I still really can’t find any information on this band. I previously heard their 4 song EP which was released in 1986 and really liked it. Then I found this full length album and it’s even better. Again all I know about this band is that they were out of Castro Valley, CA. Both of their releases were self released but luckily this one was re-released in 2011 on Retrocross records. We have a great album here that should have been picked up by one of the mainstream CCM labels because I think it would have sold. Only have time for one Rock & Roll track? Try “Everything for Nothing”.
Tracklist
1 – Holy Fire – 4:32
2 – Everything For Nothing – 4:03
3 – Reach For The Light – 4:09
4 – Will – 4:27
5 – If You Love Me – 3:40
6 – Adonai – 4:32
7 – One Day – 5:10
8 – White Horses – 3:57
9 – Don’t Give Up – 3:09
10 – Wake Up – 4:39
11 – I Come To You – 3:44
12 – No Turning Back – 4:11
Credits
Rich Reif – vocals, keyboards
Ralph Otteson – keyboards, backing vocals
Todd Peterson – guitars, backing vocals
Allen White – bass, guitars
Don Walker – drums
Hi Ray,
The Band One Eighty was a San Francisco Bay area band and was never played on the radio other than some collage stations. The band split up while working on the fallow up to Turning Point, life and family got busy. Interestingly enough the promo picture above does not include Don Walker and emphasizes one of the issues the band had keeping drummers. Back during that time period most of the drummers we had were more into metal. Two members of the band members , Ralph Otteson and myself currently are members of the Christian prog band Time Horizon.