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Nuclear Assault
Erik Burke (left) and John Connelly at Party.San Open Air in 2015
Background information
Origin
New York City, U.S.
Genres
Thrash metal
crossover thrash
Years active
1984–1995
1997–1998
2001–2008
2011–2022
Labels
I.R.S.
Combat
In-Effect
Receiver
SPV
Past members
John Connelly Dan Lilker Glenn Evans Anthony Bramante Dave DiPietro Scott Metaxas Eric Burke Scott Harrington
Nuclear Assault was an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984. Part of the mid-to-late 1980s thrash metal movement, they were one of the main bands of the genre to emerge from the East Coast along with Overkill, Whiplash, Toxik, Carnivore, and Anthrax,[1] the last of which was co-founded by Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker, who left Anthrax shortly after the release of their first album. Nuclear Assault released five full-length albums and toured relentlessly throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, and broke up in 1995. The band reunited briefly in 1997, and permanently from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2011 to 2022.
Nuclear Assault has released six studio albums to date, in addition to two live albums, four EPs and one compilation album. Their most successful records are Survive (1988) and Handle with Care (1989), which peaked at Nos. 145 and 126 on the Billboard 200 chart, respectively.[2] Other than four new songs in 2015 on the EP Pounder, the band did not release any more full-length studio albums after 2005's Third World Genocide, and continued to perform live sporadically over the following years before calling it quits once again in 2022.
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^"Nuclear Assault Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
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