‘Fight or Fall’ is a multi-part documentary, it tells the complex tale of the RIOT story and follows RIOT V as they tour, the U.S.A, Canada with festivals in Japan and Europe.
Executive Producer, Director and Editor Jimmy Kay
Produced by Jimmy Kay and Giles Lavery
Camera Jimmy Kay, Giles Lavery, Linda Kay
Guests in Part 3
Eddie Trunk-TV and Radio personality
Nigel Glocker- Saxon
Martin Popoff- Rock Author
Jack Starr-Jack Starr’s Buring Starr, Virgin Steele
Joacim Cans- Hammerfall
Anthony Reale- Mark Reale’s Father
Mike Flyntz- Riot V and Riot Guitarist
Donnie Van Stavern- Riot V and Riot Bassist
Frank Gilchriest- Riot V and Riot Drummer
Todd Michael Hall- Riot V Vocalist
Nick Lee- Riot V Guitarist
Bobby Jarzombek- Riot Drummer (1987–1995, 1997–1999, 2008–2012, 2013–2014)
Tony Moore- Riot Singer (1986–1992, 2008–2009, 2010–2012)
Phil Feit- Riot Bassist (1974-1976) (1979-1980), Billy Idol, Joan Jett
Peter Bitelli- Riot Drums (1972-1980)
Lou A Kouvaris- Riot Guitarist (1976-1978)
Rick Ventura- Riot Guitarist (1978-1983)
Steve Loeb- Riot Long time Producer
“Fight or Fall” is a multi-part documentary, it tells the complex tale of the RIOT story and also follows RIOT V as they tour, the USA, Canada with festivals in Japan and Europe.
Part 2 is released on November 8, 2017 (The ammoversary of former vocalist Guy Speranza’s passing) and covers the Fire Down Under Era, Guy Speranza’s quitting band and the Rhett Forester years.
Watch Part 2 here:
Filmmaker Jimmy Kay had this to say about the project, “There is no other documentary out there that explains the Riot story and legacy in complete detail like”Fight or Fall.” Kay continued “The final shoot date for the documentary will be on the anniversary of Mark Reale’s passing January 24 2018 (midnite Jan 25) at the Hall of Heavy Metal History induction ceremonies for Riot, which happened all by coincidence, believe it or not?”
Giles Lavery co-producer concluded, “The story of Riot is one of the most unique and inspiring in the history of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, the story has many twists and turns along the way, but the songs were and are always at forefront as some of the best in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal.”
A film by Jimmy Kay, Produced by Jimmy Kay and Giles Lavery for The Metal Voice
Guests in Part 2
Steve ‘Lips’ Kudrow- Anvil
Bif Byford- Saxon
Martin Popoff- Rock Author
Jack Starr-Jack Starr’s Buring Starr, Virgin Steele
David Reece- Sainted Sinners, Ex Accept
Neil Turbin- Deathriders, Ex- Anthrax
Kingsley ‘King’ Fowley- Deceased
Mike Flyntz- Riot V and Riot Guitarist
Donnie Van Stavern- Riot V and Riot Bassist
Frank Gilchriest- Riot V and Riot Drummer
Todd Michael Hall- Riot V Vocalist
Nick Lee- Riot V Guitarist
Lou A Kouvaris- Riot Guitarist (1976-1978)
Rick Ventura- Riot Guitarist (1978-1983)
Steve Loeb- Riot Long time Producer
Colin Graham- Riot Fan Club U.K.
‘Fight or Fall’ is a multi part documentary, it tells the complex tale of the RIOT story and also follows RIOT V as they tour, the USA, Canada with festivals in Japan and Europe.
Part 2 in the documentary series will be released on November 8, 2017(The date of former vocalist Guy Speranza’s passing). Part 2 covers the Fire Down Under Era, Guy Speranza‘s quitting band and the Rhett Forester era.
Watch Here New Trailer here:
Part 2 will only be streaming for free on November 8 2017 on The Metal Voice Youtube Channel, here.
A film by Jimmy Kay, produced by Jimmy Kay and Giles Lavery for The Metal Voice.
Guests in Part 2
Steve ‘Lips’ Kudrow- Anvil
Martin Popoff- Rock Author
Jack Starr-Jack Starr’s Buring Star, Virgin Steele
David Reece- Sainted Sinners, Ex Accept
Neil Turbin- Deathriders, Ex- Anthrax
Kingsley ‘King’ Fowley- Deceased
Mike Flyntz- Riot V and Riot Guitarist
Donnie Van Stavern- Riot V and Riot Bassist
Frank Gilchriest- Riot V and Riot Drummer
Todd Michael Hall- Riot V Vocalist
Nick Lee- Riot V Guitarist
Lou A Kouvaris- Riot Guitarist (1976-1978)
Rick Ventura- Riot Guitarist (1978-1983)
Steve Loeb- Riot Long time producer
Colin Graham- Riot Fan Club U.K.
Watch “Part 1 of Riot Fight or Fall” Here:
Filmmaker Jimmy Kay had this to say about the project, “There is no other documentary out there that explains the Riot story and legacy in complete detail like, Fight or Fall.
The final shoot date will be on the anniversary of Mark Reale’s passing January 25 2018 Mark’s passing at the Hall of Heavy Metal History induction of Riot. “ he concluded.
