At the dawn of the ’70s, hard rock and early heavy metal were almost completely dominated by British innovators. Dust was one of the few American bands to try picking up the gauntlet, playing a progressive brand of proto-metal that was explicitly indebted to their British contemporaries. Formed around 1968, the group featured vocalist/guitarist Richie Wise and the teenaged rhythm section of bassist Kenny Aaronson (who also doubled on slide and steel guitars) and drummer Marc Bell; plus, Kenny Kerner served as the group’s lyricist, manager, and producer. Dust released their self-titled debut album in 1971 on Neil Bogart’s pre-Casablanca label Kama Sutra. The follow-up, 1972’s Hard Attack, sharpened the band’s edge and intensified the power of their approach; thus, it became the more sought-after of the pair by collectors interested in the roots of American metal. However, Dust would record only those two albums; Aaronson joined Stories in 1973, and Wise and Kerner became a production team, also working with Stories; the following year, they would go on to helm the first two Kiss albums. Aaronson, meanwhile, became a prolific session bassist and Bell later became part of the New York punk scene, joining up with Richard Hell the Voidoids and then moving on to the Ramones (adopting the name Marky Ramone).
- Steve Huey, All Music Guide
One of my top 10 fav bands from all times!!! From a Dry Camel is the most classic and best hymn in the Metal music history!!! Thanx for the ADD Our first CD will be soon available and we are searching for labels,distros and people involved with the "True" Underground scene So...Keep in touch OK!!! My Hard Attack is signed from Mark Ramone 2000 hehehe
Hailz from the Third World Underground!!!
Igor Lopes "Em Ruínas" Headbanger Resistance Speed Metal Legions Brazil
holy crap just remembered i saw Billy Squier's first "headlining gig ever" at the Warfield/SF (on the day off from the Queen tour). fuuuck that was a GREAT as in ALL TIME GREAT live performance. yep me and Dust's hall of fame bass player have a decent random history during that time span.
oh and HOTTER THAN HELL is the best Kiss album by ten miles, but everyone knows that. the clanky guitar sound and early-metal drum thud sound is Kiss's ONLY "heavy metal" album, early 70's style. awessome.
whoa not for sale at any price, that t-shirt. i bet exactly 0.0001 percent of the 80's/90's "metal" dumbasses who noticed it flash by on the VH1 screen for a few seconds inbetween Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin segements of the Story of Metal marathon, had any idea which band that shirt was for. yeaa fuck them.
i saw Derringer at the Whiskey, Oct 1978 and WORE THAT SAME T-SHIRT like on purpose. a lunatic who wound up managing crap speedmetal band Exodus years later immed recognized the "hall of fame bass player" connection and almost tried to take it off of me, aka "where did you get that shirt? i HAVE TO HAVE IT!!" nope nope and nope.
i had no clue who Myron Grombacher was (at that gig/lineup) but fuck was he great. fuuuck that Keith Olsen assmunch, he probably told Grombacher to "tone it down, you can't do that stuff on a Benatar hit record" for like 10 years straight.
1st DUST is one of the 10 best 70's hard rock/early metal lps but everyone with a brain knows that anyway.
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