====== Armada ====== Heavy Metal\\ Lansing, Michigan, USA Armada is a melodic Metal band from Michigan that formed back in 1985 by John Heald, Dave Dawdy, and Randy Carlson. John Heald passed away in 2004. ===== Discography ===== | 1985 | Demo | | 1986 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2021/01/10/armada-all-four-one/|All Four One]] | | 1987 | Frontline | E&E Records | | 1988 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2021/01/11/armada-black-white/|Black & White]] | E&E Records | | 1988 | Suicide Remix | | 1989 | Break the Chain | | 1989 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2020/02/11/armada-armadas-last-stand/|Armada's Last Stand]] | | 1998 | Hope of Glory (compilation) | | 2001 | Live - Spring Arbor 1985 | E&E Records | | 2001 | Break the Chain (compilation) | E&E Records | | 2002 | Artifacts (compilation) | E&E Records | | 2019 | Frontline (remastered) | Retroactive Records | ------ ==== Demo ==== 1985 Independent - Forever After - All for You ------ ==== All Four One ==== 1986 Independent Rick Ledesma - Lead vocals, vocals, guitar\\ Dave Dawdy - Lead guitar, guitars\\ Randy Carlson - Bass guitar\\ John Heald - Drums, vocal, lead vocals - Let God's People Go (5:08) - Witness (4:16) - Turn Around (5:00) - Streetwise (5:39) - Rockin' (3:49) - Shelter (3:11) - You'd Better Believe It (3:35) - Cutting It Close (4:18) - Turning Point (4:10) ------ ==== Frontline ==== 1985 E&E Records (NQD-1230)\\ 2019 Retroactive Records (RRCD1518) Doug Oxford - Lead vocals, keyboards, guitars\\ Jeffrey Sipe - Lead guitars, vocals\\ Dave Dawdy - Guitars, keyboards\\ Randy Carlson - Bass\\ John Heald - Drums, lead vocals - Communication (3:01) - Frontline (4:08) - The Calling (3:54) - Pride (3:24) - Shine the Light (5:56) - But It's Only Rock'n'Roll (3:58) - No Retreat / No Surrender (2:57) - Loud and Bold (4:09) - No Alibi (7:13) - All You Need (Salvation) (4:28 ------ ==== Black & White ==== 1987 E&E Records (NQD-3853) Doug Oxford - Lead vocal, vocals, keyboards, guitar\\ Jeffrey Sipe - Lead guitar, guitars, vocals\\ Dave Dawdy - Lead guitars, guitars\\ [[Ed Englerth]] - Bass guitar, vocals\\ John Heald - Drums, vocals, lead vocals on "Renegade" - The Missing Peace (1:03) - Black & White (3:23) - I Wonder 'bout This World (3:06) - Hail to the King (4:18) - Cry Out for the Children (5:02) - Flesh n' Blood (4:21) - Hope of Glory (5:01) - Renegade (4:44) - All Day Long (5:01) - Suicide (3:13) - Jesus is Calling You (3:26) ------ ==== Suicide Remix ==== 1988 Independent - Suicide - Cry Out for the Children Available for free upon request from the band. ------ ==== Break the Chain ==== 1989 Independent - Never Left - Break the Chain - I'll Walk Away - Words of Love - Falling Down ------ ==== Armada's Last Stand ==== 1989 Independent Luie Bradley – Vocals\\ Dave Dowdy – Guitar\\ Jimi Matthews – Guitar, vocals\\ [[Ed Englerth]] – Bass\\ John Heald – Drums, backing vocals - Never Left - Break the Chain - I’ll Walk Away - Words of Love - Falling Down - Hail to the King - I Wonder About This World ------ ==== Hope of Glory Anthology ==== 1998 Independent - Never Left (2:45) - Streetwise (5:35) - All You Need (Salvation) (4:22) - Cry Out for the Children (5:00) - Communication (2:56) - Hope of Glory (5:56) - I'll Walk Away (4:32) - Hail to the King (4:17) - Witness (4:17) - Words of Love (3:50) - Renegade (4:38) - Frontline (4:07) - All Day Long (4:57) - Falling Down (3:58) - Shelter (3:07) - Suicide (3:11) - Break the Chains (3:04) - [unlisted] (0:05) - I Wonder About This World [unlisted track] (2:59) - [bass track] (0:04) Tracks 1, 7, 10, 14 and 17 are previously unreleased studio recordings from 1989-1990.\\ Tracks 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 and 16 are from //Black & White//.\\ Tracks 3, 5 and 12 are from //Frontline//.\\ Tracks 2, 9 and 15 are from //All Four One//. ----- ==== Live - Spring Arbor 1985 ==== 2001 E&E Records (EE2425) - We Rock - Turn Around - Shelter - Witness - I've Got to Tell You ------ ==== Break the Chain ==== 2001 E&E Records (EE1-45771) Doug Oxford - Lead vocals, keyboards, bass\\ Rick Ledesma - Lead vocals, bass\\ Jeffrey Sipe - Guitars\\ Randy Carlson - Bass\\ - He Never Left - Words of Love - I Wonder 'bout This World [remix] - I'll Walk Away - Break the Chain - Black & White [remix] - Suicide [remix] - How It Burns [demo] - Streetwise [demo] - Cry Out for the Children [remix] - Hope of Glory [remix] - Hail to the King [remix] - Frontline [demo] - Falling Down - Now We're Rockin' [demo] ------ ==== Artifacts ==== 2002 E&E Records (EE12-453) John Heald - Lead vocals, drums\\ Dave Dawdy - Lead guitars\\ Rick Ledesma - Bass, vocals - Molten Rock - Birth - The Dove - Listen to Me - Archangel - Into My Life - Someone to Trust [live 1977] - You'd Better Believe It - Now We're Rockin' - On the Road [live 1978] - Prodigal [live 1978] - Hanging Tree [live 1976] - You'd Better Believe It [live 1976] - The Last Battle - Age of Tears [live 1979] These recordings are from Armada's very beginnings, as Archangel and Eternity in the mid to late 1970's. ------ ===== Links ===== * [[http://armadarocks.com/|Armada's Website]]