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Considered one of the pioneers of speed metal, Exciter rocked the 1980’s with pure pounding passion.<\/h2>\n

In this interview by Heather Williams, we put the spotlight on Rik Charron. Rik pounded the kit for Exciter in the 1990\u2019s era of the band. Currently, Rik is drumming for German 1980’s thrash band Necronomicon.<\/h3>\n

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Considered one of the pioneers of speed metal, Exciter rocked the 1980’s with pure pounding passion. In this interview by Heather Williams, we put the spotlight on Rik Charron. Rik pounded the kit for Exciter in the 1990\u2019s era of the band. Currently, Rik is drumming for German 1980’s thrash band Necronomicon. http:\/\/kkdowning.net\/steelmill\/Interviews\/rik-charron-exciter-necronomicon-interview\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[489,738,59,261,277,40,927,926,42],"class_list":["post-6306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-steel-mill-news","tag-exciter","tag-heather-williams","tag-heavy-metal","tag-interview","tag-k-k-downing","tag-kk-downing","tag-necronomicon","tag-rik-charron","tag-steel-mill"],"yoast_head":"\nRik Charron Interview - K.K. 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