(Heavy Metal / Hard Rock) The Rods - Vengeance (Japan) (ex-Feinstein, Dio) - 2011, MP3 (tracks), 320 kbps

The Rods are an American heavy metal band formed by David "Rock" Feinstein (guitar and vocals), Garry Bordonaro (bass and vocals) and Carl Canedy (drums and vocals).
Feinstein had first come to mainstream attention after playing in Ronnie Dio And The Prophets, The Electric Elves, Elves and Elf, with his cousin Ronnie James Dio. The Rods sound differed considerably from Elf, adopting a more traditional heavy metal sound compared with the blues-rock sound that Elf preferred.
Their first album was originally released independently as Rock Hard in 1980 and the following year the band was signed by Arista Records, who rerecorded the album tracks and released it simply titled The Rods. Their second album Wild Dogs followed in 1982 and was re-released in 2004.
The Rods' third album, released 1983, was entitled In the Raw In 1984 Canedy and Bordonaro played on Jack Starr's album Out of the Darkness with Rhett Forrester of Riot and Gary Driscoll of Rainbow. Then in 1984 The Rods made their fourth studio album Let Them Eat Metal and recorded the album The Rods Live. Their album Heavier Than Thou was originally released in 1986. An album was also released that features all of the band's members, entitled Hollywood - Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro, & Caudle.
Canedy is also a producer of heavy metal bands, and his credits include Anthrax's Armed and Dangerous and Spreading the Disease, Exciter's Violence & Force, Overkill's Feel the Fire, and Possessed's Beyond the Gates

* Rock Hard (1980)
* The Rods (1981)
* Wild Dogs (1982)
* In The Raw (1983)
* The Rods Live (1984)
* Let Them Eat Metal (1984)
* Heavier Than Thou (1986)
* Hollywood Project (1986) - as Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro, & Caudle
* Vengeance (2011)
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http://www.therods.com/
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http://www.reverbnation.com/therods
http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/The_Rods/1683

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UICE-1177
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=151954
http://hardrockhideout.com/2011/01/14/the-rods-new-cd-vengeance-coming-in-march/
One band that many veteran metal heads feel should have hit the big time was New York’s The Rods. Comprised of members David “Rock” Feinstein (guitar/lead vocals), Garry Bordonaro (bass/vocals), and Carl Canedy (drums/vocals), The Rods would go on to open arena shows for such renowned groups as Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne (the ‘Blizzard of Oz’ tour), the Scorpions, Rainbow (Joe Lynn Turner era), and during the mid ’80s, even had a then-unknown Metallica opening a headlining tour for them. Add to it the fact that Feinstein is the cousin of the late, great Ronnie James Dio (both played together in Elf) and Canedy is an acclaimed metal producer (having worked on classic early releases by Megadeth, Anthrax, Overkill, etc.), and it makes it even more baffling why The Rods never got their due.
But this appears to changing quickly, as the trio has signed on with the Niji Entertainment Group, a label that was created by Ronnie James Dio and his wife/manager, Wendy Dio. The band’s seventh release overall (and sixth release overall for Niji) is titled ‘Vengeance,’ and will be released on March 29, 2011. The release comes hot on the heels of Feinstein’s recently-released solo album, ‘Bitten by the Beast.’
The first single off ‘Vengeance’ will be “The Code,” which features vocals from none other than Ronnie James Dio (one of the very last songs that Ronnie ever recorded, before his untimely death in May of 2010).
This aforementioned Rods line-up has been rocking and rolling for nearly 30 years, and the group has been officially invited to play SXSW this year in Austin, Texas.
More info and tour dates will be announced soon, so get ready to rock once more with The Rods!
http://www.therods.com/rodsdiscog.html
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/The_Rods/Vengeance/294131

David Feinstein - Guitars, Vocals (1980-1987, 2010-present): David Rock Feinstein, ex-Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro & Caudle, ex-Dave Feinstein, ex-Feinstein
Gary Bordonaro - Bass, Vocals (1980-1984, 2010-present): ex-Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro & Caudle, ex-Jack Starr, ex-Rhett Forrester, ex-Thrasher, ex-David Rock Feinstein
Carl Canedy - Drums, Vocals (1980-1987, 2010-present): ex-Canedy, Feinstein, Bordonaro & Caudle, ex-Dave Feinstein, ex-Jack Starr, ex-Rhett Forrester, ex-Thrasher, ex-Manowar