath now one can take that away from me The Calling a hell of a song Leatherwolf love them
In 1 week, the Missouri River Expo takes place in Bismarck, ND. How appropriate, that I get the chance to visit this song/video, at this very time - as it was the Missouri River Expo back in the late 80's/early 90's, when the carny controlling the *THUNDER BOLT* ride, played this very track. Being a little kid then, didn't think much of it. But being an adult now, every time I hear this song (or watch this vid), it takes meback to that moment in my youth - riding the *THUNDER BOLT* at the Missouri River Expo, back then. Thank you to *Leatherwolf* , and thank you to that carny who played this.. as it's stuck in my mind for so long, until I finally found the band/song/video. \m/
The first Heavy Metal tape my mom ever got me was called "Masters of Metal: Strikeforce Vol. 2" & this song was the fith song on side one. (Cassette tapes are what we hads before Ipods came along, kiddies.) :)
I agree with all who say this is real metal; unlike that garbage they try to pass off as metal today. I was in my 20s in the 80s and had the opportunity to see many live metal acts. Glad to see there are so many of you out there who think for themselves are don't buy into what record executives say we should like today. Maybe with enough of us out there, this type of great music will return.
This is awesome! Frickin' Paul used to HOOK ME UP with my drum sound at the Troub. (Back when i was with Lucky 13) People thought I was GOD cuz his drum mix was so damn good. Thanks for the GREAT sounds Paul!
So I'm all excited to watch an awesome Leatherwolf video and before it starts I have to watch some crap pop/rap whatever music ad. Kinda ticks me off but I shrug it off. After the ad I'm all pumped listening to this great song and then I look over to the side and I see an ad for Justin Beiber and some other lady. Not only does it ruin the song but probably my whole day. I wish TH-cam would have ads that relate to the video that is being watched and not not all the mainstream popular crap.
I use to watch this band in Hacienda Heights/La Puente Ca in backyard parties, they use to do a lot of Iron Maiden cover and Judas Priest covers, and they kicked as on the song sinner by Judas Priest. You could hear the influence on one of their songs called spider, with the into feedback on the guitars. Then they started to make it big and I followed them to lots of club and man they would have the best shows and after parties. I love use to love this band after watching this video I still do.
Grandiosos Recuerdos llegan a mi corazón y a mi mente, recuerdo tanto esos años, the Calling una Obra Maestra, Hideaway, Alone in the Night de la pelicula El Regreso de los Muertos Vivientes. Saludos desde la Ciudad de México.🇲🇽🇲🇽
One of the BEST UNDER rated heavy metal bands to ever come out of the 80's.......PERIOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely! This song is great and Street Ready is criminally unknown...
The 3axe guitar attack! This band ripped!🤟
No arguments here brother 🍻
Lol is that why their playing for free at small clubs right
The progenitors of the triple axe attack. If you like Mike Olivieri’s voice you have to give the Soul sign album “Life in the dark’ a listen, cause he provides the vocals on that. Carey and him are still a helluva pair of axe-slayers.
I Miss The 80"s Music
Dokken, Leatherwolf, Icon!!!
Holy crap dude awesome I love them all too
Also Fifth Angel, Crimson Glory, Cities
Shock Paris!!!!
I remember helping make this video! Carey Lived next door, and Michael O around the corner. Being the "roadie" for the summer was one of the best times of my teenage life. Thanks LW for listing me right before "all our fans:" on the Thank Yous on the back of the album!
Hell yea! \m/
Ppl
That's cool. 😎
That's awesome 👌
I bet it was the best summer ever
🎸🎸🎸🥁🎤🎼
Dear Heaven above, as Loverboy says, "THE LADIES OF THE 80s!"
This is perhaps the most realistic music video that portrays a band's quest for success. And it's uncomfortable to know that a team of this caliber never got the recognition it deserved. Forever Leatherwolf!!!!
