TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox.As Russell Miller of Connellsville joined thousands of others Saturday in watching World War II training planes modified to look like Japanese planes simulate — but in the skies above the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport near Latrobe — the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, he wondered what it was like to be there that fateful day.For Miller, watching the Tora! Aerial show at the Shop ’n Save Westmoreland County Airshow, hit very close to home.“I wonder what he (Miller’s father) would have thought” of the simulated attack played out over the rolling hills of Westmoreland County.That’s because his late father was a radioman aboard a destroyer at Pearl Harbor the day the Japanese launched the surprise attack, destroying or damaging almost 20 U.S. Ships and killing more than 2,400 Americans. The attack that plunged the United States into a war already waging in Europe and Asia.The Tora!

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Performance by eight planes of the Commemorative Air Force of Morton, Ill., included a pyrotechnic display of explosions meant to mimic the bombing by Japanese planes. It was accompanied by a narration explaining the attack. The Japanese word Tora translates to tiger in English.

In the attack on Pearl Harbor, the word was used by to signify that the attack had been a surprise, according to the website Japan Today.Going to the popular airshow and seeing the planes and helicopters, like the Black Hawk helicopter parked along the airport’s tarmac, “brings back a lot of memories,” the 72-year-old Miller said.Miller was in the Marine Corps from 1966 to 1970, serving “all over Vietnam” and during the massive Tet Offensive that the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong allies launched in January 1968.“I used to fly in a Huey helicopter. I was a door gunner,” Miller said.The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Black Hawk helicopter, based at the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport, drew a considerable crowd. Airshow patrons were able to climb into the helicopter and be strapped into seats and go into the cockpit.Watching over the crowd at the Black Hawk helicopter was Army National Guard 2nd Lt. Stephen Pernelli of Latrobe.“It’s a great workhorse.

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Call Tora Tora hair metal or southern rock or whatever title you think fits them. One thing is for sure, their debut album 'Surprise Attack' is one.

Tracklist A1Love's A BitchA228 DaysA3Hard TimesA4GuiltyA5Phantom RiderB1Walkin' ShoesB2Riverside DriveB3She;s Good She's BadB4One For The RoadB5Being ThereCompanies, etc. Distributed By–A&M Records Of Canada Limited.

Published By–Photon Music. Published By–Sneak Attack Music. Produced For–Ardent Productions Inc. Recorded At–Ardent Studios.

Mastered At–MasterdiskCredits. A&R–Bryan Huttenhower. Co-producer, Engineer–Joe Hardy,Paul Ebersold. Management–Loud & Proud Mgt.

Tora Tora is an American hard rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, in 1985. 'Tora' means 'tiger' in Japanese and the name is a play on the code name for attack used by the Japanese Imperial Navy during their attack on Pearl Harbor, 'Tora, Tora, Tora'. The actual origin of the band name was more likely a reference to the song of the same name^{[citation needed]} recorded by Van Halen on their 1980 release Women and Children First. In a 1989 Headbanger's Ball interview with singer Anthony Corder and bassist Patrick Francis, they said that a friend of the band came up with a list of 60 to 70 different names for their band, and they picked the name Tora Tora because it stood out to them the most. They mentioned in the same interview that the original name of the band had been 'Free Beer'.

History[edit]

Tora Tora started out as a local garage band then eventually got studio time when they won a local Battle of the Bands contest. Following this, the band recorded To Rock To Roll as an independent EP. After its release the songs 'Phantom Rider' and 'Love's A Bitch' received extensive airplay on local radio station Rock 98. After signing with A&M Records, they recorded their debut album Surprise! AttackNeverwinter mod 13 release date. in 1989. This album peaked on Billboard's Top 200 at No. 47 and featured the singles 'Walkin' Shoes' and 'Guilty.' The single 'Dancing With a Gypsy' was on the soundtrack for the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure later that year. Tora Tora was the first Band from Memphis, Tennessee, to have a music video, “Walkin’ Shoes” on MTV.

