Nasty Savage

Nasty Savage is an American thrash metal band from Brandon, Florida, formed in 1983 by vocalist "Nasty" Ronnie Galletti. The band has undergone various lineup changes, with Galletti and guitarist David Austin remaining the only constant members, until the latter's departure in 2022. The band are regarded as early pioneers of death metal.

The band was formed in 1983. That same year, the band would record a demo tape, and would eventually be signed by Metal Blade Records, where they would record their eponymous first album.

Nasty Savage rose to popularity primarily due to singer "Nasty" Ronnie Galetti's over-the-top stage show performances (in early shows, he would smash a television set over his head), typically ending the set covered in blood The band's second album, Indulgence (1987), featuring the hit single "XXX", was recorded at Progressive Music in Tampa. After releasing three albums and one EP between 1985 and 1989, they broke up. After there had been speculation about a reunion for some time, their fourth studio album, Psycho Psycho, was released in the spring of 2004, and the band played occasional live shows before disbanding a second time in 2012. In January 2016, it was reported that Nasty Savage had once again reformed and were working on their fifth studio album Jeopardy Room; progress was slow for nearly a decade prior to its release on October 4, 2024.

While the band initially was influenced by the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), upon the addition of their second guitarist Ben Meyer, the band's sound began to change towards a style influenced by thrash metal, punk and proto-death metal with a progressive and technical edge. Meyer recalled, "We started developing intricate and unusual time changes, signature riffs and using diminished scales, we tried to make it so that each guitar was doing some different."

Nasty Savage were extremely influential in the emergence of the Florida death metal scene, inspiring bands such as Death and Obituary.