Metal Rendez-Vous
CD, MC: Arista
Metal Rendez -Vous is the fourth studio album by the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. It contains the singles " Bedside Radio ", " Tokyo Nights" and "Heat Strokes".
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Background
Metal Rendez -Vous set for Krokus in Switzerland the final breakthrough and an international pioneering step dar. With the inclusion of the Maltese frontman Marc Storace, who had already published with the Swiss progressive rock band TEA three albums and with the British formation Eazy Money on the NWOBHM compilation Metal for Muthas Volume II - was briefly kicked Cut Loud in appearance, the missing puzzle piece in the sound of Crocus has been inserted. Now they had a singer who fit with his charismatic voice also for hard rock band and this changed Chris von Rohr, who had a decisive role in the commitment of Storace, willingly to the bass. The previous bassist Jürg Naegeli accompanied the band from now on as host and backup musicians and sound engineer. The comparisons with the same time been much more successful Australian band AC / DC were in abundance now, but were not to be dismissed out of hand. Direct, rifforientierten Hard Rock brought crocus with Metal Rendez -Vous on tape, but compared to its predecessor Pay It in Metal / Painkiller just yet decidedly better put into scene through the scratchy organ of Storace. In Switzerland, reached recorded in Zurich in Studio Platinum One album with over 150,000 units triple- platinum and the hit single "Heat Strokes", to which a video was shot sold, debuting at # 1 in the Metal Charts of the British music magazine Sounds. At the same time also romped still "Bedside Radio" and "Come On" in this top 20 hit list. This success resulted in the opening act, among other things Crocus of Nazareth, Ted Nugent, Rainbow, Sammy Hagar, AC / DC and Cheap Trick to tour with Girlschool, More and Angel Witch, before they were allowed to occur at the prestigious Reading Festival. Even today, immerse the singles " Bedside Radio ", " Tokyo Nights" and "Heat Strokes " but also songs like " Fire" and " Back- Seat Rock ' n' Roll" on a regular basis in the live program on the Swiss. Details of Chris von Rohr According album of Martin Pearson, Fernando von Arb and produced himself, was not - as printed on the various recordings - by Martin Pearson and the whole band.
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- " No Way " is an independent, new song and no new recording of the also " No Way " titled songs on the debut album crocus.
- The actual songwriting credits on the individual songs can be the CD version of the album is no longer seen and were printed on the labels of LPs.