Tora Tora Sounds Like Judas Priest Fighting Aerosmith

Tora Tora beat Metallica in a poll. That alone should tell you something about how this show works.

This 80s Metal episode covers Tora Tora's 1989 debut Surprise Attack, the surprise winner of a four-way Patreon poll against Metallica's Master of Puppets, Slade's Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply, and Motörhead's Iron Fist. The Memphis band's blend of Judas Priest style riffing and Beale Street blues set them apart from the Sunset Strip pack, and the hosts dig into the record's three singles, its reverb-heavy production, a firsthand tour bus story from 1992, and the band's ongoing reissue campaign and 2019 reunion. If you love Tesla, Badlands, or late-80s hard rock that never quite got its due, this episode is for you.

Episode highlights:

00:00: Poll results and Tora Tora's landslide win

06:35: A 1992 tour bus story from backstage at a Newport headlining show

20:39: What works on Surprise Attack

40:04: The production issue holding the record back

49:43: Final host ratings

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