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Members:
Troy Gregory
Jason Newsted

Formed: 1985

iSound Site: www.isound.com/flotsam_and_jetsam

Biography

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Artists:
Anthrax
Megadeth
Metal Church
Testament
Overkill
Armored Saint
Exodus
Possessed
Carnivore
Genres:
Hard Rock
Speed Metal
Heavy Metal

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Featured Album

	When the Storm Comes Down Released: 2008

Albums
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	When the Storm Comes Down Released: 2008
	Unnatural Selection Released: 1999
	High Released: 1997
	Drift Released: 1995
	When the Storm Comes Down Released: 1990
	No Place for Disgrace Released: 1988

Biography

Flotsam and Jetsam are definitely not your fathers metal. Though it is true that they have been credited with helping start the very scene that has spawned a worldwide not-so-Secret Metal Society that just wont go away. The kind of people that eat, breathe, and live that stirs those most primitive of urges.

And now, just when the planet needs it most, they have made their 8th record, "My God", that seals their rightful place among the top of the current "Old School" survivors. Pummeling, classic metal guitars and vocals combined with sincere modern flavor makes this a uniquely textured Flotsam record by any standard. The focus was to write with the overflowing inspiration the band felt having gotten through the tough part of a management change. You know the story. But this story has a very heavy ending, or rather a new beginning.

For those who need a refresher course, Flotsam and Jetsam exploded onto the brand new Thrash scene in 1986 with the legendary "Doomsday For the Deceiver", the record that propelled original bass player Jason Newstead to international superstardom as a member of Metallica. Not to be outdone, Flotsam then followed up with what some consider to be the most important thrash record of all time, "No Place For Disgrace". Then it was onward and upward to MCA records for 3 albums that allowed the band to grow musically while never losing the integrity their fans had come to expect.

After their contract was up at MCA, the first and most welcome home for the band, Metal Blade Records, invited Flotsam and Jetsam to rejoin their roster and help carry the banner of true metal tradition proudly through the dark days of the rise of "Nu Metal". The records "High", and "Unnatural Selection" settled the nerves of those fans that wondered what direction the band might in this new landscape. Now, "My God", produced by the illustrious Bill Metoyer, is already being hailed as the best, heaviest effort of the band in years.

Listen for yourself, make sure it is loud, and celebrate Metal The Uniter, Not The Divider!!!

In another strange twist, Flotsam and Jetsam then signed with Metallica's label Elektra, for whom they recorded their second album, 1988's No Place for Disgrace, with new bassist Troy Gregory. Despite losing their principal lyricist and an important songwriter in Newsted (who was kind enough to leave a few contributions behind), the album managed to improve slightly upon their first and featured an interesting cover of Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting." Though the band supported the record by touring relentlessly, all their efforts barely made a dent in the now crowded thrash scene.

Switching to MCA, the band issued three more albums (1990's When the Storm Comes Down, 1992's Cuatro, and 1995's Drift) which sold progressively less and added little to their original thrash metal recipe. Bassist Gregory departed to join Prong after the first of these and was replaced by Jason Ward. Finding themselves back on Metal Blade, the band finally broke the mold (too little, too late) and recorded their most original album in 1997's High, the last to feature Gilbert and David-Smith. 1999's Unnatural Selection featured their replacements, guitarist Mark Simpson and drummer Craig Nelson.

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Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
Cuatro (1992) 1. Natural Enemies Damned right out of paradise It's all right between the eyes We are all the same at birth And at the end of a knife To the grave had it made Ignorant but mighty brave No matter how tight the choke They'll misbehave Natural enemies The trouble with you is the trouble with me Natural enemies You'll never hear heaven and nature sing See no evil or the good The whole world one neighborhood A backwards in reverse Modern day Robin hood Everyday lived in suspense Introductions so intense Making deals without ever making sense Natural enemies The trouble with you is the trouble with me Natural enemies You'll never hear heaven and nature sing For what you know you had to spy Help to commit suicide The prize head hanging on the wall And glorified The only way to win the game Is to leave it all the same Your introduction into History's hall of shame Natural Enemies The trouble with you is the trouble with me Natural enemies You'll never hear heaven and nature sing	riff_master

