~ The German Hard RocK and Heavy Metal Guide ~
History forged in Steel 1978-1993
The main idea for this database was born a couple of years ago, when I had found out that in most of the cases, the style descriptions of many German underground bands was completely wrong or there wasn't any info available at all, because the items/bands were too obscure, or that noone had ever heard about them before. The first impulse was to print a book, but that idea was quickly abandoned as while adding known bands to this database, even more, completely unknown releases of even more obscure acts were found.
We also wanted to focus on any kind of heavy music/band that had ever been around from 1978-1993, so that's why we stopped adding releases to the discographys that was released after 1993 in case you might wonder. This database tries to cover every kind of Heavy Kraut Rock/AOR/Melodic Rock/Hard Rock/Crossover and Metal bands of all genres, that were active during that mentioned time range, no matter if these bands ever recorded anything. We are also aware that the list isn't nearly complete, meaning we are open for any kind of suggestions, corrections and help by adding more obscure bands. Especially the local acts are of huge interest, so we might have a short survey of that city/area's underground scene. We know that especially in the Kraut Rock scene there are tons of bands/albums that would most probably meet our requirements, but unfortunately most of these albums are so insanely expensive and rare, that it's impossible to buy all of them just to check out if they might include any possible Hard Rock riffs. We are open for your suggestions, don't worry, your name will be mentioned in the article. To get the site started, we first added the bands with vinyl/CD appearances, while the Demo bands will be added piece by piece in the future as well.
Last but surely not least, a BIG THANK YOU to Dan Edman who made all this possible, by granting me space and technical help. Without his heads up I'd most probably still be dreaming of something like this project.
Frantic
Lineup:
Paul Cahoj (vocals)
Markus Mulders (guitar)
Ralf Lapschies (guitar)
Rainer Schaffranietz (bass)
Ronald Fork (drums)
Band-info:
Not to be confused with the Thrashers from Holzwickede, these Frantic originated from Duisburg and seem to only have put out a scarce 7" not providing any further info at all. It features some nice Heavy Metal with typical 80's sound and style on the title track, slightly showing a few glammy US influences though like Icon f.e., while the flipside track is rather forgettable Hard Rock. The band was initiated by ex-Stallion/Airwolf guitarist Markus Mulders around 1988/89 and made their first live gig during summer '89. Further info are welcome.Discography:
"Dockers" 7" EP 1991 (Scare)
Frantic Blue
Lineup:
Ronald Rusz (vocals)
Volker Stolte (guitar)
Ralf Brinkmann (bass)
Mathias Büsseler (drums)
Band-info:
Another obscure local Hard Rock act hailing from Bremen, with one of those obscure singles that was manufactured by Memphis Tonträgerproduktionen around 1990/91. Like other Memphis singles, also Frantic Blue's had these standard labels with the "Promotion only" tag, but at least came with a picture sleeve. Nevertheless the sound of these guys was a typical early 90's style metallic Hard Rock, with especially "Don't you remember" rocking pretty hard, but with sleazy touch. The title track sadly features some ugly funky undertones among the heavier parts, so we better leave this one off. Further info about the band is needed.Discography:
"Hometown" 7" EP 1991 (selfreleased)
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(For more obscure German goodies, check out "Teutonic Evasion", the German edition of the Veterans Of The Various-Wars samplers...)
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