Canedy & The Rods

The Rods are an American heavy metal band formed in 1980 by David "Rock" Feinstein (guitar, vocals) [Born in 1947], Steven Starmer (bass, vocals), and Carl Canedy (drums, vocals). After the first album Starmer was replaced by Garry Bordonaro.[1] Feinstein had first come to mainstream attention after playing in Elf with his cousin Ronnie James Dio.[2]

Their first album was originally released independently as Rock Hard in 1980 and the following year the band was signed by Arista Records, who reordered the album tracks and released it simply titled The Rods.[4] Their second album Wild Dogs followed in 1982 and was re-released in 2004.[4]


In 2008 the Rods announced that they were reuniting with the line-up of Feinstein, Bordonaro and Canedy, and in August 2008 they played at the Metal Rock Fest in Lillehammer, Norway.[1] The album Vengeance was released in 2011 to positive reviews,[11][12] and The Brotherhood of Metal was released in 2019.