The Rods
Biography
The Rods were one of America's unsung blue-collar heavy metal bands of the 1980s -- often compared to Britain's Motörhead because of their veteran three-piece lineup; their everyman, almost punk-simple image; and, of course, their brash and extremely loud music, which was invariably played on amplifiers set to 11! The band achieved little mainstream success during its career, though, and although the Rods' general compositional style hardly pushed the heavy metal genre into new terrain, at least they never sold out to glam metal like so many of their peers.
Hailing from upstate New York, the Rods came into being in the late '70s under the leadership of vocalist/guitarist David Feinstein, whose first brush with success had come almost a decade earlier as a member of blues-rockers Elf, whom he was invited to join by his cousin, singer Ronnie James Dio. However, Feinstein quit Elf shortly after the release of their eponymous 1973 debut (and before they became the first incarnation of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow), in order to, in his own words, "recover from the '60s" by taking a job with the wildlife conservation department in upstate New York, and moving into a log cabin with no electricity or running water! But Feinstein was lured back by his guitar before too long, and after he jammed with local drummer Carl Canedy and bassist Joey DeMaio (future Manowar) in a short-lived group called David Feinstein's Thunder, the Rods were officially born in 1979 with the arrival of bassist Stephen Starmer.
Selected Discography
The Rods were formed In Cortland New York and have several Albums to thier credit.. They have recently been playing alot and have a new Cd soon to be released , and have a website and myspace page
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THE RODS, the guitar player from ELF, Blackmore took everyone from the band except the guitar player naturally, but the RODS were cool.Straigh t ahead rock party time
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