I met their vocalist, Michael, today while I was in work. Absolutely top man whom was out with his family in the horrible Irish weather. I said I would look them up and after doing so, I have concluded that their music is great :-) plenty of depth to it which you dont get with a lot of today's music.
Michael is a super nice guy. I know him personally.
@jurgencuypers8350Whom cares
Keep it succinct, geez.
@@vinaymulukutla358idk if this is real lol but congrats if so
I miss this type of rock. Melodic, great vocals and solos!
AMEN or LIKEWISE!
Criminally underrated band.
i was gonna say the exact same thing !!!
Such a great fuckin' band. The 1980s were the best. The heaviness, production, melody, songwriting, musicianship, they have it all. This band has some really stellar material.
Wouldn't give up the 80's for nothing!!!!
@@Icarusvampire AMEN or LIKE-F**KIN'-WISE!
AMEN or LIKE-F**KIN'-WISE! In my opinion, the 80s WERE, and ALWAYS WILL BE, "THE PINNACLE OF CIVILIZATION!"
when the music was great and people was allowed to be young and have fun !! Excellent band !!
you know it
Phoenix van der Weyden Yep. Up until Nirvana killed music.
Nirvana didn't kill music lol they made it even better the problem is that no one was able to follow their level only just a few
MadLane Nirvana ushered in the death knell for heavy metal along with marble-mouthed Pearl Jam. Those dirtballs didn't last and the record companies screwed metal for good as not much comes from them !
John Heck though you should thank nirvana and the grunge movement because they put back many 80's rock bands in fame.
"For those who dare..." Yeah,for those who DARE to seek out and LISTEN to AWESOME music like this! Those RIFFS,that VOICE!!! Hear the LEATHERWOLF calling!
SHREDDED JEANS, AC/DC T-SHIRTS, AQUANET, AND SPANDEX, LONG LIVE METAL, THE 80'S THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too turned 20 1982 30 1992 my 20's was best decade time of life want to go back stay in that decade yes was hard but better than anything from 2000 on up
All the caps.
Childhood memories UNLOCKED! Such underrated musicians who deserve much more notoriety
I did and always will love Leatherwolf. The absolute best melodic rock you’ll ever hear. These guys were the Kings.
Time warp back to December 1987. What a time it was ❤
One of the most underrated American Heavy Metal bands of the 80's. Such a catchy yet melodic and heavy sound, I keep coming back to the first two albums they released.
When people mention the "Golden Years," they are surely talking about this time in rock history that put so many of us on top of the world. This was our food, our drink, our medicine, our therapy, our love!! We had it all.
AMEN or LIKEWISE! Been into rock/metal since 1978 (thanks to a band called: KISS!). TO THIS DAY, rock/metal music (particularly "old school" and "underground") IS MY LIFE/MY ESCAPE!
In my opinion, the 80s WERE, and ALWAYS WILL BE, "THE PINNACLE OF CIVILIZATION!"
AMEN! I miss those days so much
Great Memories from 1987, when Music was still Great
Hugo Laguna ...graduation year...'87...best times ever
My junior year in high school one of the best year of life
LIKEWISE!
Very underrated band! These guys kick ass! \m/
i agree!!
That guy in red t-shirt, mmm😍
And cool song!
Saw these guys in the Summer of '89 and they just killed it with the triple guitar attack and it was one of the most epic performances I had ever witnessed ! They should have been so much bigger as they had something very unique compared to all of the other bands at that time !
Lol, I remember these guys in the mid 80's, running around Huntington Beach in a spray paint covered pea green ford pinto!
That's so cool!!!
Leatherwolf has been my favorite band since back in the 80s when I first heard them. My favorite song is Thunder. It has some wierd-ass lyrics! This band is awesome!!
Listen to Lion and Tytan on side with Kal Swam
Thunder is my favorite song too. Also love Hideaway. Anything by Leatherwolf is awesome.
