DEVASTATION REUNION......AND JUST RECENT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THIS BAND

IT'S 1991 OR 1992 NOT SURE EXACTLY AND MY BUDDY JOE http://www.tragickomic.net/ JUST HAD AN IDEA TO DEVELOPE A METAL STATION IN OUR LOCAL AREA. WE WERE JUST PRETTY MUCH FED UP WITH HIP HOP AND COUNTRY MUSIC IN OUR AREA. THAT'S ALL WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME. NO ROCK AND ROLL STATION NOTHING. NO EDGYNESS IN THE AIR WAVES. I MET JOE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND JOE WAS JUST TRYING TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HIS NEW PUBLIC ACCESS (HEAVY METAL RADIO STATION) IN SCHOOL.

SO I SWUNG BY WHERE HE WOULD NORMALY HANG OUT AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND I ASKED HIM IF HE NEEDED ANY HELP PROMOTING HIS NEW METAL STATION AND HE SAID SURE. HE SAID THAT HIS RADIO STATION WOULD BE AT HIS HOME AND HE GAVE ME THE DIRECTIONS TO HIS HOUSE. THAT DAY AFTER SCHOOL I DROVE HOME GATHERED ALL OF MY CASSETTES AND MET UP WITH HIM AT HIS HOUSE. UPSTAIRS IN HIS ROOM HE HAD READY HIS MIXER, HIS TRANSMITTER AND OUTSIDE HE HAD A POLL THAT WAS ABOUT 80 TO 90 FEET HIGH THAT WAS INSTALLED BY USING A CRANE WITH A 4 FEET HIGH ANTENNA ATTACHED TO IT. THE RADIO SIGNAL WAS ONLY LIMITED FOR ABOUT 4 OR 8 MILE RANGE. NOT BAD BECAUSE THE NEXT TOWN WHERE HE LIVED IS BOUT 4 TO 5 MILES AWAY. IT WAS COOL WE HAD A BLAST!! HIS PHONE WOULD BE RINGING OFF THE HOOK WE WERE GIVING AWAY PRIZES AND STUFF IT WAS A LOT OF FUN! THEN ABOUT A YEAR LATER ONE OF OUR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS THAT SOELY JUST PLAYED COUNTRY MUSIC WAS CONVERTED TO A ROCK AND ROLL STATION AND ALSO PLAYED HEAVY METAL MUSIC AT NIGHT...HMMMM... I WONDER WHY THEY CONVERTED??:)

ANYWAY, BEFORE THAT HAPPEND A FRIEND OF MINE GAVE ME A DEVASTATION TAPE. I BELIEVE IT WAS A DEMO. THE COVER WAS ALL WHITE AND HAD A SKULL OF CATTLE IN THE MIDDLE. THE DEVASTATION GUYS ARE ALL FROM CORPUS CHRISIT, TEXAS. SO I ASSUMED WAS THE REASON THEY USED THE SKULL OF A CATTLE RATHER THE COMMON HUMAN SKULL,CATTLE SKULL TO REPRESENT TEXAS SORTA THING..
SO WE PUT ONE OF THEIR SONGS ON THE AIR AND IMMEDIATELY WE STARTED GETTING CALLS AND REQUEST FOR MORE OF THEIR SONGS...WOW!! I REMEBER THNIKING TO MYSELF, "PEOPLE ARE REALLY GETTING INTO THIS TYPE OF MUSIC",PURE SPEED METAL. MY IMPRESSION AT THAT TIME WAS HOW CAN ANY BAND PLAY THIS FAST?AMAZING

I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE AND I WAS ACTUALLY INTRIQUED IN HOW WELL THEY PLAYED. IN THE PAST I'VE SEEN THESE GUYS BEFORE LIVE AND THEY'VE ALWAYS PUT A GOOD SHOW.
JUST RECENT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS BAND AND NOW HOLY SHIT THEY ARE DOING A REUNION A 7 DATE TOUR ALL ACROSS TEXAS. HOW COOL IS THAT!! IN WHICH I WILL SEE.

IT'S AMAZING HOW SOME OF THESE BANDS ARE COMING BACK FOR EX: DEAD HORSE, EXHORDER AND ANKOR WAT... IF I WONDER THEY MIGHT REUNITE..HA HA HA

GOOD NEWS FOR DEVASTATION...........................