Replys	Listener
2. Swatting At Flies The only thing I ever made in my life was a fist The only thing that ever proved that I exist Broken glass looks best when the sun's goin down Take it from me, I'm broken too And there's lots of us around Like swatting at flies till they cover the floor Like pulling teeth, tie the string, and slam the door Like the time I fell in love into someone else Like the time I complained about the cards I've been dealt Like they say when it rains you know it always pours Like hearing no again and slamming of doors I've been alone, I've been together, I'd been lost Making my decisions, with the coins that I toss The slower they walk, you know the harder it gets Shoulda, woulda, coulda, sketches all our regrets Like swatting at flies till they cover the floor Like pulling teeth, tie the string, and slam the door Like the time I fell in love into someone else Like the time I complained about the cards I've been dealt Like they say when it rains you know it always pours Like hearing no again and slamming of doors Enjoying myself has just been an afterthought I never doubted the teachers, just the lessons they taught If I couldn't fill my stomach, I'd fill my head But I never could fill the word that I said Like swatting at flies till they cover the floor Like pulling teeth, tie the string, and slam the door Like the time I fell in love into someone else Like the time I complained about the cards I've been dealt Like they say when it rains you know it always pours Like hearing no again and slamming of doors Slamming of doors doors doors	riff_master
3. The Message Wolves devour The full moon heart Screams bloodless howls And starves for the dawn As teeth and Jaw Sink in like needles There's no love lost For a helpless pawn Taking care of business Selling rock candy and suicide The message In the battle of the colors Eyes for eyes, brothers for brothers Taking care of business Selling rock candy and suicide Buying low and selling high Business booms when cold lead flies The message Delivered every day The message Tribal, primal, criminal Old men backing out of heart attacks Send the young ones back to do a man's job To the fire and water The best man's daughter weds the wings of the dragonfly Taking care of business Selling rock candy and suicide Buying low and selling high Business booms when cold lead flies The message Delivered every day The message Tribal, primal, criminal The message Delivered every day The message Tribal, primal, criminal	riff_master
4. Cradle Me Now Passage through time Leave this place time to erase My link to myself Leads me astray The whole world in my way Out of my body, out of my mind Out of luck and out of time Sift through the remains Enter this cage-disengage Once it was easy My best foot forward As I trip through the same daily non-existing life I call hell Bloodless, pale Another empty shell Captured mind details As I loath myself Can't you see, can't you tell Safely assumed, I'm not well Cradle me now, teach me how Teach me how, cradle me now Make life not your victim Resume your identity but don't overload Seek the riches Hungry for change, I've got to explore Hidden recesses, lost in my mind Trapped forever doing time Bloodless, pale Another empty shell Captured mind details As I loath myself Can't you see, can't you tell Safely assumed, I'm not well Cradle me now, teach me how Teach me how, cradle me now Bloodless, pale Another empty shell Captured mind details As I loath myself Can't you see, can't you tell Safely assumed, I'm not well Cradle me now, teach me how Teach me how, cradle me now Bloodless, pale Another empty shell Captured mind details As I loath myself Can't you see, can't you tell Safely assumed, I'm not well Cradle me now, teach me how Teach me how, cradle me now	riff_master
5. Wading Through The Darkness Put a gun to my head The storm's too deep outlook dead Handing down that anger Nothing good ever lasts Moody violence Now a fool in my eyes What's the answer, I'll search till I die Try a little harder I hear myself say Make it last before it's taken away Wading through the darkness My head held in my hands Wading through the darkness Forced to forget this anguish I'm half of what I used to be Erase my memory Now gone forever goodbye But I know my memories won't die Wading through the darkness My head held in my hands Wading through the darkness Dead inside with a heart that bleeds Relax my tension needs Tightness suffocates Too dense to focus I'll see it through the day No longer churning inside Rotted memories inhabit my mind My rage destroys the calm Destroys the calm Wading through the darkness My head held in my hands Wading through the darkness	riff_master
6. Double Zero Here comes the message from the antennae Who knows how transmissions came I've got the license a bag of passports Even I don't know who I am Howling bullets fly by so often I can hear them buzz I've lived in deserts, I've warred on cities I don't even know where I was Remember Israel and Korea Kuwait's the best time I ever had Had an accomplice who knew of nothing I killed the best friend I had Can't be too careful, can't use computers They're gonna catch my disease I work alone don't trust my own mother Scratched out like ticks and fleas Dial double zero Call me whenever you have got a war Home's where the guns are My bed's the ammo and no one comes to my door Dial double zero Wherever you start a war More of me going than I've got coming They'll squeeze my blood through the skin I shouldn't have wasted my education The fucking trouble I'm in I've got your had on, I've got your suitcase I'm you when you're gone Out here thinking like I'm never me too long Dial double zero Call me whenever you have got a war Home's where the guns are My bed's the ammo and no one comes to my door Dial double zero Wherever you start a war	riff_master