Yep, favorite band. Thunder is taken from the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, The Challenge or Thor. Weird lyrics indeed 😁🤘
Long live 80's Hair Metal.I was in the middle of it back then in Phoenix.It was such a fun and exciting time to be in a hair band back then!
Leatherwolf long hair but not hair band 70s Alice cooper Aerosmith long hair not hair band
Signed bands in the 80s and early 90s had to deal with terrible record company’s that would just put them on a shelf and use them for tax write offs and ruin their careers. They would put you on bad tours and not promote your records then drop you from the label a couple years later claiming you didn’t sell enough records. People think that once you got signed you were “on your way” but the truth is, that’s when the true struggle would start.
Between choosing 1 million dollars and going back to the past to live it all over again, I would choose to go back to the past.
So good to hear Hard Rock still being delivered in a traditional, but fresh style. Dig the tune very much. Be looking forward to the album, & stoked to hear Mike Drive's voice belting out the goods. Always been one of my favourite vocalists🤘
That whole triple solo part is what I live for. I'm so grateful for these bombass licks. They look like a true metal band
AMEN or LIKEWISE!
*This Is True Rock Music!!...80's Rock!!*
LIKEWISE!
One of the most underrated bands!
The Most underrated.
@@monkeymaiden68 true, i can't think of a most underrated band than this.
@@monkeymaiden68 DORIAN Sirens Screamth-cam.com/video/FXJuTsHGGmQ/w-d-xo.html
True!
1987 till the infinity!
It's been a long time since I heard this song. I love it. miss the 80s so much.
AMEN!
The goddamn Triple Axe Attack. I always dug these guys.
+DavidSixSixFive
still dig em !!!
+Freyja11331ify April Wine
+arentheus arentheus Well, I wear triple chevrons in my day job.......
david not everyone knows the significance of the chevron, or the order of which they determine ranking positions...
+CHRISTOPHER BOIVIN (AKA PUNKI BOVINE) If he doesn't understand them, he shouldn't dislike them......
No makeup and hairspray on these chaps. Just a lot of Metal!
long hair is essential for the image of rocknroll because they are special gifted people and deserves special personality. people often dislikes this kind of looks, but to me they look superb.
2:49 reminds me of Marina High School in Huntington Beach🌊 in 1979. I used to cruise around in the back of the little blue truck they had with the long roach clip feathers they had hanging from the rear view mirror back when things were totally fun and awesome. Yeah those were the days! LSD and THC and beer 🫠and it wasn't illegal to ride in the back of trucks back then. LOL 😉
I'm 62 now I'm still listening I've been into leather wolves since their first album
Lol
Still can't punctuate, nice.
These guys were so UNDERRATED!! MICHAEL has AMAZING VOCALS and the BAND WAS AWESOME!!! SAW THEM WITH WARRANT AND QUEENSRYCHE
Awesome song, love their sound! The men are all so gorgeous too!
Great band! Most of the old members now formed Hail Mary, as (according to my information) the drummer has the naming rights in Leatherwolf. You can watch their complete gig at the Keep It True Festival of 2023 here on TH-cam, which features many old classics of Leatherwolf
forever LEATHERWOLF
Leatherwolf never disappoints! A damn good kick ass heavy metal band through and through! Couldn't get enough of the album Street Ready when it was released, completely wore out 2 Cd's! Damn those where the days!
chad borowiak I got the Cass I played so much that it wore out.
Here's me trying to track down vinal and cassette tapes like an privet investigator and you ancient one's had this type of music on the daily radio, im 92 born by the way, you oldies had it good with music.
Good God, how I loved the first EP. Those vocals. Gee. And then the Leatherwolf full length 'debut' was released and ripped me a new one. What a band. The only thing I regret is not seeing them in Germany end of the 80s.
Favorite band ever.
Ahhhh... beautiful, beautiful 80's!!!!!!
LOve Leatherwolf man!
Street ready was my fav, couldn't get enough.....great sense of melody and hard rock .....
I saw them 2000 in Vegas. It was awesome.
