Annihilator - The Fun Palace

Canadian thrashers Annihilator are the lifework of guitarist Jeff Waters, who founded the band in his native Vancouver in 1984 -- just as the speed metal revolution was getting underway further to the south in the San Francisco Bay Area. Due in large part to this geographical isolation, Annihilator as a band phased in and out of existence over the next few years, with only Waters as a constant factor, but when the driven guitarist's homemade demos finally made it into the hands of Roadrunner Records, the band's career was ready to begin.

Released to positively wild public and critical acclaim at the height of the thrash metal boom, Annihilator's 1989 debut, Alice in Hell, was an unqualified triumph and epitomized the state of the art in terms of thinking man's thrash metal, but it was hardly a band effort. Indeed, though they are pictured on the sleeve alongside Waters (who wrote, produced, and played guitar and bass on the entire album), vocalist Randy Rampage (formerly bassist with legendary Vancouver hardcore band D.O.A.), drummer Ray Hartmann, bassist Wayne Darley, and second guitarist Anthony Greenham were little more than hired guns. Not surprisingly, both Rampage and Greenham were gone by the release of the following year's Never, Neverland (replaced by the equally improbably named Coburn Pharr and Dave Scott Davis, respectively), the beginning of a revolving door policy that would elevate Annihilator's musician turnover to Spinal Tap heights.
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Welcome, I invite you off to the other world
You'll have to face this nouse of no escape
Confront the bash in this psychic house of horrors
I lead you up the pain you'll take
Chorus:
Panic your conscience lied
Trapped inside
Panic your ultimate nightmare
Welcome to the fun palace
Panic just try to scream
It's only a dream
Panic your ultimate nightmare
Welcome to the palace
Tonight you'll be tried, I invoke the memories
The guilt to be driven from this unconscious mind
Living lives that you've denied, behold their faces
Violence cut to pieces, just look behind
Repeat chorus
Bridge:
Look at the fun and the games that you've taken awa
Confess!
Dreams of growing up have been destroyed
Because of you!
Farewall, I impel you back to your other world
You'll have to face your every sin
Take this a painful bounty representing me
The keeper of the palace and the secrets held within
Repeat Chorus
Goodbye, from the fun palace

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[IronGaz]

I've just been exposed to what "real metal" is like 3 days ago. And Annihilator is one of my Fav metal Bands. This is my Fav song from this album. WLECOME TO THE FUN PALACE

[holygroove2]

I really appreciate the information about the band! I still feel that this is the best album Waters put out. All of it is good. Unpredictable and progressive. The sound of it also... sometimes thrashing, sometimes introspective, sometimes creepy (the good kind of creepy), sometimes fun. Love it. I'll love it when I'm 85. True that.

[MrReigan111]

@IronGaz You have been touched by the MAGIC OF ROCK....!!!

[chumbukket]

Some of the lyrics in the description are wrong...

[Tricky87dk]

@NIBkunHaremnoFan the singing sucks , but those riffs are FUCKING LIGHTNING ´;.;.`

[NIBkunHaremnoFan]

@kjn5991 errr... i replaced Scott Ian for Dave Mustaine.

it's just a opinion.

[lVletallicaFan69]

@GuitarReEdIt312 And Testament, Exodus and Overkill?

[kjn5991]

Jeff Waters and Dave Mustaine. Best riff writers ever!!!

and ofc Roope Latvala from Children Of Bodom, search his former band STONE and listen those awesome thrash masterpieces.

[SlayerPhantomLord]

@Fpunk1996

Agree.

[Fpunk1996]

jeff waters is probably on of the best heavy metal guitarists of all time

[Charbyno57]

love the guitar work in this song

[masterbassist93]

@ArchxEnemy666 he's priceless