RSD’s 2021 Canadian Ambassador: TRIUMPH
TRIUMPH ARE ONE of the most iconic bands to come out of Canada. It took a few years for the melodic hard rock trio of Mike Levine (bass, keyboards, synthesizers), Gil Moore (drums, vocals) and Rik Emmett (guitar, lead vocals) to break through across the American border, but in 1979, with hits like “Lay It on the Line” and “Hold On,” the gates were opened. By the time the band released the album Allied Forces in 1981, success was in full gear. Allied Forces became the band’s best-selling album, eventually turning platinum in the U.S.
Now, on the 40th anniversary of Allied Forces, Levine sat down with Goldmine to talk about the rerelease of the album as a sizable box set and how the band are serving as Record Store Day Ambassador for Canada in 2021. But first, let’s go back to the genesis of the band.
We were trying to figure out a name for the band and we could not come up with anything good, so
