Baphomet

Looking for this New York band's Rigor Mortis demo (1988) and The Battle with Death (1989).

Baphomet

Anyone have this Utah band's 1987 demo?

Andromeda

In need of this Brazilian band's 1987 demo.

Baphomet

In need of this Brazilian band's Sectarianism demo and their rehearsal, both from 1987.

The Bang Gang

Anyone have this California band's demo from around 1989? Need the exact year it came out.

The Bang Gang

In need of this New York band's demo, what city they were from, who played on it, and what the tracks were.

Alpheratz

Anyone have this French band's two 1981 demos, and their 1985 tape? Need the lineups for all, and the tracks for the first and last.

Bang Bang

Looking for any info on this Swedish band, who released a 1988 demo.

Bandolier

Anyone know what city this UK band was from, who played on their demo, and what year it came out?

Balvaz

Anyone have this Norwegain band's first demo from 1987, and their 1988 rehearsal? Need the track listing for the latter, and the lineups for all three tapes (including 1989's Kællus Tapus).

Asphyxiated

Anyone have this Chilean band's 1989 demo, Wasted Technology?

Ballistixx

In need of this Connecticut band's Bustin Out demo from 1988. Need the lineup also.

Bagheera

Looking for this Dutch band's Who's Afraid of the Big Black Cat demo from 1988; need the lineup also.

Bad Lizard

Anyone know who exactly played on this Belgian band's 1983 demo?

Bad Heaven

Need to nail down the lineups for this Texas band's two demos.

Status Update: The As

As of this writing, progress has been steady, but because of the sheer volume of demos I've been able to find out about, and track down, it's been slower than I thought it would be. I'm working through my second draft of the As, and doing the first draft of the Bs. Here are some stats for the As: I've documented 756 demos from 463 bands, and I've reviewed 404 of them (at least two hard listens each). Extrapolated out, we're probably looking at, for the whole book, around 8000 demos from 6000 bands, and I'll probably review half of those. I've got a huge task ahead of me, but it's been a real blast hearing a lot of great music, and revisiting things I haven't heard in 25 years.

Just wanna put a call out again for research materials: if you have any metal zines from the '80s and '90s, press kits, photos, whatever, please get in touch if you're interested in selling or donating. And if you have any of the demos listed on this blog, or if you were in one of the bands and can verify dates, song titles, locations, and personnel, please write. That includes hard rock, hair metal, crossover, grindcore, and any metal-influenced punk. This book will be as accurate and complete as possible.

Contact Robert Plante at forbiddeneyedesign@gmail.com.

Bad Boy

Anyone have this Wisconsin band's Thinking of You demo (and know what year it came out), and any other demos from them?

Bad Acid Trip

In need of this California band's 1989 demo, 12 Pack and a Dime.

Bacteria

This Australian band, who changed their name to Disembowelment, released a demo around 1989. Anyone have it, or at least its exact year, track listing, and lineup?

Backwater

Looking for this German band's 1984 and 1988 demos, the track listing for the earlier one, and the lineup for both.

Backwater

Anyone have this Australian band's demo from around 1988? Need to know the exact year, what three songs were on it, and who played on it.

Backslider

In need of this Belgian band's Demo 2 (1984). Need to know who played on this, and their first demo from 1983.

Bacchus

Who played on this California band's three demos?

Babylon

Looking for this American band's Fire demo from 1989. Anyone know who played on it and where they were from?

Babylon

Who played on this Italian band's two demos?

Babylon

Anyone have this California band's Left to Die demo from 1987? Need the track listing and personnel also.

Babies

In need of any 1980s demos from this Italian glam/sleaze band. Anyone know anything about them?

Backslider

Looking for this Belgian band's first demo from 1983 and second demo from 1984.