7. Never To Reveal Turning to the right, feel it getting tight Demand of the heart, my hands rip apart I'm so afraid, my welcome overstayed Never find a way to make all this O.K. Sleepless nights, I am forever awake Just one taste--won't let it go to waste The way I feel--Never to reveal Just one taste-of my own space Fucking sick of this, hope my tongue don't slip Familiar trips, loosen up its grip Instinct never worked anyway, what I've seen I just can't say My sight's been taken, my eyes betray Just one taste--won't let it go to waste The way I feel--Never to reveal Just one taste-of my own space My hands at my back, pushing violent acts The truth an artifact The rabbit in the hat Kicking out this make believe Dedicate a new belief The risk runs high, but I've gotta try Hold it all inside, until the day I die	riff_master
8. Forget About Heaven When the sun's gone Then they cry, laughing as they die They can't look into your eyes Moonlight makes it all so clear Peirces the skin without tears The writing on the wall's been smeared Tragedy, comedy Bite the hand that set 'em free Same old song with a different beat Comedy, tragedy Forget about heaven And the book of fear Forget about heaven We're staying here Getting so high but staying so low Stumbling, look out below Halfway's too far to go Forget about heaven And the book of fear Forget about heaven We're staying here Beliefs, disaster Domination by persuasion Nightmare is after Your ruined faith beckons grace Hold their heads down When kneeling to pray Heaven lies the other way Cheated angels turned away Forget about heaven And the book of fear Forget about heaven We're staying here Forget about heaven Forget about heaven Forget about heaven	riff_master
9. Secret Square Slip into the realms of the eight hour grip She notioned to tangle she mentioned a trip A place far, far away, like the sky on a cloudy day Slipping through that secret maze It creeps with time She'll be mine To fantasize Through her eyes LAUGH thru my tears, let go all the fears That consume you in her universe LAUGHTER splits my mind, nothing in the way Run with your knotted situation Through the door an endless playground Intensity the hum in your head LAUGH thru my tears, let go all the fears That consume you in her universe LAUGHTER splits my mind, nothing in the way Go with your knotted situation Through the door an endless playground Intensity hums in your head Sands go ticking by, It's almost over Your sunken thought, time to dry the spill in your brain Absorbed in conscience Released thru sweat As the last taste of her As the last trace of her Spins away LAUGH thru my tears, let go all the fears That consume you in her universe LAUGHTER splits my mind, nothing in the way Tense with your knotted situation LAUGH thru my tears, let go all the fears That consume you in her universe LAUGHTER splits my mind, nothing in the way Stress with your knotted situation	riff_master
10. Hypodermic Midnight Snack Energy, reality, combined with creativity Engulfed in popularity with everyone he knows Dripping in humanity, exactly what a friend should be At least that's how it used to be before he hit the stone Shooting up shooting down Stealing hurting just to pay for what he needs to live his day Injecting all his cares away and nodding off the time Banging up what used to be a life of high prosperity Complete enraged insanity for a nauseating high Shooting up shooting down Shooting up shooting down (The claw hangs just above your head Hypodermics gathered make your bed) Spending all of present time begging outside in the grime Colour turning slightly lime from hypodermic midnight snack Dignity is tossed aside as he finds a place to hide Detox without losing pride, he simply can't do that Shooting up shooting down Shooting up shooting down (The claw hangs just above your head Hypodermics gathered make your bed) Shooting up shooting down Shooting up shooting down	riff_master
11. Are You Willing If you had a cure for the epidemic of today Would you hold it ransom or give it all away Will you be willing to do what's right when proven wrong Will you be swept away or will you come along Are you willing The trend is now searching for the mighty midas touch Walking on a broken leg and you can't find a crutch If you find the missing piece the answers of a lasting peace You have found nothing's ever changed Are you willing Are you willing Yell out to the world echo never comes I look into myself to see how colour runs If you knew what I know do you think we all should share Everybody's got a cross to bear Ask and ask the same old riddle My finger's in my ears touch in the middle The trick's been played, life's slight of hand Answers come so slowly, no matter the demand Are you willing - to let logic go Are you willing - to forget what you don't know Go ahead and fantasize a calm in your own mind You've got to let go to get a piece that really binds Scratch the itch scratching at the heart Use the soul's glue to keep from coming all apart Out of your head when emotions start to think Let feelings flow hard bring yourself to the brink Filled your bags with what we don't talk about The questions the answers drown yourself in doubt Are you willing - to let logic go Are you willing - to forget what you don't know Are you willing - to let logic go Are you willing to forget what you don't know	riff_master
12. (Ain't Nothing Gonna) Save This World Is this real or just a test Attitude learned from the best Showed the cross but never blessed Been sleeping long without rest	riff_master