Victory (band)

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Victory
Victory (2013)
Victory (2013)
General information
origin Hanover , Germany
Genre (s) Hard rock , heavy metal
founding 1984
Website www.victory-band.com
Founding members
Pedro Schemm (until 1984)
Tommy Newton (until 2011)
guitar
 John Lockton (until 1986)
Fargo-Peter Knorn (until 2011)
Bernie Van Der Graf (until 1985)
Current occupation
singing
 Jioti Parcharidis (2005-2011, since 2013)
guitar
 Herman Frank (1986–1994, 2002–2011, since 2013)
guitar
 Christos Mamalitsidis (since 2013)
bass
 Peter Pichl (since 2013)
Drums
 Michael Wolpers (since 2013)
former members
singing
 Pedro Schemm (1984)
Drums
 Bernie Van Der Graf (1984–1985)
guitar
 John Lockton (1984-1986)
singing
 Charlie Huhn (1984–1988, 2003–2005)
singing
 Fernando Garcia (1988–1996)
Drums
 Matthias Liebetruth (1996)
guitar
 Jake Paland (1996)
guitar
 Tommy Newton (1984-2011)
bass
 Fargo-Peter Knorn (1984-2011)
Drums
 Achim Keller (2006-2011)
Drums
 Fritz Randow (1985–1995, 2002–2006)

Victory is a German hard rock and heavy metal band from Hanover , which celebrated its greatest successes in the 1980s. After their first dissolution in 1994, they found themselves together again and again with changing cast and is currently active again on the stage.

history

The genesis

Victory was formed in 1984 from the remnants of the band Fargo . In addition to bassist Peter Knorn and the two guitarists Tommy Newton and John Lockton, drummer Bernie Van Der Graaf was also part of the party. After the band initially worked with singer Pedro Schemm, the former Gary Moore and Ted Nugent singer Charlie Huhn was soon signed on . On a recommendation from Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker , the band was taken under the wing of David Krebs' management right at the beginning of their career.

The successes

The first album was released on CBS Records in 1985 and caused a storm of indignation because of the provocative cover artwork - a barely clothed model lies on her back and spreads her legs as the first letter of the band name - especially in the USA. The hype worked and the album hit the charts. Even before the first US tour, drummer Bernie Van Der Graaf was replaced by Fritz Randow (Ex- Eloy ). In addition to 60 concerts, the band also played at the two largest festivals in the country, the Out in the Green in Oakland in front of 60,000 and the Texxas Jam in front of over 80,000 spectators. After returning to Germany, John Lockton was replaced by former Accept guitarist Herman Frank .

The band toured Europe and America again with their second album, Don't Get Mad ... Get Even , and the single "Check's in the Mail" brought them a radio hit in the USA. The third album Hungry Hearts was released in 1987 and was presented again through a tour of America and Europe. Victory recorded a live album at a concert in Hamburg, which was released in 1988 under the title That's Live . After the release, singer Charlie Huhn left the band to join the reunited Humble Pie . When looking for his successor, u. a. the American Ted Bullet before; but he did not fit the material of Victory and instead formed the band Thunderhead with Henny Wolter and Ole Hempelmann . Victory's vocals were finally taken over by Fernando Garcia, who is of Spanish origin in Basel .

The fourth album, Culture Killed the Native , reached number 19 in the charts in Germany and also returned to the charts in the USA. A European tour as support for Gary Moore followed before Victory started their first headlining tour through America, including their first concerts in Canada. The two singles "Never Satisfied" and "Don't Tell No Lies" again received airplay from radio and MTV . The second studio album with Garcia as a singer was released in 1990. Temples of Gold again reached the Top 20 in Germany and was released in the first edition with a six-song live EP that was recorded in Los Angeles. Another US tour followed before the 1992 album You Bought It - You Name It was released.

Victory belonged next to the Scorpions , Accept , Helloween and Gamma Ray to the most successful German bands of the harder genre. Nevertheless, they announced their departure in 1994 with their double-live album under the title Liveline . Two years later, the band still recorded the new album Voiceprint . Herman Frank was replaced by the new guitarist Jake Paland and drummer Fritz Randow was replaced by Matthias Liebetruth, who a few years later hired the German metal star Running Wild . However, the success failed, and the band separated again.

Careers after the band split up

While Tommy Newton made a name for himself as a producer, Peter Knorn became the manager of Uli Jon Roth , Glenn Hughes and Michael Schenker .

