The Bangles

The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000. Together with Jon Schaffer - leader and founder of Iced Earth - Kürsch is part of a side project called Demons and Wizards. The Japanese version of the album features as bonus tracks both sides of their debut single. The single for "And Then There Was Silence," for example, reached #1 in Spain and #7 in Canada, despite its length. The title track was written by Elvis Costello. Blind Guardian's popularity has continued to grow from an initial following in Europe and Japan to one of the most well-known power metal bands in the world. Doll Revolution, featuring such songs as "Stealing Rosemary", "Ride the Ride", "Nickel Romeo", and the single "Something That You Said", was released in early 2003. On several occasions the audience has been known to sing along even to André Olbrich's guitar solos.

A cover version of "Eternal Flame" was a 2001 UK #1 for Atomic Kitten. Considering the already anthemic and singalong quality of their choruses, it is unsurprising that the band's 2003 live album, Live, sounded much like their studio recordings: although the overdubs of vocalist Hansi Kürsch were lost, the live audience reproduced them faithfully and enthusiastically. In 2000 they reformed to tour, and in 2001-2002 recorded a new record. This technique, especially notable in the guitar and vocal tracks, creates the impression of a vast army of musicians playing in unison and singing in harmony. 1988's Everything was another multi-platinum smash, and included their biggest selling single in the soft ballad "Eternal Flame", but working relationships within the band had broken down and they split shortly after, with Hoffs embarking on a solo career and Vicki Peterson touring as a member of The Go-Gos and the Continental Drifters. Blind Guardian's music is characterized by the classic fast guitars and double bass drumming of power metal, but is relatively unique in its use of overdubs to create an extremely dense, "epic" sound. They soon had another #2 hit with a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade Of Winter," from the soundtrack of the film "Less Than Zero.". The 1998 album Nightfall in Middle-Earth, for example, is a concept album based on Tolkien's The Silmarillion, while the 2002 album A Night at the Opera features a 14-minute song about the Trojan War, titled "And Then There Was Silence." Over the years, a running theme has developed associating the band members with traveling bards.

The accompanying album Different Light (1986) was more polished than its predecessor and, with the help of the worldwide #1 hit "Walk Like An Egyptian", saw the band firmly in the mainstream as FM radio and MTV stalwarts. Tolkien and other fantasy authors, as well as traditional legends and epics. The Bangles' debut album on Columbia, All Over The Place (1984) captured their power-pop roots, and attracted the attention of Prince, who wrote "Manic Monday", a US #2 hit, for the group. R. Zilinskas left in 1983 and was replaced with Michael Steele, formerly of The Runaways. R. This lineup put out the Bangles EP that same year. From the very beginning, Blind Guardian have been inspired by the fictional worlds of J.

The original lineup was Susanna Hoffs (guitar, vocals), Debbi Peterson (drums, vocals, bass), and Vicki Peterson (guitar, vocals, bass); this lineup made one 45, "Getting out of Hand" b/w "Call on Me." Annette Zilinskas took over bass duties in 1982 and also played harmonica. Before calling themselves Blind Guardian, the band released a demo under the name Lucifer's Heritage in 1986. They were forced to change their name to The Bangles when a band from New Jersey, also named The Bangs, threatened to sue. Blind Guardian is a power metal/epic metal (more recently) band started in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, Germany. The band was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 as The Supersonic Bangs, later shortened to The Bangs. Imaginations Through the Looking Glass (DVD) (2004). The Bangles are a popular American pop band started in the mid-1980s, one of the new generation of independent all-women bands that followed The Go-Gos. Live (2003).

A Night at the Opera (2002). Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998). The Forgotten Tales (1996). Imaginations From the Other Side (1995).

Tokyo Tales (1993). Somewhere Far Beyond (1992). Tales from the Twilight World (1990). Follow the Blind (1989).

Battalions of Fear (1988). Lucifer's Heritage (demo) (1986). Oliver Holzwarth - bass (touring member). Thomas "Thomen" Stauch - drums.

Marcus Siepen - guitars. André Olbrich - guitars. Hansi Kürsch - lead singer and (formerly) bass.