Meet the band Nitro. Their motto: “Fastest, loudest, highest sound around.” Perhaps, but Nitro may also be the worst band around. Sure, the history of rock has supplied plenty of less talented bands through the decades, but few as obliviously ridiculous as these four hair farmers. Let’s meet them, shall we?




Name: Jim Gillette
Instrument: Vocals
Claim to fame: Can shatter glass with his six octave vocal range.
Tidbit: Married to rocker Lita Ford

Name: Michael Angelo
Instrument: Guitar
Claim to fame: Invented a quadruple-necked guitar, the X-400, an axe with four necks in an X formation, each featuring seven strings.

Name: T.J. Racer
Instrument: Bass
Tidbit: Grew up in the midwest
Claim to fame: Met the band via singer Jim Gillette’s Metal Method instructional video.

Name: Bobby Rock
Instrument: Drums
Tidbit: Is also a body builder
Claim to fame: Played drums in Nelson and the Vinnie Vincent Invasion (that’s quite a resume)

In 1989, the band released their debut album, “O.F.R.,” an abbreviation for Out-Fucking-Rageous. It was followed up by 1991’s equally acronymatic “H.W.D.W.S.” That’s right: Hot, Wet, Dripping With Sweat. Both records can usually be found on eBay for a couple of bucks. But to really understand the band’s legacy (and lunacy for that matter), you really need to see them as well as hear them. So without further ado, straight from an old VHS tape of Headbanger’s Ball, you can download the video for “Freight Train” right here. And make sure you wait around for the guitar solo, it’s worth it. Also, if for some reason you like what you see, this guy wants to reunite the band, reu-Nitro them if you will. If you want to help the cause, visit his site for more details.