1983 was the year that heavy metal started to go big. Ozzy had Bark At the Moon. Metallica released Kill 'Em All. Motley Crue released Shout At the Devil and Def Leppard had Pyromania. Quiet Riot hit, too.
In that same year 5 kids from the Midland, Texas band Precision- some still in high school- walked out of NoMountain studios with their own slab o' metal, their own 'white' album. Legend has it that lead singer John Hibbits' dad- an oil man- fronted the money for the 9 track project. Side 2's "A New Day" might have been worth whatever the project cost dad. That sucker is riff city. "Milkman's Revenge" IS the reason that parents should have been scared of heavy metal. And "Texas"... girls, fights, and beer... that's only part of what goes on down here.
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