Sept.

2020 
 
Episode 1: JoAnne Bench of Bolt Thrower part 1 
 
The first episode of All We Are: The Iron Ladies of Heavy Metal is FINALLY here! It’s a two parter on the one 
and only Jo Bench: Bassist to Bolt Thrower! This first episode we will look at the history of the band. Next 
episode we will take a deep dive into Jo Bench herself.  
 
Apologies on the wonkie audio, but it will be better in the next episode.  
 
Stick around for part two and tell us what you think of the content!  
 
Email: allwearepodcast@gmail.com 
 
Sources in order as listed: 
Metal Evolution - Extreme Metal | FULL EPISODE 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHOgfEoTlc&ab_channel=BANGERTV-AllMetal 
 
Choosing Death; The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (2016) -​ Albert Murdrian 
https://www.bazillionpoints.com/books/preorder-choosing-death-the-improbable-history-of-death-metal-grin
dcore-by-albert-mudrian/ 
 
Sound of The Beast; The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal (2003) ​ - Ian Christe p. 188, 240, 249 
https://www.bazillionpoints.com/books/sound-of-the-beast-the-complete-headbanging-history-of-heavy-metal
-by-ian-christe/ 
 
A Bolt Thrower - wikipedia 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista#:~:text=The%20ballista%20(Latin%2C%20from%20Greek,stones%20at
%20a%20distant%20target.&text=It%20developed%20into%20a%20smaller,scorpio%2C%20and%20possibly%2
0the%20polybolos. 
 
Official Biography h ​ ttp://www.boltthrower.com/band/biography.php 
Member Page h ​ ttp://www.boltthrower.com/band/theloyal.php 
Bolt Thrower Member Page h ​ ttps://kmachine.home.xs4all.nl/btfaq/btmembers.htm 
Bolt Thrower ​https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Bolt_Thrower/234 
Rockdetector: A-Z of Death Metal (2001) - ​Garry Sharpe-Young p. 54-56 
Rockdetector: A-Z of Thrash Metal (2002) -​ Garry Sharpe-Young p. 77-78 
Maelstrom Webzine [Archived] - 
https://web.archive.org/web/20050510210948/http://www.maelstrom.nu/ezine/complete_iss8.htm 
Bolt Thrower 1993 Interview MTV Part 01 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHN_yyrrNGE 
Bolt Thrower 1993 Interview MTV Part 02 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIvtzmgIP4 
Eternal-Terror Webzine - h ​ ttps://www.eternal-terror.com/articles/index.php?id=486&type=G 
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Phoenix Militia #8 Year: 1987 / Country: England / Language: English Page 24 
https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/phoenix_militia-08.p 
Aaaarrghh #7 Year: 1991 / Country: New Zealand / Language: English Page 16 
https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/aaaarrghh-07.php  
Metal Warriors #6 Year: 1988 / Country: Germany / Language: English Page 20 
https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/metal_warriors-06.php  
Holocaust #4 Year: 1990/ Country: Poland/ Language English Page 31 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2015/09/06/holocaust-4-poland-1990/ 
Screams From The Gutter #29 Year: 1991 / Country: USA / Language: English Page 5 
https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/screams_from_the_gutter-29.php 
The Pittsburgh Press  
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  
17 Oct 1991, Thu • Page 16 
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7721128&id=143595852&width=557&height=
584&crop=798_0_3112_3327&rotation=0&brightness=-1&contrast=-1&invert=0&ts=1597854189&h=1379
0be49967c51fc982b5ee64c24e83 
Pit Magazine #8 (Colorado, USA) 1992 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2012/01/06/pit-magazine-8-colorado-usa-1992/ 
The Gazette Montreal,  
Quebec, Quebec, Canada  
12 Aug 1994, Fri • Page 46 
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7721128&id=424267596&width=557&height=
220&crop=750_3337_622_251&rotation=0&brightness=0&contrast=0&invert=0&ts=1597851979&h=4d62
0f6dfc10b41c2d9a22735e291028 
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  
12 Aug 1994, Fri • Page 66 
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7721128&id=90102463&width=557&height=1
032&crop=2574_1347_600_1132&rotation=0&brightness=0&contrast=0&invert=0&ts=1597852157&h=90
d649a905dec92e56f5f72672a445f5 
BOLT THROWER Bassist: 'Touring The U.S. Doesn't Hold Great Memories For Us' 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-bassist-touring-the-u-s-doesn-t-hold-great-memories-for-us
/ 
Chronicles of Chaos Webzine - h​ ttp://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=1-862 
Bolt Thrower - Zwickau 04.07.1997 "With Full Force"-Festival (TV) Live & Interview 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-f_8rmKHX4 
 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/archive-news-jul-30-2001-1/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/archive-news-nov-23-2001/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-confirmed-for-with-full-force-festival/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/napalm-death-vs-bolt-thrower-let-the-mud-slinging-begin/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-pull-out-of-germany-s-rock-hard-festival/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-to-begin-work-on-new-album/ 
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https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-part-ways-with-singer-seek-replacement/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/top-extreme-music-logos-of-all-time-as-chosen-by-decibel-magazine/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-vocalist-karl-willetts-rejoins-the-fold/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-bassist-talks-about-return-of-original-singer-upcoming-alb
um/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-preparing-to-record-new-album/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-launch-official-web-site-prepare-to-enter-studio/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-frontman-says-he-re-recorded-vocals-on-honour-valour-pr
ide/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-begin-recording-new-album/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-k-machine-featuring-vocalist-karl-willetts-posted-online/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-studio-report-posted-online/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-guitarist-nothing-stops-us/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-bolt-thrower-frontman-talks-about-his-departure-new-project/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-condemn-earache-realm-of-chaos-reissue/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/those-once-loyal/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-those-once-loyal-enters-german-chart-at-no/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-bassist-touring-the-u-s-doesn-t-hold-great-memories-for-us
/ 
 
