FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

Pictured left to right: Bill Bodily, Michael Gilbert, Eric "A.K." Knutson, Steve Conley, and Ken Mary. "Flotsam" and "jetsam" are nautical terms, describing goods washed overboard by waves (flotsam) or deliberately thrown overboard by a ship's crew (jetsam). Founded in 1981 as Paradox by Kelly David-Smith, Pete Mello, Dave Goulder, and Jason Newsted who left the band in 1986 to join Metallica. "Marshall Law" and "Flotsam & Jetsam" are 2 original tracks by pre-Flotsam and Jetsam band Dredlox, which have circulated through underground tape trading as part of a 1982 rehearsal. On the same recording are cover songs by Motörhead, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, and Judas Priest. Compilation appearances: - "Hammerhead" on Speed Metal Hell Vol. II (New Renaissance, 1986) - "I Live, You Die" on Metal Massacre VII (Metal Blade Records, 1986) - "Hammerhead" on Metalshop - Radio's Weekly Metal Magazine (Week Of November 21, 1986) (MJI Broadcasting, 1986) - "Der Fuhrer" on The Best of Metal Blade Vol. 2 (Metal Blade Records, 1987) - "I Live, You Die" on The Best of Metal Massacre (Metal Blade Records, 1988) - "Hammerhead" on Rising Metal (K-tel, 1988) - "Dreams of Death" on Stars on Thrash (Roadrunner Records, 1988) - "Hard on You" on Now That's What I Call Metal (Roadrunner Records, 1989) - "Escape from Within" on Metal Detector (Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report Inc., 1989) - "Hard on You" on Heavy Hammer Hits II (Roadrunner Records, 1990) - "Suffer the Masses" on High Voltage [90-25] (Westw