Nakkila, Finland
80's Metal
Last update/review:
May 3, 2020
Oz
The band Oz made a major splash with their 1983 album
Fire In The Brain , a great NWOBHM-flavored energetic metal
affair that won over critics and fans alike.
The subsequent albums, however, failed to elicit the same response,
and the band faded from worldwide view.
By the time of their last album,
Roll The Dice , the band had
become half-Swedish with considerable lineup changes, and
(based on some reports) a change in style as well.
Apparently the band has reformed as of February 2010.
Current Members
Vince Kojvula
vocals
Johnny Gross
guitars
Juzzy Kangas
guitars
Peppy Peltola
bass
Mark Ruffneck (Pekka Mark)
drums
Former Members/Guests
Ape de Martini (Tapani Anselm)
vocals
Kari Elo
guitars
Speedy Foxx
guitars
Spooky Wolff (Jurki Taipele)
guitars
Michael Lundholm
guitars
Michel Santunione
guitars
John Berg
guitars
Tauno Vajavaara
bass
Jay C. Blade (Jukka Homi)
bass (ex-Sarcofagus )
Fredrik Thornblom
bass
Jorgen Schelander
keyboards
Discography
Studio
Compilation
Heavy Metal Heroes
1982
Wave
Hey You
In the Chains
Runnin the Line
Saturday Night
Second Hand Lady
Rather Knight
Capricorn Man
Call from your Eyes
Ape de Martini
Kari Elo
Tauno Vajavaara
Mark Ruffneck
Fire In The Brain
1983
Combat
Search Lights
Fortune
Megalomaniac
Black Candles
Gambler
Stop Believin'
Free Me, Leave Me
Fire In The Brain
Ape de Martini
Speedy Foxx
Spooky Wolff
Jay C. Blade
Mark Ruffneck
III Warning
1984
Combat
Third Warning
Crucified
Runner
Rock'n'Roll Widow
Samurai
Born Out of Time
Too Bad to Be True
Total Metal
Ape de Martini
Speedy Foxx
Spooky Wolff
Jay C. Blade
Mark Ruffneck
Turn The Cross Upside Down
EP
1985
RCA
Turn The Cross Upside Down
Gambler
Search Lights
Ape de Martini
Speedy Foxx
Spooky Wolff
Jay C. Blade
Mark Ruffneck
Decibel Storm
1986
RCA
Eyes Of The Stranger
Starrider
Teenage Rampage
Disaster Dreamer
Firestarter
Exterminator
Black Tattoo
Sound Of Speed
The Show Must Go On
Ape de Martini
Speedy Foxx
Spooky Wolff
Jay C. Blade
Mark Ruffneck
Roll The Dice
1991
Black Mark
Roll The Dice
Lost Generation
Rock On
Midnight Lady
Runaways
Out Of Touch
Thousand Miles
Alive
Not Enough
Night Crime
Ape de Martini
Michael Lundholm
Fredrik Thornblom
Jorgen Schelander
Mark Ruffneck
Burning Leather
2011
AFM
Dominator
Searchlights
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Fire In The Brain
Seasons In The Darkness
Turn The Cross Upside Down
Burning Leather
Gambler
Enter Stadium
Total Metal
Third Warning
Ape de Martini
Michel Santunione
John Berg
Jay C. Blade
Mark Ruffneck
Vinyl Tracks
COMPILATION
2012
Black Mark
Eyes of the Stranger
Firestarter
Sound of Speed
The Show Must Go On
Teenage Rampage
Hey You
Call from Your Eyes
Rather Knight
Second-Hand Lady
In the Chains
Third Warning
Crucified
Runner
Samurai
Total Metal
Turn the Cross Upside Down
Transition State
2017
AFM
Bone Crusher
Restless
Heart of a Beast
Drag You to Hell
Whore of Babylon
The Witch
In a Shadow of a Shotgun
Never Close Your Eyes
The Mountain
Demonized
We'll Never Die
Sister Red
Midnight Screams
Vince Kojvula
Johnny Gross
Juzzy Kangas
Peppy Peltola
Mark Ruffneck
Forced Commandments
2020
Massacre
Goin' Down
Prison of Time
Switchblade Alley
Revival
The Ritual
Spiders
Long and Lonely Road
Liar
Diving into the Darkness
Break Out
Kingdom of War
Vince Kojvula
Johnny Gross
Juzzy Kangas
Peppy Peltola
Mark Ruffneck