This week heed the call of the sumo wrestling, battle-axe-wielding, baby seal-faced man! All hail Johnny the Mighty Tior!!! Yep, it’s another installment of our ongoing series called “Grave Mistakes: They Shoulda Been Huge!!!”. We’re talking about a seminal New Wave Of “Not So” British Heavy band turned Power Metal trendsetters: RIOT! Infamous as much for horrible album cover visuals and weird heavy metal mascot, Riot is a true heavy metal tour de force that is still kicking ass in 2024. We focus our listening on the first half of their career from their start in 1977 until their transition to pure power metal in 1990. They were always slightly ahead of the curve and trends, but never achieved the success of many of their peers or bands they influenced. We think RIOT shoulda been huge!!!

What is it that we do here at InObscuria? Well, we exhume obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This episode covers a band clearly in the Lost category for most and forgotten for others. As always, we hope that we turn you on to something new. You can check out the documentary we referenced several times during the show here: three-part documentary: Riot – Fight or Fall, available here on Youtube

Songs this week include:

1. Riot – “Warrior” from Rock City (1977)
2. Riot – “Road Racin’” from Narita (1979)
3. Riot – “Don’t Hold Back” from Fire Down Under (1981)
4. Riot – “Loanshark” from Restless Breed (1982)
5. Riot - “Born In America” from Born In America (1983)
6. Riot – “Thundersteel” from Thundersteel (1988)
7. Riot – “Little Miss Death” from The Privilege Of Power (1990)

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