Italian Concert Cancellation  
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-explain-italian-concert-cancellation/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/italian-promoter-says-bolt-thrower-are-to-blame-for-concert-cancellatio
n/​https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/necrophagist-frontman-disputes-promoter-s-account-of-bolt-thrower
-s-italian-cancellation/ 
 
Equalizer 
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-understand-sound-equalizer.htm#:~:text=An%20equalizer%20
is%20a%20unit,ranges%20of%20the%20audio%20signals​. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equalization_(audio) 
 
 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-abandons-u-s-tour-plans/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-working-on-new-material/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-to-record-new-album-in-the-summer/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-new-album-recordings-postponed-indefinitely/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-videos-to-be-made-available-for-free-download/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-to-play-first-u-s-show-in-14-years-at-maryland-deathfest/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-benediction-to-team-up-for-birmingham-show/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-planning-short-european-tour/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-european-support-acts-announced/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-to-play-free-show-in-holland/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary-with-bolty-birthday-bash/ 
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https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-more-bolty-birthday-bash-details-revealed/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/autopsy-discharge-benediction-to-perform-at-bolt-thrower-s-25th-anniv
ersary-show/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-s-boltfest-raises-20-000-for-teenage-cancer-trust/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-no-more-shows-until/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-announces-return-to-chaos-u-s-tour/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-realm-of-chaos-full-dynamic-range-edition-out-now/ 
https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2012-10-23/chaos-in-tejas-screaming-with-more-noise/ 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-limited-blood-drenched-war-master-2lp-reissue-now-availa
ble/ 
 
Austin American-Statesman  
Austin, Texas  
30 Apr 2013, Tue • Page D3 
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7721128&id=435599933&width=557&height=
141&crop=2103_863_579_150&rotation=0&brightness=0&contrast=0&invert=0&ts=1597856971&h=8e46
fa3ea1fbbfffc748664ace8feac7 
 
Austin American-Statesman  
Austin, Texas  
30 May 2013, Thu • Page T10 
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7721128&id=435003232&width=557&height=
543&crop=93_310_3133_3111&rotation=0&brightness=-1&contrast=-1&invert=0&ts=1597857116&h=358
35ac1435b923c532cfc28aebec79b 
 
The Baltimore Sun  
Baltimore, Maryland  
22 May 2013, Wed • Page E24 
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7721128&id=263668580&width=557&height=
1070&crop=1532_0_1513_2961&rotation=0&brightness=0&contrast=0&invert=0&ts=1597854244&h=a52
e524f2b7f407a7a66f6612ad08b5f 
 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-hopefully-it-won-t-be-another-20-years-till-we-hit-u-s-soil-
again/ 
 
The Province  
Vancouver, British Columbia,  
Canada 18 Jun 2015, Thu • Page 38 
https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?institutionId=0&user=7721128&id=507076936&width=557&height=
170&crop=1009_3420_735_229&rotation=0&brightness=0&contrast=0&invert=0&ts=1597854555&h=dc5
17f80e6e6b9759c87afe4bbfbac81 
 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-drummer-martin-kiddie-kearns-dead-at-38/ 
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https://www.loudersound.com/news/bolt-thrower-drummer-martin-kiddie-kearns-dead-at-38 
https://www.loudersound.com/news/bolt-thrower-future-unclear-one-year-on-from-kiddie-s-death 
https://www.loudersound.com/news/bolt-thrower-confirm-split 
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/bolt-thrower-officially-splits-up-there-will-be-no-reunion-tours/ 
https://www.invisibleoranges.com/bolt-thrower-breaks-up/ 
https://www.loudersound.com/features/why-the-metal-world-will-miss-bolt-thrower 
 
Other Fun Sources 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2015/09/06/holocaust-4-poland-1990/ 
https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/disposable_underground-01.php 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2016/02/15/putrefaction-5-sweden-1991/ 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2015/07/18/balance-of-terror-3-canada-1991/ 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2014/06/07/disposable-underground-3-va-usa-1991/ 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2011/03/10/slayer-8-norway-1991/ 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2016/09/05/mortuary-3-germany-1992/ 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2012/10/18/mettalic-butcher-4-poland-1992/ 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2018/11/06/blasphemous-2-greece-1992/ 
https://sendbackmystamps.org/2014/03/25/vital-wound-3-lithuania-1993/ 
 
Bolt Thrower @ Virus VIVA 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL-VC5gQewM 
 
Discography 
The Peel Sessions [1988] Strange Fruit Records h ​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFm8u7eNqvg 
In Battle There is No Law [1988] Vinyl Solutions 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncNvHZSGLk 
Realm of Chaos [1989] Earache Records h ​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSM-ihNGHs 
Cenotaph (EP) [1990] Earache Records h ​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9kiRxu8NxY 
Warmaster [1991] Earache Records h ​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GxDKWNvpog 
The Peel Sessions 1988-90 [1991] Earache Records 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFm8u7eNqvg&t=1s 
IVth Crusade [1992] Earache Records h ​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUqfASftDFs&t=280s 
Spearhead (EP) [1993] Earache Records ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3e0j5upCpE 
...For Victory [1994] Earache Records ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mud3po9jRWw 
Mercenary [1998] Metal Blade Records h ​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgRbPe4ezCw 
Honour - Valour - Pride [2001] Metal Blade Records 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjOEVv2niqA 
Those Once Loyal [2005] Metal Blade Records h ​ ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmE9cvHECc