Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta - Mekong Delta
Rock | 1987 | Label: Zardoz | APE + CUE | 1CD | 240Mb
Genre: Rock | Styles: Progressive thrash
Audio CD
Original Release Date:1987
Number of Discs: 1
Debut album from the masters of technical/progressive thrash metal.
Keil - Voice
Vincent St. Johns - Guitar
Rolf Stein - Guitar
Bjorn Eklund - Bass
Gordon Perkins - Drums
Tracklist:
1.Without honour (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
2.The cure (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
3.The hut of Baba Yaga (m: Modest Mussorgski)
4.Heroes grief (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
5.Kill the enemy (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
6.Nightmare patrol (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
7.Shivas return (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
8.Black sabbath (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
9.Back home (in hell) (m: Bjorn Eklund / l: Jake Jenkins)
Where it all began…
The line-up and the history of german band Mekong Delta was to be the best kept secret in the world. At the end of '85 an idea was born to start a studio project with german metal musicians. It was suppost to outshine all independent releases musically. The thought that german musicians would not be accepted, made the people of the project decide to keep everything about the band a secret. The name Zardoz was rejected followed by the acceptance of the name "Mekong Delta", named after a riverbed in Vietnam. The entire project was started by Ralf Hubert, sound-engineer of Warlock, Steeler and Living Death, and owner of the recordlabel "Aaarrg". The first demo's are recorded with the following line-up:
Jochen Schroder (ex-Rage) on guitar
Peavy Wagner (Rage) on bass
Jorg Michael (ex-Rage and Paganini) on drums
Wolfgang Borgmann on vocals
Jochen Schroder did not fit in and was soon replaced by both 'Living Death' guitarists Reiner Kelch and Frank Fricke. When Peavy leaves the project, Ralf takes the bassguitar himself (on the albums he's better known as Bjorn Eklund, and by that name he does all the telephone interviews in the name of Mekong Delta) Also he replaces the rest of the band, so the line-up looks like this:
Bjorn Eklund (Ralph Hubert) on Bass/Acoustic guitar
Gordon Perkins (Jorg Michael) on Drums/Percussion
Rolf Stein (Frank Fricke) on Guitar/Backing vocals
Vincent St. Johns (Reiner Kelch) on Guitar/Backing vocals
Keil (Wolfgang Borgmann) on Vocals/Stick
Because of all the nick names used, the first real mystery line-up is born.
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