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These bands or projects are connected with some of the same people. Some of them are listed on Metal Archives and/or Discogs, but not all. Many of them were active in Ventura or elsewhere in California during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.

One or more of them might have a link to Cirith Ungol, other project, e.g.bands on the same line-up, bands sharing the stage, bands performing at the same event, supporting acts, the competitors of the Battle of the Bands events or other happenings.

Many times you can make a guess from the band name, the lineup, or maybe just one known musician — while others remain unknown: no clear lineup, years active, or details. There’s no guarantee which of them are correct. You can help by identifying the exact band — not another one with the same name — and by sharing where they came from, who played in them, what years they were active, and any artists, photos, music, links, or other information. It’s much draft and still a puzzle we’re trying to piece together. This site there is only old days from 1990’s and before.

Try searching some of the names on this page — many of the musicians also played in each other’s bands.

Please add or correct any of them.

Airborne

See live: Battle of the Bands @ 2 Great Rock Bands Every Monday

Angel

Tom Rudenko (Tom Rudenko’s sixth band)

I ended up joining a group called Angel, who had released about 7 records back in the 70s and 80s. They were attempting a comeback – these were really great guys, but there was no real business momentum behind the group, so after about 6 months – Tom Rudenko

Angeles

See One of the biggest concert clubs in L.A. @ Country Club, Dec 1984

Alexa Anastasia

Tom Rudenko

in 1989

Allie

See Heavy Metal @ Santa Monica Club

Alliance

See Heavy Metal @ Santa Monica Club

Armored Saint

See

Avatar

See Foster Bowl Rock Festival

Axe

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Ballinjack

Aka Ballin’ Jack.

See Heavy Metal Rock At Louie’s Life, Friday and Saturday 1973

Bitch

See

Black Sheep

aka Blacksheep

Willie Basse – Bass, Vocals, Producer
Todd DeVito – Drums
Kurt James, Paul Gilbert – Guitar

Aseley Otten – Engineer
Eddy Schreyer – Mastered By
Rick Altschuller – Co-producer
Written-By – George Lynch (tracks: B4), Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier And Edward Holland, Jr.* (tracks: A2), Willie Basse (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5)

See

Bull’s Eye

See One of the biggest concert clubs in L.A. @ Country Club, Dec 1984

Captain Whiff

Tom Rudenko (pre first band 1)

The Carousel

Eddie Dies (I play with Crooked Eye Tommy)
Santos Hernandez

Chac Mool

See the mexican En Concierto En Mexico Alternando

Checkmate

Gig with Eclpse.
Members: Bobby Padgett (FB, YT, also Art Gecko), Mark Drew (FB)

Chris Keith Band

See Battle Of The Bands @ Spring Fair ’82 Career Expo

City Lights

See Rock on the Water

Coconut Kids

Tom Rudenko (pre first band 2)

Danny DeLuxe and the Reverbs

See Mini Pop Festival @ Larrabee Stadium

Dietrich

Bass – Mark Capestany, Drums – Joe Quattrini, Guitar – Brad Dietrich, Vocals – Kirk Olson, Engineer – Bill Metoyer

Dreamzville

Susan Buley Crawford

Earthshine

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Eclpse

See Eclpse

Electric Sun / Uli John Roth

“Former Lead Guitarist of Scorpions”.

See

Emo

See Sand sculpture event

Entry

See Battle Of The Bands @ Spring Fair ’82 Career Expo

Eros

See Heavy Metal Rock At Louie’s Life, 1973

Fast Action

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Fatback

aka Fat Back

Del Franklin = horns
Gene Camarillo = horns
Jack = Bass
Santos Hernandez = Drums
Dan Pollock = guitar

Billy Patrick from Oxnard RIP
Brian Blackwell on drums

See Benefit Concert @ The Foster Park Bowl, Ventura

Fat Chance

: left to right: Dave Henderson, Tom Rudenko

Dave Henderson
Mike Trist – also in Madison Avenue, but Mike Tryst on bass on Prowler, is it the same person?
Joe Horswell
Barry Moffett front row Ron Yost
Danny Mathews
Tom Rudenko

Fifty-Eight

aka 58 band

Carlos Juarez, Adam Leon, Ruben Duarte Jr. (also in Majestics), Jeff Hayden

Ruben Duarte Jr.: Ronny of Conspiracy came up to me and said take any ones I needed.

Adam: 58 band Camp Comfort 1979/80? Carlos Juarez, Me (Adam), Ruben Duarte Jr. Jeff Hayden, and the mystery man of 45 years now, no one knows who this is in the white shirt lol! Pic colorization by Michael Medart.

