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== History ==

== History ==

=== Early years ===

=== Early years === (1970-1972)

Greg Lindstrom, Robert Garven, Jerry Fogle and Pat Galligan (later a guitarist in [[Angry Samoans]]) played in Titanic,<ref name=”LarkinHR”>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=99}}</ref> their first band in junior high school. With a desire to play heavier music similar to that of [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] and [[Grand Funk Railroad]], the rest of the band parted with Galligan and founded Cirith Ungol in late 1971.

Greg Lindstrom, Robert Garven, Jerry Fogle and Pat Galligan (later a guitarist in [[Angry Samoans]]) played in Titanic,<ref name=”LarkinHR”>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|page=99}}</ref> their first band in junior high school. With a desire to play heavier music similar to that of [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] and [[Grand Funk Railroad]], the rest of the band parted with Galligan and founded Cirith Ungol in late 1971.