John Cobbett was the anchor for a few "retro" groups based in San Francisco.
The Lord Weird Slough Feg, fronted by metal baritone Mike Scalzi, harked back to the "heroic" style of Judas Priest and Iron Maiden on the mini-album The Lord Weird Slough Feg (1996) and the Celtic concept Twilight Of The Idols (1999), perfecting it into their own moderate, melodic format on Down Among The Deadmen (2000). The sci-fi concept Traveller (2003) and Atavism (2005) were old-fashioned but formally impeccable. Hardworlder (2007), with Angelo Tringali of Cold Mourning replacing John Cobbett, sounded (more than ever) like a tribute to the hard rock of the 1970s, excelling in the lengthy instrumental Galactic Nomad.
The Hammers of Misfortune harked back to keyboards-based prog-metal with the rock opera The Bastard (2001), featuring the dueling male-female vocals of The Lord Weird Slough Feg's vocalist Mike Scalzi and Stone Fox's bassist Janis Tanaka. After the elegant The August Engine (2003) and the sociopolitical The Locust Years (2006), they incorporated vocalist Jesse Quattro and keyboardist Sigrid Sheie for Fields/Church of Broken Glass (2008).
Ludicra, a quintet fronted by two women (Christy Cather and Laurie Sue), displayed the influence of post-rock and space-rock on their Hollow Psalms (2002), while Another Great Love Song (2004) and Fex Urbis Lex Orbis (2006) adopted a smoother sound.
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