Man... I love this track. It is the perfect reminder of the kids who grew up in the greatest generation ever...the 1980's...everyone knows it...
AMEN or LIKE-F**KIN'-WISE!
Hairbands are my music but never heard of these guys LOVE IT !!!!
This is their second album, their debut is self titled. It's much more raw sounding, if you know what I mean.
Songs like, "Spiter" and "Season of the Witch" will kick your @$$!🤘🖤
Speaking OF "hair bands," check out the folllowing bands: the Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Madam X.
@@AngelofAnguish Madam X , wasn't that Sebastian Bach's band while he was in Canada. Him and two girls.... right?
@@AngelofAnguish Will do.
Man, these guys were awesome...
This band is awesome.
Seen these guys last April. They were AWESOME! Met Michael Olivieri and super-nice dude, too!
Great band, and glad they're still around!
I have an addiction to 80s metal like this usually I'm able to keep it under control but sometimes I relapse and this has been quite a nice treat for a junkie like myself.
Fortunately this was my hometown band and I got to see so many shows from backyard parties to opening for Queensryche at Irvine Meadows. What incredible talent these guys are still to this day.
Didn't realize they were an L.A. band. I seen em once open for Queensryche at the Hollywood Palladium.
@@seventhfirestephanie8740 They opened for Warrant and Queensryche at Irvine Meadows on the Mindcrime tour. Was front row for that one 🤘🤘
I'm also from Westminster and Fountain Valley, HB living in Arizona, first seen them live at Mile Square Park battle of the bands, was blown away. Had moved from Virginia in 1981 never heard rock music, hardest thing on radio out their back then was Journey or Toto 😂 my parents couldn't get me to leave that's when I fell in love with rock! music music and 😅
And guys with long hair!!
@@dondon69db I'm sure we've seen some of the same shows. 🤘
best underated hair metal album of all fking times , there will never be a better one
“ like the rain of the midnight sun.....”
Great song !!!!
high school memories it brings. long live the 80's.
Three words:
Triple Axe Attack.
OMG! Lived it!
Heck yeah🎸
Anybody here who's listening to this bombastic HardRock in 2022??
How in the literal fuck have I not heard of these guys until today?
The album that this song came out 1987 I was 25 and yes I was listening to these guys I fell in love with them after hearing this song
This should have been right in my wheelhouse as a teen in this era, but somehow I never heard them either.
These guys had the right look. Badasses with guitars. If only this was mainstream.
absolute perfection!!
Leather wolf badass back in the day
If they would have come into the scene a few years earlier, they DEFINITELY would have caused damage!! These guys KICK ASS!!!
You guys were a big part of my High School soundtrack. Thanks for the music !!
@Karaoke1989
I feel ya', I still swear 80's Metal was the BEST Metal and to me the best Music OF ALL TIME!!!
Vinyl Puppy Power!!! Holly Crap!!! Just went through an old, rediscovered, "memories box" with a ton of LeatherWolf stuff. Flyers from keg'r party days to a print for the Queensryche Mindcrime show @ LBArena...Couple of shirts, some stickers, stacks o' pics of shows & parties... few choice poloroids :-P... "F" free love SanFran 60's... I'll take a replay of SDR&R OC/LA 80's Debauchery Anyday... I felt lucky to be alive for it, & grateful to have lived throught it.
I met this guy's in Eindhoven Holland they where verry friendly and greath musicians as well the eighties when rock music was greath now one can take that away from me The Calling a hell of a song Leatherwolf love them
awesome tune 80's hair metal rule
LEATHERWOLF. Fallowed them every where in the 80=s great times.... RULES......
Great band 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fantastic music. Those vocals are excellent. A real talented band. The combination is great!!!
In 1 week, the Missouri River Expo takes place in Bismarck, ND.
How appropriate, that I get the chance to visit this song/video, at this very time - as it was the Missouri River Expo back in the late 80's/early 90's, when the carny controlling the *THUNDER BOLT* ride, played this very track. Being a little kid then, didn't think much of it.