Final Cut

See Battle of the Bands @ 2 Great Rock Bands Every Monday

Flyte

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Freds

See Battle Of The Bands @ Spring Fair ’82 Career Expo

Full Sail

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Funeral Route

Greg on bass
Tony Avala drums (replaced Danny Newton)
Marcella played keys

The Funnels

See the The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Gary Mandell

See Benefit Concert @ The Foster Park Bowl, Ventura

Glacier

Not the more known 1980’s Portland band.

See Free concert in Ventura State Beach Park

Guaranteed Fresh

See Mini Pop Festival @ Larrabee Stadium

Hans Naughty

See Heavy Metal @ Santa Monica Club

Hard Times

See Foster Bowl Rock Festival

Harem Scarem

Also know as Harum Scarum. Harum Scarum members are Bobby Padgett (was in Checkmate, also in Harum Scarum?), Jonny Roxx, etc. Do you know more of the band members?

See

Harlow

: Todd Jensen – bass, Kevin Valentine – drums, Theresa Straley – vocals, Tom Rudenko(?) – keyboard and Tommy Thayer – lead guitars

Todd Jensen – bass
Kevin Valentine – drums
Theresa Straley – vocals
Tommy Thayer – lead guitars (later was most famous in Kiss)
Pat Regan – keyboard

Signed to Warner Brothers. They made video for this.

So, in 1990 I quit Only Child and joined another group called Harlow. Killer female singer and a smoking group of musicians. We got signed to Warner Brothers, made a video. Unfortunately, similarly to Only Child, the record was really good but didn’t sell. Was doing a lot of side recording gigs throughout these years. One gig stands out – recorded with Bob Dylan (and Gene Simmons from “Kiss” was playing bass! strange combination). Harlow’s guitarist now plays with KISS (Tommy Thayer). – Tom Rudenko

Question: Tom Rudenko was in Harlow (eight band), but Rudenko is not listed on Harlow (i.e. Discogs) ?

Hereafter

See Chuck Landis’ Country Club, Reseda

Hooker Crook

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

The Houseshakers

Susan Buley Crawford

about 1987

The Infants

See Promenade 1979

Informer (?)

See the The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Invade the Fabulous

Is this a slogan? Or band? Or both?

See

Joshua

See Valley West in 1981

Junior Vega

Susan Buley Crawford

Kenny Kaine

See Foster Bowl Rock Festival

Kause

See Rock on the Water

Keel

See

Keeper

Gig with Eclpse

Kidd Glove

Tom Rudenko

in 1984

Question: Rudenko is not listed on Kodd Glove (i.e. Discogs) ?

Kinetic Co.

Ses Halloween Party • Dance @ National Guard Armory

Is this a slogan? Or band? Or both?

Kronix

See Anaconda Theatre

The Law

This band or other band with the same title?

See Chuck Landis’ Country Club, Reseda

Lazer

See Heavy Metal Concert Club @ Valley West

Leather Angel

See School’s Out Rock ‘n’ Roll Spectacular @ Perkins Palace

Lita Ford

Previously in the band The Runaways.

See Heavy Metal @ Beverly Theatre

Live Wire

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Lotus

Tom Rudenko (first band) – keyboards, writing and signing
Mike Fulton
James Baron
Dan Buley

First band was Lotus with buddies Mike Fulton, James Baron and Dan Buley – all Ventura cohorts. Sadly Dan passed away tragically years later. – Tom Rudenko

Loudness

See Opening for Loudness @ Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara

Lust

See Halloween Bash @ Channel Island Cinema

Madison Avenue

See Madison Avenue

Majestics

“Rummaging around in my storage today found some old proofs of a photo shoot from when I was in the Majestics. Some time around mid 80’s. We recently re formed and currently rehearsing for some up and coming shows. Same line up too! Stay tuned!“.

Mike Trist – Bass, Ruben Duarte Jr. (also in 58 band) – drums, Bob Wright – lead guitar, Frankie Budroe – vocals, Danny Fletcher – guitar.

Malice

See

Manitoba

See

Probably a band

Max

See Free concert in Ventura State Beach Park

Medusa

Line-up: Mat Rile – Guitar, Michael “Killer” Rile – Bass, Chris Maleki – vocals, Topper Charron – drums.

See

MySpace (archive)
Troubadour – 12 Jan 1985

Metropolis

See Heavy Metal Blow-Out! – The last concert @ Ventura Theater

Mirage

See Battle of the Bands @ 2 Great Rock Bands Every Monday

Missing in Action(?)

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Mr. Skin

aka Spirit.

See Benefit Concert @ The Foster Park Bowl, Ventura

Nebulas

See KKBZ Presents a Christmas Rockfest

The Neutrings(?)

