Wolfsbane were a rock and roll band formed in Tamworth, England featuring singer Blaze Bayley, who went on to join Iron Maiden in 1994.

They signed to Def American records, and Rick Rubin produced their first album, Live Fast, Die Fast. They were the support act for Iron Maiden's UK tour at the time their All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place EP was released. A second full album Down Fall The Good Guys followed in 1991.

Being an English band, signed to an American record label did not work out well and Def American dropped the band as they felt they were not selling well enough. This did not stop the band being voted the UK's best unsigned act, by the time their live album, Massive Noise Injection, was released in 1993 on the Bronze Company label.

In 1994 the band released their most accomplished work to date, the self-titled Wolfsbane, again on the Bronze Company label. However when Bruce Dickinson quit Iron Maiden, Blaze Bayley got the gig which pretty much put an end to Wolfsbane.

The band had a loyal fan base which they refered to as the HMS (Howling Mad Shitheads) which adourned many of the bands t-shirts.

Some of the members of Wolfsbane also played under the name Stretch, around 1995.

Lineup

• Blaze Bayley – vocals
• Jason Edwards – guitar
• Jeff Hateley – bass
• Steve "Danger" Ellett – drums

Discography

• 1985 – Wolfsbane (demo)
• 1987 – Dancin' Dirty (demo)
• 1989 – Live Fast, Die Fast
• 1990 – All Hell's Breaking Loose Down at Little Kathy Wilson's Place
• 1991 – Down Fall The Good Guys
• 1993 – Massive Noise Injection
• 1994 – Wolfsbane
• 2001 – Lifestyles of the Broke and Obscure

External Links

• Wolfsbane Fansite