Ezy Meat
Ezy Meat from; Lurgan Active; 1980 – 1986
Style; Heavy Metal
Line up;
Vocals, Guitar & Keyboards; Ivan Lavery
Bass & Vocals; Paul Lavery
Drums; Ray McKenna
Originally a quartet with Dermot O’Kane on vocals
Vivan Campbell was a friend of the band and a long term supporter. He produced their debut album “Not For wimps”. Sweet Savage, Campbell first band often shared the bill with Ezy Meat in their early days. by the time of the release of their second album “Rock your Brians” the band were more in the style of Rush prog rock. with one track Alien Tale lasting for 20 minutes.
Ezy Meat debut album Not For Wimps was re released on cd in 2003 with 6 bonus tracks.
Freedom Seeker, The Loner, Vampire Lady, Wasting Time, Get ’em Off, Ban the Bomb, Ban the Bomb Pt. 2, Shoot Out the City, Life and Death of Pete, Warrior [bonus track], Soho Escapade [bonus track], Sexy Lady [bonus track], Go [bonus track], Hangman [bonus track], Shot Down [bonus track].
Track 11: taken from “Rock Meets Metal Vol. 2” Comp. Lp 1987
Tracks 12, 13: taken from “Belfast” Compilation Lp 1981
Tracks 14, 16: from “Makin’ Noise” Session 1980
Track 15: Unreleased demo 1980
NWOBHM style band from Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Formed in 1980.
Originally a 4 piece. They recorded the ‘Makin’ Noise’ demo in 1980. And contributed 2 tracks to ‘Belfast’ split album released by Shock Rock Records in 1981.
They became a trio by the time they recorded their debut LP, ‘Not For Wimps’ in 1984, which was produced by Vivian Campbell(SWEET SAVAGE, DIO, DEF LEPPARD). This was re-released on CD in 2003 with 6 bonus tracks.
They released a second LP, ‘Rock Your Brains’ in 1986.
They also featured on a number of compilation LPs.
The track ‘Massacre’ featured on the 1987 “Metal Warriör” Comp-LP.
The track ‘Warrior’ featured on 1987 “Rock Meets Metal Vol. 2” Comp-LP.
Releases
Ezy Meat – Makin’ Noise
Ezy Meat – Not For Wimps
Ezy Meat – Rock Your Brains
Ezy Meat – Rockin’ The Colosseum
Metal Warrior – Split LP