Giles Lavery co-producer concluded,“The story of Riot is one of the most unique and inspiring in the history of hard rock and heavy metal, the story has many twists and turns along the way, but the songs were and are always at forefront as some of the best in hard rock and heavy metal.”
Over the past couple years Metal Blade Records has re-issued a whole bunch of RIOT albums on Digi-CD and vinyl.
On September 8th the next two titles will be added to the rich catalogue of this fabulous band. ‘Army Of One‘ and ‘Through The Storm‘ are two studio albums that can easily be described as melodic power metal gems!
‘Army Of One‘ will be available on Digi-CD with two bonus tracks (‘Road Racin’ (live)’ and ‘Still Alive (instrumental rough mix)’ as well as on vinyl in three different versions (180 g black/golden yellow/clear/black marbled).
‘Through The Storm‘ will be available on Digi-CD with four bonus tracks (‘Follow You (demo)’, ‘Army Of One (instrumental)’, ‘Shine (instrumental)’ and ‘Blinded (demo)’) as well as on vinyl in three different versions (180 g black/night blue grey-marbled/clear white).
All three albums have been remastered by Patrick Engel for the best sound quality ever. The vinyl versions include 350 g covers, an insert and a free poster each, the Digi-CDs poster booklets.
‘Fight or Fall’ is a multi part documentary, it tells the complex tale of the RIOT story and follows RIOT V as they tour, the USA, Canada with festivals Japan and Europe.
Watch it here:
Furthermore, Donnie Van Stavern gave The Metal Voice some updates in regards to Riot and Riot V, he said, “next year 2018 is the 30th anniversary of Thundersteel and I will let you know first hand that we are playing Loudpark 2018, the Thunderteel album from start to finish and we will bring Tony Moore and Bobby Jarzombek with The whole Riot V band and we will be doing the Thundersteel appearances at other festivals as well.”
Donnie Van Stavern stated that Riot V has written 22 songs for the new album and they will choose about a dozen for the album and will include 2 bonus tracks, He concluded that the new Riot V album will be released around November 2017 on their new label Rat Pack Records
Watch the interview here:
RIOT Documentary ‘Fight or Fall’ Part 1 covers the formation of Riot, ‘Rock City’, ‘Narita’ eras and the demise and resurrection of the band for their most popular album ‘Fire down under Album’.
The first installment also covers Riot V on tour on their US dates and their trek into Chicago and Detroit.
A film by Jimmy Kay, produced by Jimmy Kay and Giles Lavery for The Metal Voice.
Guests included in Part 1
Steve ‘Lips’ Kudrow- Anvil
Martin Popoff- Rock Author
Anthony Reale- Mark Reale’s Father
Brian Thomas -Halloween
Mike Flyntz- Riot V and Riot guitarist
Donnie Van Stavern- Riot V and Riot Bassist
Frank Gilchriest- Riot V and Riot Drummer
Todd Michael Hall- Riot V Vocalist
Nick Lee-Guitar- Riot V
Lou A Kouvaris- Riot Guitarist (1976-1978)
Rick Ventura- Riot Guitarist (1978-1983)
Phil Feit- Riot Bassist (1974-1976) (1979-1980), Billy Idol, Joan Jett
Peter Bitelli- Riot Drums (1972-1980)
Filmmaker Jimmy Kay had this to say about the project,” In this documentary, the viewer gets to watch the band travel in the first person from city to city, playing club and festivals shows. It captures the brotherhood, the continuation of Riot and bridges the two entities together (Riot and Riot V). The documentary also aims to explain the Riot story and legacy. ”
Giles Lavery co-producer concluded,”The story of Riot is one of the most unique and inspiring in the history of hard rock and heavy metal, the story has many twists and turns along the way, but the songs were and are always at forefront as some of the best in hard rock and heavy metal.”
RIOT V’s debut “Unleash The Fire”, was released in October 2014 . The CD marked the first release from RIOT without the late, great founding guitarist Mark Reale, who passed away in 2012 due to complications of Crohn’s disease . Riot V was encouraged by father of Mark Reale to forge ahead in his honor.
RIOT V is working on the follow-up to “Unleash The Fire” and preparing for live dates later in 2017.
Over the past couple years Metal Blade Records has re-issued a whole bunch of RIOT albums on Digi-CD and vinyl.
On June 30th the next three titles will be added to the rich catalogue of this fabulous band. ‘Inishmore‘, ‘Shine On‘ and ‘Sons Of Society‘ are two studio albums and a live album that can easily be described as melodic power metal gems!
‘Inishmore‘ will be available on Digi-CD with four bonus tracks (’15 Rivers’, ‘Red Reign’, ‘Danny Boy’ and ’15 Rivers (acoustic demo)’ as well as on vinyl in four different versions (180 g black/night blue violet marbled/lime green/clear dawn red (US-exclusive)).
‘Shine On‘ will be available on Digi-CD with the ‘Live At Club Citta January 31st, 1998′ DVD as bonus. The DVD features a full live show as well as extra live clips and video clips, 31 titles in total!
‘Sons Of Society‘ will be available on Digi-CD with five bonus tracks (all instrumental rough mixes of album songs) as well as on vinyl in four different versions (180 g black/clear orange-red/purple blue/orange-brown (US-exclusive)).
All three albums have been remastered by Patrick Engel for the best sound quality ever. The vinyl versions include 350 g covers, an insert and a free poster each, the Digi-CDs poster booklets.
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