Nasty Savage

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Short description|American thrash metal band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Nasty Savage | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Brandon, Florida, U.S. | genre = Thrash metal | years_active = {{flatlist| * 1982–1990 * 2002–2012 * 2016–present }} | label = {{flatlist| * Metal Blade * Crook'd Records }} | website = | current_members = Ronnie Galletti Jim Coker Pete Sykes Dave Orman Kyle Sokol | past_members = Ben Meyer Dave Austin }}

'''Nasty Savage''' is an American thrash metal band from Brandon, Florida, formed in 1983 by vocalist "Nasty" Ronnie Galletti.<ref name="LarkinHM">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-656-1|page=246}}</ref> The band has undergone various lineup changes, with Galletti and guitarist David Austin remaining the only constant members, until the latter's departure in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=47592|title=Nasty Savage - Announce New Guitarist|publisher=Metal Storm|access-date=October 19, 2022|date=October 19, 2022}}</ref> The band are regarded as early pioneers of death metal.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last1=Stevenson|first1=Arielle|date=October 22, 2009|title=The way the music died: The earliest days of Tampa Death Metal|url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/music/the-way-the-music-died-the-earliest-days-of-tampa-death-metal/1046088|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027025354/https://www.tampabay.com/features/music/the-way-the-music-died-the-earliest-days-of-tampa-death-metal/1046088/|archive-date=October 27, 2009|website=Tampa Bay Times|publisher=Times Publishing Company|accessdate=April 26, 2016}}</ref>

==History== The band was formed in 1983. That same year, the band would record a demo tape, and would eventually be signed by Metal Blade Records, where they would record their eponymous first album.<ref name="LarkinHM" />

Nasty Savage rose to popularity primarily due to singer "Nasty" Ronnie Galetti's over-the-top stage show performances (in early shows, he would smash a television set over his head), typically ending the set covered in blood<ref name="LarkinHM" /> The band's second album, ''Indulgence'' (1987), featuring the hit single "XXX", was recorded at Progressive Music in Tampa. After releasing three albums and one EP between 1985 and 1989, they broke up.<ref name="LarkinHM" /> After there had been speculation about a reunion for some time, their fourth studio album, ''Psycho Psycho'', was released in the spring of 2004, and the band played occasional live shows before disbanding a second time in 2012. In January 2016, it was reported that Nasty Savage had once again reformed and were working on their fifth studio album ''Jeopardy Room''; progress was slow for nearly a decade prior to its release on October 4, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/reunited-nasty-savage-to-record-new-album/|title=Reunited Nasty Savage To Record New Album|date=January 21, 2016|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=43215|title=Nasty Savage – Release Rarities Compilation Album|publisher=Metal Storm|access-date=September 4, 2021|date=September 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=46163|title=Nasty Savage – Writing First Album In Nearly 20 Years|publisher=Metal Storm|access-date=May 23, 2022|date=May 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://metalstorm.net/events/news_comments.php?news_id=53855|title=Nasty Savage - To Release Next Full Length In October|publisher=Metal Storm|access-date=April 27, 2024|date=April 27, 2024}}</ref>

==Musical style== While the band initially was influenced by the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), upon the addition of their second guitarist Ben Meyer, the band's sound began to change towards a style influenced by thrash metal, punk and proto-death metal with a progressive and technical edge.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldschool-metal-maniac.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1062:new-interview-nast-savage&catid=12:interviews|title=NEW INTERVIEW NASTY SAVAGE|website=oldschool-metal-maniac.com|date=July 9, 2024|access-date=February 17, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bellino|first1=Emily|title=NASTY SAVAGE's NASTY RONNIE Names The Nastiest Bands Of All Time|url=https://metalinjection.net/lists/nasty-savages-nasty-ronnie-names-the-nastiest-bands-of-all-time|date=September 27, 2024|access-date=17 February 2026|website=metalinjection.net}}</ref> Meyer recalled, "We started developing intricate and unusual time changes, signature riffs and using diminished scales, we tried to make it so that each guitar was doing some different."<ref name=":0" />

==Legacy== Nasty Savage were extremely influential in the emergence of the Florida death metal scene, inspiring bands such as Death and Obituary.<ref name=":0" />

==Band members== ===Current=== * "Nasty" Ronnie Galletti – lead vocals (1983–1990, 2002–2012, 2016–present) * Jim Coker – drums (2002–2003, 2016–present) * Pete Sykes – lead guitar, backing vocals (2018–present) * Dave Orman – lead guitar, backing vocals (2022–present) * Kyle Sokol – bass (2024–present)

===Former=== * Fred Dregischan – bass (1983–1985) * Ben Meyer – lead guitar (1983–1990, 2002–2012) * Demian Gordon – lead guitar (2016–2018) * Dezso Istvan – bass (1985–1987) * Chris Moorhouse – bass (1987–1988) (died 1988) * Richard Bateman – bass (1988–1990, 2002–2012, 2016–2018) (died 2018) * Curtis Beeson – drums (1983–1990, 2003–2012) (died 2024) * David Austin – rhythm guitar (1983–1990, 2002–2012, 2016–2022) * Skotie Carino – bass (2018–2024)

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==Discography== ===Studio albums=== * ''Nasty Savage'' (1985) * ''Indulgence'' (1987) * ''Penetration Point'' (1989) * ''Psycho Psycho'' (2004)<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Kringen|first1=Leif|title=NASTY SAVAGE "Psycho Psycho"|magazine=Scream Magazine|type=review|language=no|year=2004|issue=84|page=43|quote=Score: 4 out of 6}}</ref> * ''Jeopardy Room'' (2024)

===Other releases=== * ''Wage of Mayhem'' Demo (1984) * ''Live in Brandon'' Bootleg (1985) * ''Abstract Reality'' EP (1988) * ''Wage of Mayhem'' EP (2002) * ''Cleveland 87'' Live (2003) * ''Wage of Mayhem + Rarities (1983–1985)'' Compilation (2019)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p13757}} * {{discogs artist}}

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