Nuclear Assault is an American thrash metal band from New York City, formed after bassist Dan Lilker left Anthrax in 1984. After releasing five full-length albums and touring relentlessly throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Nuclear Assault split up in 1995. The band reunited briefly in 1997 and then permanently in 2002 before subsequently breaking up again in 2022.
Nuclear Assault has released six studio albums to date, the latest being Third World Genocide (2005). Their most successful records are Survive (1988) and Handle with Care (1989), which peaked at #145 and #126 on the Billboard 200 chart respectively...(Read more) Itunes said of the band:
"Nuclear Assault were among thrash metal's most socially aware groups, making room for serious subject matter (and occasional goofs) in their careening speed metal riffing. They also remained closer to the world of hardcore than most of their peers, and at their late-'80s peak released some of the most uncompromising (albeit, interesting) thrash metal offerings of the time. Sadly, because they lacked any truly commercial material, Nuclear Assault would never reach the mainstream acceptance of a Metallica, Megadeth, or even Anthrax (of the Joey Belladonna yore)." ([1])
After the earliest recorded play of their material, TV noted that the founders wanted to play music of a greater challenge than in Anthrax, and called them a "good band." (07 November 1986)
Live[]
- 13 November 1987: Odeon, Hammersmith. Recorded: 1987-06-20. Available on Radiation Sickness DVD (Cherry Red Films).
Nuclear Assault - Game Over - Reissue (Full Album) - 1986
- Betrayal
- Stranded In Hell
- Nuclear War
- Justice
- My America
- Radiation Sickness
Sessions[]
- None
Other Shows Played[]
- 07 November 1986: 'Brain Death (LP-Game Over)' (Under One Flag)
- 21 November 1986: 'Betrayal (LP-Game Over)' (Under One Flag)
- 05 December 1986: 'Cold Steel (LP-Game Over)' (Under One Flag)
- 16 January 1987: 'Brain Death (12")' (Under One Flag)
- 26 June 1987: 'Nightmares (12"-The Plague)' (Under One Flag)
- 09 September 1988: 'Fight To Be Free (12")' (Under One Flag)
- 23 September 1988: 'Stand Up (CDS-Fight To Be Free)' (Under One Flag)
- 30 June 1989: 'Good Times Bad Times'
- 29 September 1989: 'Inherited Hell'
- 13 October 1989: 'When Freedom Dies'
- 25 May 1991 (Alan Freeman): 'Trail Of Tears (LP-Handle With Care)'
- 14 September 1991 (Alan Freeman): 'Fashion Junkie (LP-Out Of Order)'
- 28 September 1991 (Alan Freeman): 'The Ballroom Blitz (LP-Out Of Order)'
- 28 March 1992 (Alan Freeman): 'Surgery (LP-Handle With Care)'
- 30 January 1993 (Alan Freeman): 'Critical Mass (LP-Fear Of The Dark)'
- 30 January 1993 (Alan Freeman): 'Too Young To Die (LP-Out Of Order)'