One Nation Underground (Hawaii album)

1983 studio album by Hawaii

One Nation Underground

Studio album by

Hawaii

Released| November 1983
Recorded| March–May 1983
Studio| Rendez-Vous Recording, Honolulu, Hawaii
Genre| Speed metal
Length| 34:09
Label| Shrapnel
Producer| Hawaii, Pierre Grill
Hawaii chronology
|  | One Nation Underground
(1983)  | Loud, Wild and Heavy
(1984)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 6/10[2]
Metal Forces| 7/10[3]

One Nation Underground is the title of the first studio album released by Hawaii, a speed metal band from the United States.

## Track listing

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All songs by Marty Friedman and Jeff Graves, except where indicated.

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Living in Sin"| Friedman, Graves, Gary St. Pierre| 3:15
2.| "Silent Nightmare"| Friedman, Graves, St. Pierre| 3:01
3.| "One Nation Underground"| Friedman, Graves, St. Pierre| 4:03
4.| "You're Gonna Burn"| Friedman, Graves, St. Pierre| 4:05
5.| "Escape the Night"|  | 3:49

Side twoNo.| Title| Length

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6.| "Nitro Power"| 4:26
7.| "The Pit and the Pendulum"| 3:07
8.| "Secret of the Stars"| 4:38
9.| "Overture Volcanica"| 3:42

## Notes

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* "Living in Sin" and "Escape the Night" had previously been recorded by Marty Friedman's pre-Hawaii outfit Vixen for their Made in Hawaii EP (1983). "Secrets of the Stars" was also featured on the Shrapnel Records compilation U.S. Metal Vol. III (1983).

## Personnel

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Hawaii

* Gary St. Pierre - bass guitar, lead vocals
* Marty Friedman \- guitars, backing vocals
* Jeff Graves - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

* Rocky DeSopa, Roger Holland - additional backing vocals

Production

* Pierre Grill - producer, engineer

## References

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1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Hawaii One Nation Underground review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 148\. ISBN 978-1-894-95931-5.
3. ^ Doe, Bernard (December 1983). "Hawaii - One Nation Underground". Metal Forces. No. 2\. p. 30\. Archived from the original on 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-08-04.

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Marty Friedman

Solo albums|

* Dragon's Kiss
* Scenes
* Introduction
* True Obsessions
* Music for Speeding
* Loudspeaker
* Future Addict
* Tokyo Jukebox
* Bad DNA
* Tokyo Jukebox 2
* Inferno
* Wall of Sound
* Tokyo Jukebox 3

Hawaii|

* One Nation Underground
* Loud, Wild and Heavy
* The Natives Are Restless

Cacophony|

* Speed Metal Symphony
* Go Off!

Related artists|

* Jason Becker
* Megadeth
* Shout

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