page_title: Brian Tatler
section_title: Diamond Head's acoustic years and Nick Tart era
hierarchical_section_title: Brian Tatler / Modern Day / Diamond Head's acoustic years and Nick Tart era
caption_attribution_description: English: Andy Abberley &amp; Brian Tatler of Dimaond Head = 2005 @ The Twist, Colchester
context_page_description: Brian Andrew Tatler is an English musician, best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the Stourbridge based heavy metal band Diamond Head.
context_section_description: Tatler played his last show with Quill in November 2000, and teamed up with Harris and Stourbridge guitarist/singer Floyd Brennan to perform and record an acoustic version of Diamond Head songs. Also during this time, Tatler collaborated with Dave Mustaine of Megadeth on an album together. This project was shelved and never released. In 2002 an offer to play the Metal Meltdown IV Festival in New Jersey prompted Tatler & Harris to put an electric band together recruiting Karl Wilcox (drums) and Eddie Moohan (bass). Diamond Head played their first gig in North America. Work began on a new album called Host however it was never released. Harris' reluctance to tour as Diamond Head and suggested a name change. Tatler was not interested in changing the name from Diamond Head to Host so a power struggle developed until Tatler eventually sacked Harris and bought in another singer. 
  Enter Nick Tart from Cannock in the West Midlands who sang on Diamond Head's fifth studio album, All Will Be Revealed, which was released through Cargo Records in 2005. Tatler stated that his aim was just to try to release a solid rock album, with "punchy" riffs and no fillers. Diamond Head supported Megadeth on their tour at this time, as a favor from Mustaine. In 2007 Diamond Head released their final album with Nick Tart, What's in Your Head?. Tart emigrated to Brisbane in 2008.
  In 2009, Tatler released his autobiography, Am I Evil?. "It all started in a bedroom with a biscuit tin drum kit and a cheap fuzzy guitar, and went on to create some of the most exciting music ever written and inspire the biggest heavy metal band on the planet". The book contained forewords by Lars Ulrich and Mustaine. It was re-released in 2017 with it being updated to include new singer Rasmus Bom Andersen and the 2016 album Diamond Head.
  In 2011 Tatler co-wrote the song "Black Skies Mist" with rising Birmingham Rock band Voodoo Johnson.
caption: Andy Abberley and Brian Tatler 2008
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