Biography
- Quartz (Official)
- Originating from the Heavy Metal city of Birmingham,England,Quartz date back to 1974 releasing their first album on Jet records in 1977 which was produced by Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. Quartz were considered to be at the forefront of the NWOBHM boom at the end of the 1970's. The band toured heavily during this time, playing the Reading Festival three times (1976, 1977 and 1980) and touring with of some of the larger Hard rock bands of the time (Iron Maiden, Saxon, UFO,Gillan and Rush). Quartz Reformed in 2011 playing a reunion gig on 16 December 2011 at The Asylum in Birmingham,England,The line up consisted of Geoff Nicholls, Mike Hopkins, Derek Arnold, Malcolm Cope and vocalist David Garner. The reunion proved to be successful and Quartz continue to work together and are working on new material and will be performing again during 2014.
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