| Vertical Hold | |
| Origin: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Years Active: | 1980 – 1985 |
| Associated Acts: | Gladiator Tortoise, Tortoise, Tortis [1972-79] |
| Past Members: | Mick Michalopoulos (lead vocals, guitar), Jim Mountzouris (bass, vocals), Noel Forth (drums) and Hilary Frost (cello) |
Vertical Hold was an Australian musical group that had considerable success in their home state of South Australia, including #1 and #3 singles on the Adelaide charts, between 1980 and 1985, on the RCA and WEA labels. However, the group had little success elsewhere.
Renamed The Gladiators (minus Frost) in 1985, they featured on the RCA compilation LP "S.A. Brewing", with "Strange Love".
Lead singer Mick Michalopoulos died in 2016, aged 60.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] | |||
| Vertical Hold |
| 88 |
| Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | |||
| 1981 | "My Imagination" | (SA #1) 50 | |
| 1982 | "Tears of Emotion" | (SA #3) 58 | |
| 1983 | "Shot Down (In Love)" | (SA #28) 85 | Vertical Hold |
| 1984 | "United States of America" | - | |
| "This Must Be Love" | - | ||
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 329.