Frank Wollschläger (born 11 March 1962), known professionally as Lenny Wolf, is a semi-retired German singer and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the hard rock band Kingdom Come. In addition to songwriting and lead vocals, he played multiple instruments on various Kingdom Come albums. He also collaborated on the song "Eyes of Time", from ''

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'', the debut album by

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's project

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. He was also a member of the bands Germany in 1982 featuring Dieter Buttner, Andreas Daniels, Miroslav Supica, and the band Stone Fury between 1984 and 1986 featuring Bruce Gowdy, Rick Wilson Jody Cortez and Vinnie Colaiuta.

Early years

Prior to forming the successful Kingdom Come, Lenny had moved from Germany to Los Angeles in 1983 signing with

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with a band called Stone Fury. Along with Bruce Gowdy Stone Fury released two critically acclaimed records in 1984 and 1986, but struggled to attract mainstream attention.

Kingdom Come

In 1988, Lenny signed a new deal with

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and per their request, was asked to put a new band together. It consisted of: lead guitarist Danny Stag, rhythm guitar

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, bassist Johnny B. Frank, and drummer

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. The band saw immediate success with the release of their eponymous debut album '' Kingdom Come'', shooting to number 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and reaching sales at approximately 2 million worldwide. The band was also chosen to participate in the

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. The band came under intense criticism for being a Led Zeppelin-soundalike. Years later, Wolf would say that the comparisons were "unjustified," yet "we took it as a compliment and were excited." In March 2018, it was reported that Wolf was in the process of reforming the original Kingdom Come lineup for both a new album and tour. However, when original lineup of Kingdom Come announced a 30th anniversary reunion tour in June 2018, Wolf declined to participate, due to personal reasons, and was replaced by

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. In a July 2018 interview, drummer

revealed that Wolf is "just kind of done. He wants to retire. He's got his life."

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Lenny Wolf'' (1999)

with Stone Fury

* ''Burns Like a Star'' (1984) * ''Let Them Talk'' (1986)

with Kingdom Come

* '' Kingdom Come'' (1988) * '' In Your Face'' (1989) * '' Hands of Time'' (1991) * '' Bad Image'' (1993) * ''Twilight Cruiser'' (1995) * '' Master Seven'' (1997) * '' Too'' (2000) * ''Independent'' (2002) * ''Perpetual'' (2004) * ''

Ain't Crying for the Moon ''Ain't Crying for the Moon'' is the tenth studio album by rock band Kingdom Come. Track listing All songs by Lenny Wolf, except where noted. # "Two Legged Sheep" - 5:28 # "Not Here to Be Your Friend" - 3:50 # "Same Old Stars" - 3:28 # "Ain't C ...

'' (2006) * ''Magnified'' (2009) * ''

Rendered Waters ''Rendered Waters'' is the twelfth album by American/German rock band Kingdom Come. All but three tracks on this disc are old material from previous albums.

'' (2011) * ''Outlier'' (2013)

References

External links

*http://www.lennywolf.com/ Official site *http://www.kingdomcome.de Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolf, Lenny 1962 births German male singers German multi-instrumentalists Glam metal musicians Kingdom Come (band) members Living people Musicians from Hamburg