{"id":2071,"date":"2015-07-30T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T17:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/?p=2071"},"modified":"2015-07-30T10:24:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T17:24:55","slug":"throwback-thursday-photo-gallery-exciter-le-spectrum-montreal-early-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/2015\/07\/30\/throwback-thursday-photo-gallery-exciter-le-spectrum-montreal-early-80s\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday Photo Gallery: Exciter @ Le Spectrum, Montreal, Early 80s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image97.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image97-1024x708.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"584\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2074\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image97-1024x708.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image97-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image97-434x300.jpg 434w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image97.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s edition of Throwback Thursday, we take a look at the early days of the one of the most influential speed metal band, Exciter. The Canadian veterans began in the late 70s and nearly four decades later, despite lineup changes, are still carrying on, making festival appearances. Sometimes in the early 80s, at Le Spectrum in Montreal, they played a show and photographer Wayne William Archibald was on site to capture some images. Enjoy them in the gallery below:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2071 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image98.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image98-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image99.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image99-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image100.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image100-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image101.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image101-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image102.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image102-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image103.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image103-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image104.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image104-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image105.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image105-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image106.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image106-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image107.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2071]\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image107-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s edition of Throwback Thursday, we take a look at the early days of the one of the most influential speed metal band, Exciter. The Canadian veterans began in the late 70s and nearly four decades later, despite lineup changes, are still carrying on, making festival appearances. Sometimes in the early 80s, at &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/2015\/07\/30\/throwback-thursday-photo-gallery-exciter-le-spectrum-montreal-early-80s\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Throwback Thursday Photo Gallery: Exciter @ Le Spectrum, Montreal, Early 80s&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2085,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2071\/revisions\/2085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}