In 1992, their second album, Wild America, was released. It only achieved No. 134 on the Billboard charts and it did not sell as well, but, it was a more mature step at songwriting.

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A third album, Revolution Day, was recorded in 1994, but it was never released due to label restructuring. After missing the due date, the band folded.

In 2008, all four original band members reunited to do several performances. One was a sold out performance at Newby's, a local club in Memphis, to celebrate their 20th anniversary of receiving their recording contract. After the show, a record was sold to fans which included songs from their first two albums and material slated for their unreleased Revolution Day album. The album was titled The Warehouse.. 20 Years Later. The second occurred during Rocklahoma 2008. The band played another reunion show at The New Daisy Theatre on March 7, 2009, in Memphis.

At the end of 2009, Tora Tora signed with the Nashville, Tennessee based FNA Records and released three albums. Before & After, Bombs Away: The Unreleased Surprise Attack Recordings, and Miss B. Haven': The Unreleased Wild America Recordings.

On February 28, 2011, FNA Records in conjunction with the band decided after 17 years since the completion of their third album, which was shelved indefinitely at the time due to label complications, to release their 'lost album' Revolution Day. Anthony Corder stated about the Revolution Day Sessions:

The Revolution Day project was an interesting time for TORA TORA. It was the '93-'94 era, we were overlapping the last embers of our Wild America dates, rehearsing ideas for the new project, growing from our touring experiences, and experimenting with recording techniques. We relocated our rehearsal space to a warehouse over by the Memphis airport, and tried to stay focused on pre-production. We were pulling together ideas from handheld cassette recorders, scribbled napkins, & 8 track recordings we made on the bus or hotel rooms. I think we were more comfortable with our creative spirits, more confident in our ideas and our approach to songwriting. All of us contributed on the former projects, but everyone was struggling for the third project to keep the TORA identity, and go somewhere new at the same time. We definitely [sic] had moments of anxiety and frustration [sic] but it was all well worth it once we locked down the tunes. We were joined by The Memphis Horns as well as Susan Marshall and Stacy Plunk adding back-up vocals on two tracks. The Revolution sessions were some of our most memorable escapades, and had us back at home in Ardent, hanging with Molly's LaCasita crew, and me personally closing down most Midtown establishments.^[2]

In 2017, the band was approached by Frontiers about doing a proper new studio album and they enthusiastically jumped at the opportunity. The resulting new album, “Bastards Of Beale,” brings back the magic of the band’s blues-rooted hard rock sound that gained them a loyal following in the first place. Always a far cry from their more polished peers and more spiritually connected to blue collar hard rock, the band’s return picks up where they left off while not sounding even the slightest big dated.

Lineup[edit]

• Anthony Corder - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Keith Douglas - guitar, backing vocals
• Patrick Francis - bass, backing vocals
• John Patterson - drums

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

• Surprise Attack (1989) No. 47 US Billboard 200
• Wild America (1992) No. 132 US Billboard 200
• Revolution Day (2011)
• Bastards of Beale (2019)

EP[edit]

• To Rock to Roll (1987)

Singles[edit]

• 'Walkin' Shoes' (1990) No. 86 US Billboard Hot 100
• 'Guilty'
• 'Phantom Rider'
• 'Walkin' Shoes'
• 'Amnesia'
• 'Dead Man's Hand'
• 'Faith Healer'

Compilations[edit]

• Revolution Day (1994/2011) (recorded in 1994, Previously unreleased - released on February 28, 2011 by FNA Records)
• Before & After (2009) FNA Records
• Bombs Away: The Unreleased Surprise Attack Recordings (2009) FNA Records
• Miss B. Haven': The Unreleased Wild America Recordings (2010) FNA Records

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcBook, John. 'allmusic (((Tora Tora > Overview)))'. AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
2. ^'Revolution Day'. Fnarecords.net. Retrieved 2012-03-29.

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