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Cirith Ungol
OriginVentura, California, United States
Genre(s)Epic Metal
Power metal
Heavy Metal
Progressive rock
Doom metal
Years active1972 - 1992
Label(s)Liquid Flame Records
Metal Blade Records
Associated actsTitanic
Falcon
Websitehttp://www.truemetal.org/cirithungol/
Members
Robert Garven
Greg Lindstrom
Jerry Fogle
Neal Beattie (aka Ptery Dactyl)
Tim Baker
Michael "Flint" Vujea
Jimmy Barraza
Bob Warenburg)
Joe Malatesta
Vern Green

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History

The band began with Greg Lindstrom, Robert Garven, Jerry Fogle and Pat Galligan (who would later go on to play guitar for Angry Samoans}, were playing in their first band "Titanic" in high school. Angry Samoans are an early Los Angeles punk rock band formed by rock critics "Metal" Mike Saunders and Gregg Turner along with guitarist With a desire to play heavier music, the rest of the band dumped Pat and reformed in 1972 as Cirith Ungol with Neal Beattie on vocals. It wasn't until 1980 that they were signed by Enigma and released their first record Frost And Fire with Tim Baker on vocals. Frost and Fire is also the title of the 1965 debut album by The Watersons. After their fourth album Paradise Lost, they split up due to frustration caused by problems with their new record company. Paradise Lost is the final Cirith Ungol LP It was released in 1991 on Restless Records and re-released as a bootleg several times 2001 saw the light of a new Cirith Ungol album which contained old and unreleased demos and songs, but no new material. The album was supported by both Greg and Rob, but not by Tim.

Lindstrom now plays with his new band Falcon, who play some old Cirith Ungol songs.

The name

They took their name from the place Cirith Ungol in J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. Cirith Ungol (ˈkiriθ ˈuŋgɔl is a location in J R R Tolkien 's fictional universe of Middle-earth in his fantasy work The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings is an epic The name Cirith Ungol is Elvish and means "Pass of the Spider". While the place in Tolkien's book is pronounced "kirith ungol", the band pronounced it "sirith ungol". The band said in a later interview they had some problems with the name

Everyone in the band was a big "Sword and Sorcery" literature fan, especially Greg [Lindstrom, guitars] and I. He would always turn us on to the great writers who gave us inspiration for our music. We read all the books. . . Conan, Bran Mak Morn, etcetera, but the books that stood out in my mind are Michael Moorcock's masterpieces: Elric, Hawkmoon, Corum among others. Greg Lindstrom and I met at an English Literature class where the teacher was reading Lord of the Rings. . . and Greg and I read it and it had an influence on our music and feelings. In retrospect I wish we had picked something easier to remember because a lot of our trouble has been over our name. People couldn't pronounce it or remember it, but we figured once they did they wouldn't forget it! We've humorously been called "Sarah's Uncle" and "Serious Uncool," for example! I know other bands are using the Tolkien angle. Led Zeppelin even made references to it in their earlier songs. I think he was an influence both then and now on many people. ~Robert Garven

I remember some other possible band names we were considering: Minas Tirith, Khazad Dum, and Uruk Hai, all names from "The Lord Of The Rings". Rob and I both liked J. R. R. Tolkien and Enzo Ferrari, so we knew our songs would cover both those subjects! ~Greg Lindstrom

Discography

Studio Albums

Compilation Albums

External links

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