Shotgun Justice

When Razor, Canada’s finest export since the Toronto Maple Leafs, entered the stage of the glorious Headbanger’s Open Air festival a few years ago, it felt like a true rebirth of one of the most important bands in the history of Thrash Metal. The crowd just went wild … The more than enthusiastic reactions of the fans might lead one to suspect that Razor today is more popular than they were in their heydays of the mid-1980s. Razor lunatics are invited to enjoy the re-release of »Shotgun Justice« on vinyl (including immortal Thrash Metal classics such as “United by Hatred”, “Stabbed in the Back” or “Brass Knuckles”). »Shotgun Justice« was originally released only on CD in 1990 on Dave Carlo’s own label Fist Fight Records containing 14 tracks (distributed in North America through Fringe Records). It was the first Razor album featuring their then new vocalist Bob Reid (instead of Stace McLaren, aka Sheepdog). Dave Carlo is well aware of the fact that Razor fans to this day discuss the pros and cons of Bob Reid versus Sheepdog behind the microphone: “If you historically look at bands that have changed their singers, people usually don’t like the replacement singer as much as the original guy. It just works out that way. I don’t know why. I myself always preferred Paul Di’Anno to Bruce Dickinson for example. However, I wrote »Shotgun Justice« especially for Bob’s voice. So that record couldn’t have existed without Bob as a singer because part of my ability to write that album came from my knowledge of who my singer was. But don't get me wron Both Razor singers are great vocalists.”