Birmingham, England
NWOBHM
Last update/review:
May 31, 2022
Quartz
Quartz was a NWOBHM oddity, a band with a hit-or-miss catalog that
struggled for direction (bands who release live albums as their
second album are often misguided) throughout their career.
Amidst the chaos, however, was the outstanding
Stand Up And Fight ,
one of the heaviest and brightest moments of the early NWOBHM
period -- truly a classic.
Elsewhere there were flashes of brilliance (such as the Sabbathy
"Mainline Riders" from the first album, the Sabbath sound no doubt
due to none other than Tony Iommi producing the album), but
largely this was a band whose inconsistency did them in.
Their initial run lasted until around 1983, but many years later
(in 2011), a largely original lineup reformed.
Current Members
Geoff Bate
vocals
Mick Hopkins
guitars
Derek Arnold
bass
Malcolm Cope
drums
Former Members/Guests
Mike Taylor
vocals RIP: September 27, 2016, age 68
David Garner
vocals
Tony Martin (guest)
vocals (ex-Black Sabbath )
Geoff Nicholls
guitars/keyboards (ex-Black Sabbath ) RIP: January 28, 2017, lung cancer, age 68
Steve McLoughlin
bass
Discography
Studio
Live
Compilation
Quartz
1977
MCA
Mainline Riders
Sugar Rain
Street Fighting Lady
Hustler
Devils Brew
Smokie
Around And Around
Pleasure Seekers
Little Old Lady
Mike Taylor
Mick Hopkins
Geoff Nicholls
Derek Arnold
Malcolm Cope
Live Quartz
LIVE
1979
Logo
Street Fighting Lady
Good Times
Mainline Rider
Belinda
Count Dracula
Around And Around
Roll Over beethoven
Mike Taylor
Mick Hopkins
Derek Arnold
Malcolm Cope
Stand Up And Fight
1980
MCA
Stand Up And Fight
Charlie Snow
Can't Say No To You
Revenge
Stoking Up The Fires Of Hell
Rock 'n' Roll Child
Questions
Wildfire
Mike Taylor
Mick Hopkins
Derek Arnold
Malcolm Cope
Against All Odds
1983
Heavy Metal
Just Another Man
Madman
Too Hard To Handle
Hard Road
Tell Me Why
The Wake
Buried Alive
Silver Wheels
Love 'em And Run
Avalon
Hell Livin' Without You
Geoff Bate
Mick Hopkins
Steve McLoughlin
Malcolm Cope
Resurrection
LIVE
1996
Pony Canyon
Good Times
Around And Around
Street Fighting Lady
Bird Man
Dracula
Main Line Rider
Born To Rock The Nation
Roll Over Beethoven
Jailbait
Belinda
Nantucket Sleighride
Pleasure Seekers
Mike Taylor
Mick Hopkins
Geoff Nicholls
Derek Arnold
Malcolm Cope
Satan's Serenade - The Quartz Anthology
COMPILATION
2004
Castle
Mainline Riders
Sugar Rain
Street Fighting Lady
Hustler
Devil's Brew
Smokie
Around And Around
Pleasure Seekers
Little Old Lady
Satan's Serenade
Wildfire (Original non-album version with Geoff Nicholls)
Can't Say No (Previously unreleased)
I Can't Let Go (Previously unreleased)
The Dealer (Previously unreleased)
Circles (Previously unreleased)
Nantucket Sleighride
Back In The Band (Previously unreleased)
Street Fighting Lady
Goodtime Tonight
Mainline Rider
Belinda
Birdman
Around And Around
Roll Over Beethoven
Count Dracula
The Hustler
Born To Rock The Nation
Jailbait
Nantucket Sleighride
Pleasure Seekers
Circles
Walking On Holy Water
Bloody Fool
Live And Revisited
LIVE
2013
self-released
Good Time Tonight
Mainline Rider
Back In The Band
Wildfire (Extended Version)
Stand Up And Fight / Charlie Snow
Around And Around
Satan's Serenade (Extended Version)
David Garner
Mick Hopkins
Geoff Nicholls
Derek Arnold
Malcolm Cope
Too Hot To Handle
COMPILATION
2015
Skol
Too Hot to Handle
Crack the Sky
Hard Road
Just Another Man
Silver Wheels
Frontline
Love 'em & Run
Madman
Buried Alive
The Lawman
Tell Me Why
Revelations
Avalon
Right Above Myself
Gold Digger
It's Hell Livin' Without You
Fear No Evil
2016
High Roller
Fear No Evil
Rock Bottom
The Stalker
Rapture
Zombie Resurrection
Barren Land
Walking on Holy Water
Dangerous Game
Born to Rock the Nation
Riot in the City
Dead Man's World
Scream at the Devil
David Garner
Mick Hopkins
Geoff Nicholls
Derek Arnold
Malcolm Cope
On The Edge Of No Tomorrow
2022
Hear No Evil
Freak of Nature
Death or Glory
They Do Magic
Master of the Rainbow
Night of the Living Dead
Evil Lies
Angels at the Crossroad
Keep Up the Fight
Brainwashed
Babylon Is Burning
What Love Is
Dirty Disease
World of Illusion
Highway to Madness
Geoff Bate
David Garner
Tony Martin
Mick Hopkins
Geoff Nicholls
Derek Arnold
Malcolm Cope