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Nightcrawlers

See Summer Sizzler – Rock and Roll in the Park

Nile

See Summer Sizzler – Rock and Roll in the Park

Noble Savage

Members: Adam Porter (also another band later with drum Dane Hadley), Paul

See

Nomad

See 5 Hours of Face Melting Rock! @ Community Center

Omega

See Rock on the Water

Omen

See Heavy Metal @ Wolf & Rissmiller’s Country Club, Reseda

Only Child

Tom Rudenko “Tommy Rude” (Tom Rudenko’s seventh band)
Charles Esposito – drums
Murrill Maglio (R.I.P.)
Paul Sabu aka Kidd Glove – vocals

signed to Rhino Records in 1988 til 1990. They made MTV video for this and The Accused movie (1988).

I joined another group called Only Child. Only Child took off quickly – in 1988 we recorded a record (titled Only Child) and were signed to Rhino Records. We made a video (for very cheap!), and it was quickly added to MTV. This was super exciting! Several songs got put onto TV shows and movies, including “The Accused” with Jodie Foster – she won the Ocsar for best actress inn that movie. So, things finally seemed like they were going to happen! However, the record didn’t sell, and slowly we became frustrated. I’ll always be very proud of that record (even though it didn’t make any $$). You can get Only Child on iTunes. So, in 1990 I quit Only Child – Tom Rudenko

Orpheus

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Pandemonium

See

Peregrine

n/a

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Performer

See

Person 2 Person

: left to right: Gary Barnes – bass, Tom Rundeko (ex-Prowler), Chris Meyers and John Pratt – lead singer. Started in 1983, became Roxbury Drive.

Gary Barnes – bass
Tom Rundeko (n/a, pre Tom Rudenko’ fifth band maybe)
Chris Meyers (also in TO)
John Pratt – lead singer

Started in 1983, became Roxbury Drive later.

The Postmen

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Pirate K-ROCK

See Club Soda, Dec 1990 (Either the gig was Thu 13 Dec 1990, Thu 20 Dec 1990, Thu 27 Dec 1990 or Thu 03 Jan 1991)

Possession

See Possession

Pretty Poison

See Heavy Metal @ Whiskey a Go Go in 1979

Prophecy

See Prophecy

Rockne

See Battle Of The Bands @ Spring Fair ’82 Career Expo

Time Steps

See Battle Of The Bands @ Spring Fair ’82 Career Expo

Ted Green

See Benefit Concert @ The Foster Park Bowl, Ventura

Tempest(?)

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Tempting Soul

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armoury

Third Planet

Or The 3RD Planet.

See

Triton

Tom Komisar (Discogs, also Punk rock guitarist for Badtown Boys and Slasherboy), Neil Henderson

See

Proposition

Tony Trigueiro

Prowler

: left to right: Bill Abercrombie – bass, Brian Young – guitar, Jeff Scott Soto – vocals, Rich Young – drums (also Sykotik Sinfoney), Revis Johnson – keyboard, guitar, and vocals

: left to right: Geil Silver (Ernie Scherb), Jerry Killer Miller, Raywood Hendrick, Robert “Bob” Griffin and Tom Rudenko

Geil Silver (Ernie Scherb) – before The Street
Dan Buley – drums (1)
Robert “Bob” Griffin
Tom Rudenko (fourth band, 1981-83)
Mark Higgins (R.I.P. 2012) – drums (3)
Bill Abercrombie – bass
Ian Stewart (original members) on guitar replaced Brian Young (~1985, FB) on guitar
Jeff Scott Soto (~1985) – vocals, replacing Ray Wood/Raywood Hendrick (also on solo gig @ The Shores, motorbike accident) – bass
Rich Young – drums (also in Sykotik Sinfoney) replacing Jerry “Killer” Miller – drums (2)
Revis Johnson – guitar, keyboard, and vocals (original members)
John (1985)
Brad Burton (also in Madison Avenue)
Mike Tryst – bass (the same as Mike Trist?)

Prowler – Ventura Rock Band @ FB

The group of eventually started working under a different name, “dirty white boys” w/ guitarist Bill White and the “fabulous fish”. – Revis Johnson

I joined the group Prowler, who was fairly established on the local club scene. Prowler included Giel Silver, Raywood Hendrick, Bob Griffin and Jerry “Killer” Miller on drums. Started to play all the time – no more day gigs! We played constantly between Mr. Luckys, the Ponderosa Inn and Maxies up in Oak View. We also ventured out on the road, touring around the western states playing in hotels and clubs – – some of the funnest times of my life! Too much fun! I played with Prowler for about 3+ years. [1981-84] – Tom Rudenko

Rampage

See Heavy Metal @ Whisky a Go Go 1982

Rancho Mana´na

See Heavy Metal Rock At Louie’s Life, Friday and Saturday 1973

Ratt

See

Rat Sally

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Probably FB page and FB group also.

