Lightning Strikes are an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California originally formed in 1984 and resurrected again in 2011 by drummer/founder Karpis Maksudian with different musicians, most notably guest vocalist Tony Martin of Black Sabbath fame. Lightning Strikes carry the distinction of being the first all-Armenian-American rock band of note preceding System of a Down by a decade. The band has a now highly collectible 7” single, released in 1986, and 2016 full-length album to their credit.
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Derek Sherinian
American keyboardist
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Tony Martin
English heavy metal musician
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Sons of Apollo
American band
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Glenn Hughes
British bassist and singer
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Leatherwolf
American heavy metal band
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Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
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Vinny Appice
American rock drummer
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Planet X
American band
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Horacio MacAlpine
American musician and composer
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Black Country Communion
American rock band
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Tony Iommi
British guitarist and composer
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Billy Sheehan
American musician
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band
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English musician
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Mike Portnoy
American drummer
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Ozzy Osbourne
English heavy metal vocalist and songwriter
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Persian Risk
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Neil Murray
British musician
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band
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British metal band
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The Company of Snakes
British rock band
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Dream Theater
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Blessed by a Broken Heart
band
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Fire from the Gods
American rap metal band
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American heavy metal 1980s rock band formed and led by ex-Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley
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Scott Weinrich
American guitarist and singer
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English heavy metal band
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Balance of Power
British metal band
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Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
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Candlemass
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DragonForce
British power metal rock band
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Sonata Arctica
Finnish power metal band
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Ray Gillen
American musician
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Cozy Powell
English rock drummer
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Timo Tolkki
Finnish musician
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American extreme metal band
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Tiamat
Swedish metal band
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Solace
American heavy metal band
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Zakk Wylde
American guitarist and singer
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London
American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California in 1978
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Dave Walker
English rock singer
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Heaven & Hell
British-American band
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American hard rock band
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Loudness
Japanese heavy metal band
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Finntroll
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Gloryhammer
multinational power metal band
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Crimson Glory
American band
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Keel
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Bonham
band
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TNT
hard rock band from Norway