Virtue - Fool's Gold

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Band.
The band was founded in 1981 by the brothers Matt (electric guitar) and Tudor Sheldon (vocals) to emulate their heavy metal role models Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. In early 1984, Adrian Metcalfe joined as another guitarist, while Brian Reader played the bass and Ian Lewington the drums. It was followed by a first demo cassette called Virtue Defenders. Since the result for the band was not satisfactory, it came almost to the dissolution of the group. However, there was only a replacement, so the group next to the Sheldon brothers now consisted of the guitarist Boz Beast, the bassist Darren Prothero and the drummer Simon Walters. This was followed by some local performances throughout Oxfordshire. In 1985, the band recorded at Matinee Music in Reading a single that appeared on Other Records under the name We Stand to Fight.