Trouble
Inspired by Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and other icons of British heavy metal,
Trouble helped pioneer the doom metal genre throughout the 1980s and beyond.
Formed in 1979 in Aurora, Illinois, the group originally featured frontman Eric
Wagner, guitarists Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell, drummer Jeff Olson, and
bassist Ian Brown. Together, the musicians played shows throughout the American
Midwest during the early-'80s and released a debut album, Psalm 9, in 1984. The
Skull followed in 1985. Despite an ongoing series of lineup changes, Trouble
remained at the forefront of the do...
