Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    
        John Casebolt, where are you?
    
        8^)
    
                                                       GTI
    

    Here I is, Shawn! 8*)
    
    	Bonfire, from Germany, have two albums out: _Don't Touch The
    Light_ and _Fireworks_. The latter came out about 4 months ago and
    the former a year or two back.
    	Heavy sound? Definately.  They are produced by Dieter Dierks
    (a G-String to the first person who can identify this man!), and
    definately have flavors of the Scorpions (oops, I gave it away).
    The lead vocalist sounds like Klaus, but minus the screech and plus
    control and smoothness. All in the band, in a studio setting at
    least, are more than competent Rock-n-Rollers.
    	Some songs to listen for: "Starin' Eyes", "No More", "Hot to
    Rock", "Don't Touch The Light", "Never Again" (which is on both
    albums for some strange reason...).
    	I would LOVE to see these guys.. I hope they come to Cincinnati
    when I get back down there. (Alas, I too must leave for school at
    the end of the week - g'day to all, and thanks for a GREAT conference.
    I'll really miss all the great information I get here!)
    
    John "Maiden and Queensryche FOREVER, Bruce Springsteen NEVER!"
    Casebolt
    
    

    Thanks!  I think I'll check 'em out.
    
    I'll take that G string, anyway!  Deiter Dirks produced a lot of the
    old Scorpions albums.  I knew it before you gave it away.  BTW: They
    hated him. 
    
    gh

    I saw BonFire during ZZ TOP AfterBurner Tour in France. Bonfire opened
    for ZZ Top, and they were ok. Maybe they wanted to look like Scorpions
    too much IMO. Definitively Heavy Metal !!

	Didier 

    
    I've got FIRE WORKS (and it does).  Its pretty good, and is *very*
    similar to the Scorpions.  Bonfire played at our local Festival,
    along with Meat Loaf and some others.

    I don't know why the Scorps hate D.D. cuz he still produces their
    albums. He's also responsible for the great sound on Accept's Metal
    Heart album!!
    
    

    I thought the last two Scorps were produced by someone else.  I
    read an interview with them about a year or so ago and they were
    badmouthing Deiter and saying they finally got outta their airtight
    contract with him.  I'll have to look for it, I think it was in
    one of the guitar rags.
      
    ...or maybe I was just in the twilight zone, that seems to be happening
    a lot lately.
    
    gh

    
    
      The credits on my Savage Amusment album say "Also very special
    thanks to Dieter Dierks for being on duty 24 hours a day".
    I don't know how that translates to German, but it doesn't seem
    like they hate him too much.
    
    /Bill
    

    Yo Greg, how were they? I hadta keep the devil puppy from wrecking
    the house (I had to babysit my daughter). How was Hydra? Did you
    drink? I wanna know what I missed. 
    
    
    the devil dog who did not succeed in keeping his daughter from wrecking
    the house.

    re: the last few
    
    I must have been wrong, or else they got their differences resolved.
    I thought for sure that was what I read.  Sorry about that.
    
    re: Bonfire
    
    Well, I went to the show last night.  Here's the scoop.
    
    Hydra sounded very good, despite not getting much of a soundcheck and a
    couple of technical problems (keyboards went belly up mid-set, they got
    'em working a couple of songs later without much interruption).  My
    friend told me (at 19:30) that they'd been there since 13:30 waiting to
    do one.  They said Bonfire did a *5 HOUR* soundcheck. Hydra was just
    starting theirs at 19:00 when I got there...  From the two times I've
    seen them, they seem very consistant and tight.  Definately thumbs
    up. 
    
    Bonfire had a really good sound.  They struck me as a kind of pop metal
    type band with an edge, pretty melodic.  The two guitarists played a
    lot of harmonized lines, some pretty tough, kinda like Racer X, but a
    different musical format.   They both had a great guitar tone (whaddaya
    *expect* after a (*&(* 5 hour soundcheck...). There were no visible
    amps on stage, I would like to know what kind of equipment setup they
    were using. One guy, his name was Angel something, played ESPs and the
    other, sorry didn't catch his name, played Kramers. Mr Kramer did most
    of the solos and played pretty tastefully, Mr ESP did some nice solos
    too, lots of taps. 
    
    The singer had a good voice and seemed pretty charasmatic.  They seemed
    to be used to playing on a larger stage, as they kept bumping into each
    other the first few numbers.  Their show was pretty short, a little
    over an hour, although I left after the first encore and don't know if
    there were any more.  All in all a good sounding band.  This was my
    first exposure to them.  More for the less heavy type fans rather than
    the true headbanger though. 
    
    gh 

    YO, DD.  Missed ya last night.  You slipped your reply in while
    I was typing the review.  Ya shoulda been there, it was a good time!
    
    gh

    Firgured it was about time I put my 2� in here about Bonfire. . .
    I bought the Fireworks album back in October, and I would have to
    agree  that  although they aren't real heavy, they are good.  One
    song  that  sticks  in  my mind is `Never Mind'. . .can get one's 
    heart  rate  and  speedometer both up there. :^)  Not bad overall.
    
    METAlord"
    

    
    
    	i heard the tape last night on bonfire, their sound seems to be ok,
    i did however find the lyrics very weak and a little too simple for me
    (imo)
    i guess after watching queensryche video late last night i think
    anything after that was tame!:^}
    

    CJ & I saw their video last night on HBB, don't remember the name
    of the tune, but it is the lead track to the new movie "Shocker"..
    thought the tune was pretty cool..
    
    jc

	Some news....

	I heard that Bonfire has come out with a new release called
	"Knock Out" (I believe).  I think that it was *just* released.
	I have not yet seen it here in the good ole US yet.  One of their
	other albums was very good I thought.  I can't remember if the
	one I liked was 'Fireworks' or 'Don't Touch the Light'.  I think
	it is 'Fireworks' (The one with the plain cover is the one I like).
	Anyway, they are signed to RCA records, and the song from Shocker
	was called "Sword and Stone" (Once again I believe).  It is a good 
	song, and I wish I had seen the video...  Anyway I will keep my
	eyes open for it, and I'll give you my opinion (If anyone cares).

						-Seth/HMBP-RF-TOSA!!!

	BTW Shocker was a good movie....  It would be cool to be able
	    to dive into T.V.s... 8)

    
    Bonfire's previous album was called "Point Blank" and contained 17
    tracks. Great band, great value. Buy it at your local store tod.....

re: -1


	Where do you live dude?  I have only seen two ever!!!  Maybe da
	Natick, Marlboro(Mass) area doesn't get all the current stuff.  I have
	looked a lot and the only two I have *ever* seen are 'Fireworks'
	and 'DTTL'


			-Seth (Have I been missing these tapes for long?)

    Whats happening to this band ? Been listening to "Point Blank" recently
    and its a great album (The songs "Who's foolin' Who" and "Hard On Me" 
    are great)
    
    -Tony