But being an adult now, every time I hear this song (or watch this vid), it takes meback to that moment in my youth - riding the *THUNDER BOLT* at the Missouri River Expo, back then.
Thank you to *Leatherwolf* , and thank you to that carny who played this.. as it's stuck in my mind for so long, until I finally found the band/song/video. \m/
My 5 year old daughter and I are rocking out to leatherwolf! let the head banging commence!!
This song is so AWESOME! I can´t believe that I´ve missed this song. I love the 70,80,90 -´s. THis is one of my favourite songs now, no doubt.
one of my favorites from the 80's! Defend the faith 4 ever \m/
x2
Absolute classic!!!!
The first Heavy Metal tape my mom ever got me was called "Masters of Metal: Strikeforce Vol. 2" & this song was the fith song on side one. (Cassette tapes are what we hads before Ipods came along, kiddies.) :)
We opened for these guys at the back room Austin tx
I agree with all who say this is real metal; unlike that garbage they try to pass off as metal today. I was in my 20s in the 80s and had the opportunity to see many live metal acts. Glad to see there are so many of you out there who think for themselves are don't buy into what record executives say we should like today. Maybe with enough of us out there, this type of great music will return.
Long live to 80s heavy glam metal
From São Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷
You have the most amazing women there.. and if you have money.. it's magic 🎉🍻
@@stevend8656 👍i miss this style of song nowdays
Possibly my favorite metal album EVER!!!!!
Wow🙀🔥🔥🔥Great band 🤟😍😻🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks...if only this music still existed in the mainstream of america...it would be alot better here
love you guys so much..! My grandpa had a DATSUN 510..!
This song still kicks ass!!
This is awesome! Frickin' Paul used to HOOK ME UP with my drum sound at the Troub. (Back when i was with Lucky 13) People thought I was GOD cuz his drum mix was so damn good. Thanks for the GREAT sounds Paul!
So I'm all excited to watch an awesome Leatherwolf video and before it starts I have to watch some crap pop/rap whatever music ad. Kinda ticks me off but I shrug it off. After the ad I'm all pumped listening to this great song and then I look over to the side and I see an ad for Justin Beiber and some other lady. Not only does it ruin the song but probably my whole day. I wish TH-cam would have ads that relate to the video that is being watched and not not all the mainstream popular crap.
I use to watch this band in Hacienda Heights/La Puente Ca in backyard parties, they use to do a lot of Iron Maiden cover and Judas Priest covers, and they kicked as on the song sinner by Judas Priest. You could hear the influence on one of their songs called spider, with the into feedback on the guitars. Then they started to make it big and I followed them to lots of club and man they would have the best shows and after parties. I love use to love this band after watching this video I still do.
leather wolf kicks ass one of the great metal bands of the late 80s
No your wrong, actually they suck ass. "And you know this man"
terry mcclure they were really good .underrated at that time .
Grandiosos Recuerdos llegan a mi corazón y a mi mente, recuerdo tanto esos años, the Calling una Obra Maestra, Hideaway, Alone in the Night de la pelicula El Regreso de los Muertos Vivientes. Saludos desde la Ciudad de México.🇲🇽🇲🇽
This Band Freaking Rocks !!! This is 80's Rock .....Rock On !!!! Class of 85 here !
@scottexpo 85' here. Saw these guys in florida back in the late 80's, early 90's. God, the memories.....
LEATHERWOLF KICKS SERIOUS ASS!!!!
THIS IS REAL ROCK!!!!
LONG LIVE HEAVY METAL!!!!
Saw them in a club in Dallas Tx in 89. 3 harmony guitar leads. Awesome 👍
One of THE BEST LIVE METAL BANDS!!!!!!
I remember when you guys handing out flyers at Huntington Beach back when we had the Rock And Roll side of the beach back in 86 good times back then
I love this band; this is real Heavy Metal; Rock on Headbangers!!!!!