The Raybans

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Red Alert

Leo Dresselli

1979-82, got a record deal with Sire Records in 1982

The Romantics

Leo Dresselli

1984-85 (Sire Records)

Romeo

See Heavy Metal @ Whisky a Go Go 1982

The Rotters

See

Roulette

See Heaviest Metal @ National Guard Armory

Roxbury Drive

: left to right: Gary Barnes – bass, Tom Rudenko, John Pratt, Robb Sullivan, Chris Meyer

Gary Barnes – bass
Tom Rudenko (Tom Rudenko’s fifth band)
John Pratt
Robb Sullivan
Chris Meyer

Well, we’re up to about 1983-4, and I began to get itchy for the ‘big time’, so I ended up joining an original group called Roxbury Drive. We began to write and rehearse our own music, and we started to play showcases in LA at places like the Troubadour and Whiskey. We started to draw a crowd, and people were following us down from Ventura County – we became hot! We started to headline shows, and groups like Warrant were opening up for us. Groups like Guns & Roses, Poison and Motley Crue would come to our shows. We played a lot at the Roxy, Whiskey and Country Club…very exciting! However, even though many record companies were checking us out (we played Journey type music), we could not get a deal. It was a great struggle that went on for several years. I worked at misc jobs during the day to eat and pay the bills, and rehearsed until well past midnight, night after night. Finally, Roxbury Drive broke up (around 1986), and a few offers came my way. [~1983-1986] – Tom Rudenko

Roxx

See The 1982 Ventura County – Battle of the Bands

Sabotage

See Battle of the Bands @ 2 Great Rock Bands Every Monday

Sarge

Sometimes misspelled Sagre. With Bobby Eisenberg.

See Heavy Metal @ Wolf & Rissmiller’s Country Club, Reseda
“with Sagre (future Rough Cutt members guitarist Chris Hager and and bassist Matt Thorne) and Dante Fox with Don Costa on bass!”. Two other former Ratt members and bandmates in Sarge—guitarist Chris Hager and bassist Matt Thorne, a.k.a. Matt Thorr (who replaced Cristofanilli)—would also soon join Rough Cutt.

Secret

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Shade

See Heaviest Metal @ National Guard Armory

Sharks

1978-82

Dave Bishop
Jim Volpicelli
Spencer Sercombe – lead guitarist
Ric Czerny/Richard Black – vocalist (or Shark Island?)

Different Sharks?
Tony Trigueiro (“I played all over the county and worked at Heck’s Music when it was Clyde Heck Music”)
Brad Stewart
Mark Leon

Chris Heilman – guitarist

Discogs

Shark Island

The Sharks before, later the band Shark Island. 1986 and later

Ric Czerny/Richard Black – vocalist
Spencer Sercombe – lead guitarist

The Sights

See Spring Fever – Rock And Roll in the Park

Skaters Waltz

See Heaviest Metal Known To Man – Dance Concert @ Ojai Art Center

Is this a slogan? Or band? Or both?

Snydly Whiplash

See Battle of the Bands @ National Guard Armory

Solimar

Eddie Dies

Spider Webb

See Summer Sizzler – Rock and Roll in the Park

Spread

Jack Joaquin Peck
Raywood Hendrick
Mark Higgins (R.I.P. 2012)

Steeler

See

Storm

There are many band who named “Storm”. Most likely is it this Storm, Heir Apparent to the Heavy Metal Throne! @ Huntington’s

Stormer

See Heavy Metal @ Whisky a Go Go 1982

Pre Stryper

Stryper

See Heavy Metal @ Wolf & Rissmiller’s Country Club, Reseda

Styks River

See Mini Pop Festival @ Larrabee Stadium

TJ(?)

Tony Trigueiro
Jerry Killer Miller
Brad Burton
Mike Tryst on bass

Is this a slogan? Or band? Or both?

The Stage Door

Eddie Dies

Straight Shooter

1984-1990

Greg Morgan
Steve Berret
Todd Konaries
Mark Metzner
Rich Little

The Street

Bob Jones on guitar player/singer (RIP)
Tony Murray on drums
Jerry McClintock on frontman vocal
Jack Joaquin Peck (?), (webside)
Geil Silver (Ernest Scherb) on lead guitar

The Surge

Dan Buley – original drums
Dan Buley’s wife
Dan Keler
Jerry “Killer” Miller – drums
Tom Rudenko (Tom Rudenko’s third band)
Mike Tryst on bass
TJ – Lead singer

Gigs was Mr. Luckys and the Ponderosa Inn in Camarillo. Active around 1 year.

started another group with Dan called The Surge, with a spunky girl lead singer named TJ. We started to play clubs like Mr. Luckys and the Ponderosa Inn in Camarillo. The Surge went on for about a year – Tom Rudenko