Six

From Birmingham, the Home of Heavy Metal, Quartz have a long and established pedigree in the music business spanning over five decades. Their debut album in 1977 (released on Jet Records) was produced by Tony Iommi. During this time the band gigged extensively honing their craft having major support slots with the likes of AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Rush, UFO & others. The Quartz back catalogue is quite extensive, Listen to Satan's Serenade EP, Stand Up & Fight and Against All Odds LP's if you are not already familiar with them. They have released two further studio albums Fear No Evil and On The Edge Of No Tomorrow. Quartz are to release the bands own production CD "SIX" in 2025. The sixth studio album with twelve new tracks, distributed by Cargo Records. The current line-up still boasts three of the original five founding members in Malcolm Cope (drums), Mick Hopkins (lead guitar) and Dek Arnold (bass) plus they are now rejoined by Geoff Bate on vocals who sang on Against All Odds that was released back in 1983.