Formed in South Florida in 1988 by Greg
Brown and Jeff Osias, together they quickly set out to create their
own form own thrash metal paying homage to their influences. In the
following year they were joined by Clint Jacoby on bass. Having
played clubs in New York, New Jersey and across Florida, with airplay
on WSHE, WSOU, WKPX and many other radio stations they proved to be a
force to be reckoned with. Mention was also been given to the band in
Jam Magazine, Tonight Today, Groove Magazine, XS, East Coast Rocker,
Wasteland and the Showtime section of the Fort Lauderdale’s Sun
Sentinel. Over the years they morphed into The Village Idiots
and played more alternative rock until they disbanded in 1993.
But in 2008, Greg Brown took up the
torch again and mastered all of the original tracks from reel to reel
from sessions recorded in New Jersey and Florida and transferred to
digital format. This self-titled 20th anniversary CD, Age
of Fire, was released on iTunes and many other digital outlets.
Turn the clock to 2018 and Greg
released the 30th anniversary disc of Age of Fire
that hit digital outlets on Halloween. On Christmas the all new full
length CD entitled Obsidian Dreams came out and the response
has been very positive. For this release, Greg has tagged in other
musicians such as Steve Sanderson and Arnaud Krakowka on drums and
taken on duties of vocals, bass and keyboards for himself. This CD
starts a new chapter for the band.
2019 has been a busy and productive
year for Age of Fire with more and more streaming outlets and radio
station picking up their music. A few new singles have also been
released for the upcoming CD called Shades of Shadow. This new
full length CD hopes to be completed by the end of the year. It also
expands the bands musical palette with classical influences, more
instrumentals but some classic thrash as well.
Reviews
“This
was an inferno of a show….Greg’s singing fantastic, fiery leads
and awesome percussion, cutting the pie into a thousand
slices…..we’ve got something special going on here folks”.-
Bobby of the Teemates
“The
Guitar often moves melodically into higher octaves via minor chords
and half steps, echoing confusion like Eddie Van Halen stranded in a
house of mirrors while throbbing bass reminiscent of the band Pantera
anchors the bottom atop the rhythm track”-Bryan McKenzie, Daily
Progress Charlottesville
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