Jameson Raid

Like many New Wave of British Heavy Metal contenders, Birmingham's Jameson Raid never did achieve true commercial success, but they still managed to survive and even thrive for many years on the strength of local gigging and fan word-of-mouth, before joining the ranks of countless fellow also-rans in the halls of cult metal Valhalla. Notre Dame, as the band was initially called, was formed in Birmingham, circa 1975, and adopted the Jameson Raid moniker (taken from a late 19th century South African uprising) some two years later, when ex-Hoi Polloi vocalist Terry Dark was per...