Attila was an American rock duo from New York City, most notable for having featured a young Billy Joel.
[1] Billy Joel and Jon Small broke away from their band the Hassles and formed Attila in 1969.
[2] The instrumentation was organ and drums,[2] with Joel also handling the bass lines with a keyboard, similar to the Doors' Ray Manzarek.
Small became a music video director for artists such as Run DMC, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire and Travis Tritt.
We were heavy metal, we were going to destroy the world with amplification, we had titles like "Godzilla", "March of the Huns", "Brain Invasion".