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Shock Tactics is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Samson, released in 1981.It was vocalist Bruce Dickinson's final album with the band before joining Iron Maiden (who were coincidentally recording Killers, their last album with Paul Di'Anno, in the same studio at the same time as Samson).
The tour continued until the end of the year, when Samson entered the studio to record their third album, Shock Tactics. [1] This was the last album Dickinson recorded with the band. [1] Samson faced innumerable problems with their management. [4] They were always being booked on ill-matched support tours.
Head On and Shock Tactics followed over the next two years, before Purkis left to form his own band Thunderstick in July 1981. [7] He was replaced by Mel Gaynor in time for Reading Festival the following month, which proved to be Dickinson's final show with Samson when he accepted an offer to join Iron Maiden in September.
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He played inside a cage, including during a brief Samson reunion in 2000. With Samson he enjoyed a certain degree of success, especially when their album Head On was released in 1980 and reached No. 34 in the UK Albums Chart. The following single Riding With The Angels, from the album Shock Tactics, charted in the UK Singles Chart at No. 54.
I just thought, 'This is really me. Not Samson.'" [31] Dickinson remained in the band for another year, recording two studio albums with them—Head On and Shock Tactics. [30] However, Samson soon ran into difficulties with their record label, Gem, who went out of business and failed to finance their European tour in support of Iron Maiden. [32]
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The Castle and Dissonance versions include 3 bonus tracks, "Red Skies", "Turn Out the Lights" and "Firing Line", 2-track recordings from a June 1981 rehearsal for the Shock Tactics tour. "Red Skies" and "Turn Out the Lights" were subsequently recorded with new vocalist Nicky Moore for the band's 1982 studio album, Before the Storm.