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”’Falcon”’ is a [[California]] vintage style [[hard rock]]/[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[power trio]] band formed in 2002 by guitarist/vocalist Perry Grayson. Falcon’s sound is loud and raw. Though active in the 2000s, Falcon’s sound is throwback to the late 1960s and early 1970s, and they take their cue from luminaries like [[Blue Cheer]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]], [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]], [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]], [[Free (band)|Free]], [[Bang (American band)|Bang]], [[Captain Beyond]] and [[Buffalo (band)|Buffalo]].<ref name=vintage>Johnson, Ken (September 2005). [http://www.falconband.net/images/vgfalcon.jpg Falcon – Twisted Metal Influences] ”Vintage Guitar Magazine”, 19(11):17</ref>

”’Falcon”’ is a [[California]] vintage style [[hard rock]]/[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[power trio]] band formed in 2002 by guitarist/vocalist Perry Grayson. Falcon’s sound is loud and raw. Though active in the 2000s, Falcon’s sound is throwback to the late 1960s and early 1970s, and they take their cue from luminaries like [[Blue Cheer]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]], [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]], [[Thin Lizzy]], [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]], [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]], [[Free (band)|Free]], [[Bang (American band)|Bang]], [[Captain Beyond]] and [[Buffalo (band)|Buffalo]].<ref name=vintage>Johnson, Ken (September 2005). [http://www.falconband.net/images/vgfalcon.jpg Falcon – Twisted Metal Influences] ”Vintage Guitar Magazine”, 19(11):17</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

Falcon’s inception dates to 2002, when guitarist/singer and [[Metal Maniacs]] staff writer Perry Grayson (ex-Destiny’s End, ex-Artisan, Isen Torr), pulled founding [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] multi-instrumentalist Greg Lindstrom out of a two-decade musical retirement to play bass and keyboards (as well as additional lead guitar on recordings).<ref name=forgottenscroll>[http://www.forgotten-scroll.net/interviews.php?act=s_inter&id=4 Falcon interview] forgotten-scroll.net</ref> Next, Grayson enlisted Pale Divine drummer Darin McCloskey<ref name=musicmight>[http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/glen+mills/pale+divine Pale Divine] musicmight.com</ref> Falcon recorded their self-titled debut album in 2003 at the Polar Bear Lair in Middletown, Maryland, with engineer Chris Kozlowski, best known for his work with [[The Melvins]], [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] and [[Blue Cheer]].<ref name=metalmaniacs>Nolz, Sue (January 2005). [http://www.falconband.net/images/metalmaniacsfalcon-1-05.jpg Fast Forward – Falcon] ”Metal Maniacs”, p. 38</ref> [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] vocalist Bobby Liebling sang as a special guest on the song “On the Slab,” Falcon’s tribute to their hero, [[Philip Lynott|Phil Lynott]] of [[Thin Lizzy]] fame.<ref name=stoner>Bergman, Keith (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050329212408/http://www.riffrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=139 An Interview with Perry Grayson of Falcon] Stonerrock.com</ref> In addition to some of Greg Lindstrom’s old [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] tunes,<ref name=encycmetal>[http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Falcon/33057 Falcon] Encyclopaedia Metallum</ref> Falcon also included a cover of the [[Bang (American band)|Bang]] song “Redman.” The self-titled Falcon album was released in 2004 on [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol’s]] original label, Liquid Flames Records.<ref name=allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/falcon-r1063884 Falcon] at Allmusic</ref> Over the next couple of years they played many successful gigs, followed in 2006 by the recording of their second album, ”Die Wontcha”, the title of which is a play on West, Bruce and Laing’s 1974 LP ”Why Dontcha”.<ref name=blabbermouth>{{cite web |last=Bergman |first=Keith |title=Falcon – ”Die Wontcha” |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1685 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=14 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604000404/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1685 |archivedate=4 June 2010 }}</ref> Perry Grayson joined Darin McCloskey in Pale Divine in 2005 for a tour of Europe.<ref name=truemetalfan>van Poorten, Toine (2005). [http://www.truemetalfan.org/falcon.htm Falcon: A Flight from the Future to the Past] Truemetalfan.org</ref> Although Grayson relocated to Australia in 2006, Falcon remains active with plans to release a third album and a collection of b-sides and rarities.<ref name=bwbk>[http://www.bravewords.com/news/54190 Falcon Complete Mixing New Record] ”Bravewords & Bloody Knuckles – bravewords.com”</ref>

Falcon’s inception dates to 2002, when guitarist/singer and [[Metal Maniacs]] staff writer Perry Grayson (ex-Destiny’s End, ex-Artisan, Isen Torr), pulled founding [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] multi-instrumentalist Greg Lindstrom out of a two-decade musical retirement to play bass and keyboards (as well as additional lead guitar on recordings).<ref name=forgottenscroll>[http://www.forgotten-scroll.net/interviews.php?act=s_inter&id=4 Falcon interview] forgotten-scroll.net</ref> Next, Grayson enlisted Pale Divine drummer Darin McCloskey<ref name=musicmight>[http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/usa/glen+mills/pale+divine Pale Divine] musicmight.com</ref> Falcon recorded their self-titled debut album in 2003 at the Polar Bear Lair in Middletown, Maryland, with engineer Chris Kozlowski, best known for his work with [[The Melvins]], [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] and [[Blue Cheer]].<ref name=metalmaniacs>Nolz, Sue (January 2005). [http://www.falconband.net/images/metalmaniacsfalcon-1-05.jpg Fast Forward – Falcon] ”Metal Maniacs”, p. 38</ref> [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] vocalist Bobby Liebling sang as a special guest on the song “On the Slab,” Falcon’s tribute to their hero, [[Philip Lynott|Phil Lynott]] of [[Thin Lizzy]] fame.<ref name=stoner>Bergman, Keith (2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050329212408/http://www.riffrock.com/interviews/index.asp?InterviewID=139 An Interview with Perry Grayson of Falcon] Stonerrock.com</ref> In addition to some of Greg Lindstrom’s old [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] tunes,<ref name=encycmetal>[http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Falcon/33057 Falcon] Encyclopaedia Metallum</ref> Falcon also included a cover of the [[Bang (American band)|Bang]] song “Redman.” The self-titled Falcon album was released in 2004 on [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol’s]] original label, Liquid Flames Records.<ref name=allmusic>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/falcon-r1063884 Falcon] at Allmusic</ref> Over the next couple of years they played many successful gigs, followed in 2006 by the recording of their second album, ”Die Wontcha”, the title of which is a play on West, Bruce and Laing’s 1974 LP ”Why Dontcha”.<ref name=blabbermouth>{{cite web |last=Bergman |first=Keith |title=Falcon – ”Die Wontcha” |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1685 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=14 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604000404/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1685 |archivedate=4 June 2010 }}</ref> Perry Grayson joined Darin McCloskey in Pale Divine in 2005 for a tour of Europe.<ref name=truemetalfan>van Poorten, Toine (2005). [http://www.truemetalfan.org/falcon.htm Falcon: A Flight from the Future to the Past] Truemetalfan.org</ref> Although Grayson relocated to Australia in 2006, Falcon remains active with plans to release a third album and a collection of b-sides and rarities.<ref name=bwbk>[http://www.bravewords.com/news/54190 Falcon Complete Mixing New Record] ”Bravewords & Bloody Knuckles – bravewords.com”</ref>

==Members==

==Members==