Herman Frank had meanwhile founded the band Moon'Doc and recorded a total of three albums under this name. Since 2005 and 2009 he has been playing guitar again with Accept and recorded other albums there. Until 2008 two solo albums were released under his own name. In 2010 he played with Martina Frank an album under the name Poison Sun one.

The former singer Charlie Huhn joined the British boogie band Foghat in 2000 and sang the vocals on Matt Roehr's ( Böhse Onkelz ) album Barra da Tijuca in 2007 .

Fernando Garcia sang with Biss in 2001 , with Wicked Sensation on the album Exceptional in 2004 and with the Swiss metal band Godiva from the same year . He also sang in 2005 with Alex Parche .

In the meantime, Fritz Randow drummed for the English rock band Saxon and since 2007 with the German band Jane .

Reunions in the new millennium

In 2003 the album Instinct was released with the classic line-up of Charlie Huhn, Tommy Newton , Herman Frank , Peter Knorn and Fritz Randow . Victory played some concerts in Russia , Bulgaria and at the Wacken Open Air in Northern Germany. Since singer Huhn lives in America and did not want to give up his engagement with Foghat , there were no further tours. Chicken was eventually replaced by the singer Jioti Parcharidis ( Human Fortress ).

With him the band recorded the album Fuel to the Fire , which contains new recordings of old band songs. It was released in January 2006. The next line-up change followed at the same time. Drummer Fritz Randow left Victory and was replaced by the former PUMP drummer Achim Keller. With him followed appearances at the Bang Your Head and Sweden Rock Festival as well as a European tour in the opening act of the American heavy metal band Metal Church in May and June.

In January 2007 guitarist Tommy Newton suffered a heart attack from which he quickly recovered. After three canceled concerts, he performed at the “Break the Barrier” festival in Bremen on February 23, 2007.

At the end of 2009 the tenth studio album of the band was recorded. Unfortunately, no suitable record company was found for a long time, so the band members turned to other tasks. Herman Frank returned to Accept and Tommy Newton moved his studio into new premises. When a label was finally found in 2011, it was decided to release Don't Talk Science as a farewell album and thus break up the band.

In a press release on July 2, 2013, the band announced their reunion once again. In addition to Parcharidis and Frank, the long-time drummer Fritz Randow was also part of the party, but Michael Wolpers took his place shortly afterwards. Bassist Peter Pichl ( Running Wild ) and guitarist Christos Mamalitsidis ( Nikki Puppet ) were introduced as further new members, replacing the two founding members Tommy Newton and Peter Knorn.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Culture killed the native
  DE 29 02/20/1989 (8 weeks)
  CH 14th 02/19/1989 (4 weeks)
  US 182 05/20/1989 (5 weeks)
Temples of Gold
  DE 27 09/10/1990 (9 weeks)
  CH 33 09/30/1990 (2 weeks)
You Bought It - You Name It
  DE 59 05/11/1992 (7 weeks)
  CH 38 05/31/1992 (2 weeks)

Studio albums

  • 1985 Victory
  • 1986 Don't Get Mad ... Get Even
  • 1987 Hungry Hearts
  • 1989 Culture Killed the Native
  • 1990 Temples of Gold
  • 1992 You Bought It - You Name It
  • 1996 Voiceprint
  • 2003 Instinct
  • 2011 Don't Talk Science

Live albums and compilations

  • 1988 That's Live (Live)
  • 1992 The Very Best of - Rock'n'Roll Kids Forever (Best of)
  • 1994 Liveline (Live)
  • 2006 Fuel to the Fire (new recordings of old band classics)

Singles and EPs

  • 1986 Check's in the Mail
  • 1987 Feel the Fire
  • 1989 Never Satisfied
  • 1989 Don't Tell No Lies
  • 1990 Rock'n'Roll Kids Forever
  • 1992 Rock-O-Matic
  • 1992 Lost in the Night
  • 1996 Deep Inside the World

Video albums

  • 1990 The Videos (VHS)

Membership development

literature

  • Matthias Blazek: The Lower Saxony Band Compendium 1963-2003 - Data and facts from 100 rock groups from Lower Saxony. Celle 2006, pp. 148-149, ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thunderhead Headquarters .
  2. ↑ ROCKS No. 23 (04/2011), p. 9.
  3. ↑ Press Release July 2013
  4. ↑ sources chart placements; DE / CH / US , accessed on September 13, 2012.