1986 - Fighting Back / Released : 1986 / Recorded : Village Recorders, Dagenham, East London, UK / Label : Raw Power Records (UK),Shatter Records (US) / Producer : Battlezone and Ian Richardson / All songs by John Hurley, except "(Forever) Fighting Back" by Pete West.Fighting Back is the first album released by the British heavy metal band Battlezone, with ex-Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno. / Band members : Paul Di'Anno - lead vocals,John Hurley - guitar, backing vocals,John Wiggins - guitar, backing vocals,Pete West - bass,Bob Falck - drums, backing vocals / Additional musicians : Dave Montgomery - backing vocals./ Production : Ian Richardson - producer, engineer. / Battlezone (1985--1989, 1998) : After the breakup of his self-titled band, Di'Anno formed Strike whilst in America with drummer Bob Falck (who had used the name Sid Falck while playing drums in Overkill) and guitarist John Hurley. The project was eventually named Battlezone, after a name straight from a comic b! ook,pon the vocalist's return to Britain in 1985.Paul had previously known Battlezone guitarists John Wiggins and John Hurley from bands such as Deep Machine and Iron Cross.The band's initial line-up comprised Di'Anno, guitarists Hurley and Darren Aldridge, bassist Laurence Kessler and Adam Parsons on drums. The latter had gone under the stage name AD Dynamite whilst in Aunt May. However, Parsons left shortly after to replace Vince Hoare in the London-based glam band Belladonna (formed by former Hell's
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