History
Attika is the centre of Greece and the region wherein Athens lies.
Attika is also the moniker for a power metal band from Melbourne,
Florida which was formed in 1986.
The band was formed in 1986 by vocalist/bassist Robert VanWar,
guitarist
Joe Longobardi, and drummer Jeff Patelski. The Motherlods demo was
recorded in the same year. The band appears on a local compilation and
recruits bassist Dan Rubel. A self-titled debut is released in 1988 on
the band's own Prison records which goes on to be issued in Europe two
years later.
1989 brought the replacement of Dan Rubel by Scott Miller. Oddly enough
several other bassists came and went. In 1990 Attika won the Florida
Jammy Award for Best Metal Band. A year later the band independently
released the When Heroes Fall album. This album is licensed and
released
by Massacre Records in Germany and Metal Mania in Japan. A video for
the
song The Shame was also shot for this album.
Attika contemplated the re-release of When Heroes Fall and The Shame
video a decade later. The band's debut was re-released in late 2002 by
Cult Metal Classics on both CD and LP.
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