"At the dawn of the '70s, hard rock and early heavy metal were almost completely dominated by British innovators. Dust was one of the few American bands to try picking up the gauntlet, playing a progressive brand of proto-metal that was explicitly indebted to their British contemporaries. Formed around 1968, the group featured vocalist/guitarist Richie Wise and the teenaged rhythm section of bassist Kenny Aaronson (who also doubled on slide and steel guitars) and drummer Marc Bell; plus, Kenny Kerner served as the group's lyricist, manager, and producer. Dust released their self-titled debut album in 1971 on Neil Bogart's pre-Casablanca label Kama Sutra. The follow-up, 1972's Hard Attack, sharpened the band's edge and intensified the power of their approach; thus, it became the more sought-after of the pair by collectors interested in the roots of American metal. However, Dust would record only those two albums; Aaronson joined Stories in 1973, and Wise and Kerner became a production team, also working with Stories; the following year, they would go on to helm the first two Kiss albums. Aaronson, meanwhile, became a prolific session bassist and Bell later became part of the New York punk scene, joining up with Richard Hell & the Voidoids and then moving on to the Ramones (adopting the name Marky Ramone). "


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My girlfriend's dad showed me his vinyls and told me to check them out. Pretty heavy for back int he day, especially from an American band.

I guess they were already submitted and rejected here though.

Your girlfriends dad obviously listens to awesome music I'd like to talk to him.

Hey, that's a cool tidbit of info! I've never really heard of these guys before, so I'll be sure to check them out! Thanks.

What little of Dust that I've heard, I liked.

And that one album had the awesome Frank Frazetta Conan painting...

Eh, he also likes Theory of a Deadman.


He used to like good music. Now he likes country and mainstream radio.






Both album covers were kickass

I'm listening to Hard Attack right now, and this is some awesome stuff. Reminds me of Jethro Tull, with a little bit of acoustic Zeppelin thrown in.

Very cool!

I always find late 60s/early 70s music with metal tendencies really interesting.

You should check out High Tide and Night Sun.

Dust are cool.

Marc Bell went on to become Marky Ramone, Kenny Aaronson went on to play in Stories and HSAS w/ Hagar, Neal Schon, and Michael Shrieve, and Richie Wise co-produced the first two Kiss albums, among others.

Definitely a good band. Apparently they had recorded a third lp, but it's unfortunately never been released.