Krokus (Album)
Crocus is the self-titled first studio album of Swiss hard rock band Krokus.
- 3.1 guest musicians
Background
The debut album was musically crocus seen from the hard rock sound that should make the band early 80s famous, still far away and moved in playful progressive rock climes. Also, the line-up proved to be significantly different: In addition to Chris von Rohr, who was still sitting on the drums and partially took over the vocals, and guitarist Tommy Kiefer, who also einsang a few vocal passages, completed rhythm guitarist Hansi Droz and bassist Remo Spadino the formation. Since the actually angedachte singer Peter Richard, who ever was also the debut of Crocus behind the microphone, only occasionally stand at your disposal, you undertook for the upcoming live performances, which can among other things, also graduated from the opening act of the then also lesser-known Scorpions, singer Daniel Debrit. Because of this, however, got out again soon, Chris von Rohr moved to the Successor To You All from the percussion throughout the song. In addition, separated by pipe and pine before the recording of the second album by Droz and Spadino. The line-up was completed from now on by three members of Montezuma, namely guitarist Fernando von Arb, bassist Jürg Naegeli and drummer Freddy Steady. The sinus studio recorded in Bern and produced by Peter J. Mac Taggart, known as " ice-breaker " Crocus has appeared up to now only on LP in a number of 560 pressings.
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- " No Way " is a standalone song and no early version of the song of the same name from the album Metal Rendez -Vous from the year 1980.