Kingdom Metal

This is a post 15+ years in the making. I’ve been dreaming of the day when I could get my hands on this footage since the early 90s when it was rumored that REZ Band had cameras rolling when they recorded the legendary XX Years Live show in Chicago.

I placed an order at my local Christian bookstore (now long since out of business) and checked on it for months. The video had been assigned an SPCN number and showed up on the microfilm from the distribution house, but alas… it never arrived.

What was the story? One never knew.

But now…

That’s right, folks… footage from the XX Years Live show.

I remember catching tours of REZ Band in the late 80s and early 90s. My brother had seen the Hostage or Mommy Don’t Love Daddy Anymore tour (I can’t remember which) years earlier. Then one day, a personal dream of mine came true: the opportunity to MC a show — even carting the band to the show from the hotel. Wow. Meeting Glenn and Wendi in particular was a dream come true.

Oh man… now they’ve released a box set that features over 3 hours of music from the entire career of REZ Band. Named for their first project (recorded in 1972, which I still have on a cassette tape I picked up on a visit to JPUSA), Music To Raise the Dead contains 3 CDs and a DVD along with an 80-page booklet.

The memories… geez, I had Colours on 8-track. I wore out I don’t know how many cassettes. Today, I still have some of the stuff on CD — particularly Silence Screams and Innocent Blood.  So many favorite songs.

Okay, okay, I’ll shut up (for now). Here’s where to go get the limited edition box set. Tell ‘em the Kingdom Metal Head sent ya.  (Just don’t tell ‘em I was drooling at the time.)