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Jan 13, 2021 · January 13, 2021 ·. Happy 65th birthday to John Ricci, a Canadian musician, best known as the former guitarist and songwriter of the Speed Metal legends EXCITER. In 1978, John Ricci played in a band called HELL RAZOR. The band then changed their name to EXCITER in 1980. As one of the founding members of the band, John was the driving force ...
Sep 21, 2018 · The band, via bassist Allan Johnson on his Facebook page, broke the news that guitarist John Ricci is no longer with them. Check it out: “Some rather heavy news in the Exciter camp. Due to certain professional and personal differences, John Ricci has decided to leave the band. I wish to inform the fans worldwide that Dan Beehler [drums ...
For The Metal Voice ( https://www.facebook.com/themetalvoice) former singer of Anthrax Neil Turbin was at the Los Angeles Strikefest at the Regent Theater on...
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A banda consistia em John Ricci , Dan Beehler e Allan James Johnson . Dois anos depois mudam o nome para Exciter e gravam uma demo, que enviam a Mike Varney da Shrapnel Records. Varney inclui uma canção desta demo no álbum US Metal Volume II, em 1982. Pouco depois, Exciter assina contrato com a Shrapnel Records.
Oct 31, 2010 · Original guitarist John Ricci then returned, and after a couple of lower-profile albums, Beehler left, and Ricci led a new version of the band that recorded several albums between 1997 and 2010. Beehler later started up his own band, simply called Beehler , recruited original Exciter bassist Allan Johnson, and released an album in 2011.
Exciter returned to the studio to record an album of new versions of classic songs. The album New Testament was released on June 22, 2004, with John Ricci playing both guitar and bass. Finally in 2004 Exciter recruited Montreal-native Rob "Clammy" Cohen to the groups ranks and this lineup has played many festivals and successful tours.
The Metal Crypt met John Ricci at a hotel in Helsinki, Finland, earlier in the day and had a chat with him about many things related to Exciter's past and present, and even beyond. Luxi: First off, welcome to Finland for the very first time with Exciter... John: Thank you. It's really the first time for us to play in Finland.
