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The Obsessed was a Doom Metal band from Maryland led by Scott "Wino" Weinrich , who also fronted Saint Vitus , Spirit Caravan , Place Of Skulls and The Hidden Hand . BIOGRAPHY The band formed originally in the early 1980s , in Potomac, Maryland led by Wino. Later on the group moved into a band house in Rockville, Maryland where some of their most creative and hardest music was written. Before this move however original guitar player John Reese went his separate way. The band became a trio and stayed that way until the mid eighties when Vance Bockis and Norman from Hellion joined the band. During this time the band won the infamous Battle of the Bands at Baltimores Marble Bar by actually beating up one of the competing bands. During this time they released the ''Sodden Jackyl'' EP and had 1 track ("Concrete Cancer") featured on Metal Blade 's '' Metal Massacre VI ''. The band broke up in the late 80s and Wino went west to California to join up with Saint Vitus . Wino recorded 3 albums, an EP, and a live album with Saint Vitus. Hellhound Records (Vitus's then current lablel) released '' The Obsessed '', an album of archived Obsessed recordings which prompted Wino to leave Vitus and reform The Obsessed. The band was quickly signed to Hellhound Records and released 2 more albums. In spite of a series of line-up shifts, Columbia Records picked up their third album, '' The Church Within '' ( 1994 , see 1994 In Music ), which received rave reviews but ended up being the band's last. After the demise of The Obsessed, Wino formed Spirit Caravan . DISCOGRAPHY Albums
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Compilations/Live/Reissue
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