Liege Lord

Liege Lord is an American power metal band active in the 1980s. The band was formed by Matt Vinci, Anthony Truglio and Frank Cortese.

For feudal namesake, see Homage (feudal).

Liege Lord
OriginStamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres
Years active1982–1989, 2000, 2012–present
LabelsMetal Blade
Iron Works
Black Dragon
MembersTony Truglio
Danny Wacker
Joe Comeau
Van Williams
Matt Vinci
Past membersAndy Michaud
Pete McCarthy
Carlo Moscardini
Frank Cortese
Paul Nelson
Websiteliegelord.com

History

Liege Lord was originally a Judas Priest cover band named Deceiver (after the Judas Priest song of the same name). Judas Priest's influence can be heard in the early vocals and guitar riffs of the Freedom's Rise album.

Liege Lord first signed on with the French record label Black Dragon after Christian Logue of Savage Grace recommended the company to the band. Freedom's Rise was released in 1985 on Black Dragon in Europe, and on Ironworks in America.

Reaching cult status in the metal world with their three releases, the band featured Joe Comeau, who would later go on to play with thrash metal bands Overkill and Annihilator. Guitarist Anthony Truglio went on to play in the band Gandhi with Page Hamilton from Helmet, and also played in the new version of Helmet. Guitarist Paul Nelson would go on to play with Blues/Rock icon Johnny Winter and winning a Grammy Award and multiple Grammy Nominations signing with his own solo artist deal on Sony/EMI Records.

Master Control was recorded from March 22 to April 11, 1988. The album was produced by Terry Date and Liege Lord.

As of August 2012, Liege Lord has been active again and headlined the Keep It True XVI festival, which took place from April 19 to 20, 2013, at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany.[3]

Founding member Matt Vinci died of cancer on September 8, 2023. [4]

Discography

Albums
  • Freedom's Rise (1985)
  • Burn to My Touch (1987)
  • Master Control (1988)

Singles and demos
  • "Black Lit Knights" (1987)
  • Demo (1985)

Members

Former members
  • Andy Michaud – vocals
  • Paul Nelson – guitar
  • Pete McCarthy – guitars
  • Carlo Moscardini – bass
  • Frank Cortese – drums
  • Matt Vinci (died in 2023) - bass

References
  1. "Liege Lord biography, credits, reviews and discogrpahy". AllMusic. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  2. "Liege Lord on Metal Storm". Metal Storm. February 5, 2020. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  3. "Reunited LIEGE LORD To Headline Next Year's KEEP IT TRUE XVI Festival". Blabbermouth.net. August 11, 2012. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  4. https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Matt_Vinci/251
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