Railway (band)

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Railway
General information
origin Munich , Germany
Genre (s) Hard rock
founding 1977
Website www.railway-rock.de
Current occupation
Walter Wicha
Robert Haslinger
Armin Köberl (since 2004)
Werner Thaller
"Hasi" Haslinger
former members
guitar
 Herman Janowitz † (until 1988)
singing
 Armin student
guitar
 Florian Allgayer
bass
 Harry Gentian
guitar
 Mike Sperner

Railway is a German hard rock band from Munich .

history

The band was formed in 1977. The name Railway is derived from the former rehearsal room in the basement of a train station. After the first EP Just Imagination and numerous appearances in and around Munich, a record deal was signed with Roadrunner Records in 1984 . The first album Railway sold 10,000 times. In 1985 Railway had reached the zenith of their success, the second album Railway II sold 15,000 copies, and it was also released in Canada, Russia, Japan, England and other countries. Concerts with rock and metal greats such as Manowar , Motörhead , Russ Ballard and Twisted Sister followed. In 1987 the third album Climax was released , and Roadrunner was separated. In 1988 guitarist Herman Janowitz died of cancer.

After various line-up changes, the fifth album To Be Continued was released in 1991 and Welcome Tonight in 1993 . These albums were also released in Japan, but overall sales fell short of expectations. After the release of the seventh album Persecution Mania in 1995, the band disappeared from the scene for over 10 years. On November 30, 2006 Railway played a reunion show in Munich with the new guitarist Armin Köberl. In February 2008 the compilation Finally Back - The Very Best of 20 Years was released on Planet Rock Records.

Discography

  • 1984: Railway ( Roadrunner Records )
  • 1985: Railway II (Roadrunner Records)
  • 1987: Climax (Roadrunner Records)
  • 1991: To Be Continued ( Intercord Records )
  • 1993: Welcome Tonight ( Steamhammer Records )
  • 1995: Persecution Mania (self-marketing)
  • 2008: Finally Back - The Very Best of 20 Years (Planet Rock Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Photo of a concert ticket from 1986 at manowar.at
  2. ↑ Concert promoter Munich Ticket ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muenchenticket.de
  3. ↑ Review at heavyhardes.de