Demon (band)

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Dave Hill - singer of DEMON - at a concert in Lauda-Koenigshofen 2018
Demon
Demon live at the British Steel Fest in Bologna in November 2010
Demon live at the British Steel Fest in Bologna in November 2010
General information
Genre (s) Heavy metal
founding 1979, 1997
resolution 1993
Founding members
Dave Hill
Malcolm Spooner († 1984)
Current occupation
singing
Dave Hill
Electric guitar
Ray Walmsley (since 1999)
Electric guitar
David Cotterill (since 2007)
Paul "Fazza" Farrington (since 2005)
Neil Ogden (since 2002)
Andy Dale (1987–1988 and from 1999)
former members
Electric guitar
Clive Cook (1980)
Electric bass
Paul Riley (1980)
Drums
John Wright (1980-1987)
Electric guitar
Les Hunt (1981-1983)
Electric bass
Chris Ellis (1981-1983)
Keyboard
Andy Wright (1982-1983)
Electric guitar
John Waterhouse (1984-1992)
Electric bass
Gavin Sutherland (1984–1985)
Keyboard
Steven Watts (1984-1991)
Electric guitar
Steve Brookes (1988-1992, 2001)
Electric bass
Nick Bushell (1988-1991)
Drums
Scott Crawford (1988-1991)
Electric bass
Mike Thomas (1992)
Drums
Paul "Ross" Rosscrow (1992)
Drums
John Cotterill (1999-2001)
Keyboard
Duncan Hansell (1999-2001)
Electric guitar
Karl Finney (2003-2005)
Electric guitar
Tim Read (2005-2007)

Demon is a heavy metal band from England .

Band history

The band was formed in 1979 at the height of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal by Dave Hill and Malcolm Spooner . The line-up was completed by Les Hunt (guitar), Paul Riley (bass) and John Wright (drums). The band signed a record deal with Carrere Records and released their debut album Night of the Demon in 1981 . The follow-up album The Unexpected Guest became the band's best-selling album. Nevertheless, the band changed their style with the following two LPs The Plague and British Standard Approved , opening up to progressive influences from the 70s. In 1984 guitarist Mal Spooner died. 1987–1991 the band had a second successful phase, in which they also performed live several times in Germany, as evidenced by a live double LP. After 4 years of seclusion, Demon made her comeback on stage at the Bang Your Head festival in 1997 . In 1999 there were two new songs to be heard on a tribute album, before a new studio album was released in 2001 with Spaced-Out Monkey .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Unexpected Guest
  UK 47 08/14/1982 (3 weeks)
The Plague
  UK 73 07/02/1983 (2 weeks)

Albums

  • 1981: Night of the Demon
  • 1982: The Unexpected Guest
  • 1983: The Plague
  • 1984: British Standard Approved
  • 1985: Heart of Our Time
  • 1987: breakout
  • 1989: Taking the World by Storm
  • 1991: Hold on to the Dream
  • 1992: blowout
  • 2001: Spaced Out Monkey
  • 2005: Better the Devil You Know
  • 2012: Unbroken
  • 2016: Cemetery Junction

Singles

  • 1980: Liar
  • 1981: Riding the Wind
  • 1982: Have We Been Here Before
  • 1982: One Helluva Night
  • 1983: The Plague
  • 1988: Tonight the Hero Is Back
  • 2001: Spaced Out Monkey

more publishments

  • 1984: Wonderland (EP)
  • 1986: Demon (EP)
  • 1989: One Helluva Night (Live)
  • 1991: Anthology (Best Of)
  • 1999: Day of the Demon (tribute album)
  • 1999: The Best of Demon Volume One (Best-Of)
  • 2006: Time Has Come - The Best of Demon (Best-Of)

Web links

Commons : Demon (band)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Chart sources: UK