THE BAND
What is Radio Hell?
Radio Hell are a metal band. That was easy, right?
Radio Hell were formed between Bologna and Ravenna in 2000, and have created through the years an identity and a sound that breathe new life in the world of hard rock and metal.
All through the years 2001-2006, the members of the band worked hard towards their musical growth, also walking the stage as a cover band (with the name Australian Largest Bed) and distinguishing themselves for the wide range of metal and hard rock styles encompassed and for the appreciation of the audience; the band went well over its own influences to offer a song selection as wide and flexible as possible, nearly winning a battle of the bands in Faenza on its first live performance ever.
In 2006 the band, led by Silver Drake (vocals and guitar), realized they had built a lasting sound of their own, and that the time had come to bring that sound in the open. The current lineup is made up by Dario (guitar), Alex (bass), Joey (drums), and the band has recently finished recording the self-produced demo Hell Force One.
Who is Radio Hell?
Radio Hell is:
Why Radio Hell? And why 666 MHz?
Iron Maiden are Drake's favourite band; he started playing guitar in 1993, the year that saw the release of "A Real Dead One", a live album depicting the familiar Eddie running a radio station from hell, actually called "Radio Hell - 666 F.M.". Drake loved the picture (he still believes it's the best Iron Maiden cover ever), so he took the name for his band. He changed the frequency bit because he wanted something that sounded more metal: he figured that if amps go to 11, radios can use megahertz.
Isn't your logo a bit similar to the one of Raise Hell?
Sometimes funny things happen, and this is one of those times.
Drake originally drew the "shield emblem" (friends call it Wings) of Radio Hell in 1994, though at the time it was slightly simpler and with the letters inside it rather than in front of it. In 1996, he started using the name for a short-lived webzine, and he stumbled upon a font called Farquharson Free, which you can still easily find around the net. When Radio Hell came back as a band, he wanted to keep the lettering but found it a bit too soft for Wings, so he re-drew it in the much spikier way you know today.
He learned about Raise Hell much later, around year 2000, and he too found the thing quite weird, but didn't want to change the name or the logo since they reflect the spirit of Radio Hell in the best possible way.
Nobody here thinks there's any real chance of confusing the two bands, that play very different stuff and have a different graphic identity after all (our logo is much spikier, is embedded in Wings and has the 666 MHz tag). Things that happens when you start from a stock font.