OverdriveMetal
11
songs
1.2K
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Living Sacrifice Living Sacrifice
When the 'Saints' When the 'Saints'
Standing in Line Standing in Line
You Need a Friend You Need a Friend
Rodent of the Piper Rodent of the Piper
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Overdrive was a Christian gothic power metal band from Blacksburg/Radford, VA. They existed in some incarnation from around 1985 until around 1992.
Highlights of their underground career included playing the 1990 and 1991 Cornerstone festival in Illinois, playing shows with about every other Christian metal band of the era (Living Sacrifice, Believer, Deliverance, Tourniquet, Vengeance Rising, etc..), and being courted by Intense (Frontline) records for a brief time before disbanding. They were voted as one of the top 5 unsigned Christian metal bands in the country 2 consecutive years by Heavens Metal magazine (currenty HM Magazine)
One of their songs (When the "Saints") was even featured in a national mailing of Benson's new releases catalog for 1991, but the song was pulled from the compilation due to some controversy over the use of the word "saints".
There have been a couple of reunion shows over the last decade, and another wouldn't be ruled out if we didn't all live in different states at the moment.
Unfortunately, Overdrive's original drummer, Bobby Collins, passed away a few years ago at the age of 30, due to no fault of his own. His is missed by all who knew him.Band/artist history
Names we either used or joked about using -
Heaven Quest
Cross Breed
Demascus
White Knights
Thunder Preists
Jed and the Wife Beaters
Bloody Rose Petals
Twisted Christians
Motley JewsYour musical influences
Bloodgood, Deliverance, Tourniquet, Believer, Stryper, Petra, KingsX, Metallica, White Cross, Guardian, Holy Soldier, Sardonyx, Living Sacrifice, Randy Rhoads, Anthrax, Sacred Warrior, Tempest, The Crucified, Megadeth, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Precious Death, Vengeance RisingAnything else?
In Memory of Bobby "The Basher" CollinsContact
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