''Metal Rendez-vous'' is the fourth studio album by the Swiss

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band Krokus, released in June 1980. It is the first Krokus release to feature vocalist

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Chris von Rohr Christoph "Chris" von Rohr (born 24 October 1951 in Solothurn) is a Swiss rock musician, record producer, author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is best known for being a member and founder of the hard rock band, Krokus. History ...

had formerly served as the band's lead vocalist but appears on ''Metal Rendez-vous'' as the band's bassist. The track "Heatstrokes" charted number one in the British Heavy Metal Charts, and arguably opened up markets for Krokus in Britain and the

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, along with "Bedside Radio" and "Tokyo Nights".KROKUS ONLINE - official homepage - Discography - METAL RENDEZ-VOUS
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beat halfway through. The album sold more than 150,000 copies in Switzerland and was certified Triple Platinum. UK-based company Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD in 2014. Seven of the songs on ''Metal Rendez-vous'' - "Heatstrokes", "Bedside Radio", "Streamer", "Shy Kid", "Tokyo Nights", "Lady Double Dealer", and "Fire" - along with an eighth song, titled "Sweet Inspiration", were originally demoed with singer Henry Fries who fronted the band for a period in 1978/'79 before being replaced by Storace. The Fries demos are available digitally on iTunes under the name Henry Fries & Frien

In 1982, Fries and fellow Krokus alumni, Jürg Naegeli and Tommy Kiefer, would release the album ''Downtown Cocktail'' under the name Henry Freis & The Cityleaders.

Track listing

All songs written by

Fernando von Arb Fernando von Arb or simply FVA (born 17 January 1953) is a Swiss guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known for being the lead guitarist of the Swiss hard rock band Krokus. Career In the early 1970s, Von Arb was playing in th ...

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, except "Bedside Radio" and "Back-Seat Rock 'n' Roll" by von Arb, von Rohr and Jürg Naegeli. ;Side one # "Heatstrokes" - 4:00 # "Bedside Radio" - 3:22 # "Come On" - 4:29 # "Streamer" - 6:44 # "Shy Kid" - 2:33 ;Side two #

"Tokyo Nights" - 5:54 # "Lady Double Dealer" - 3:13 # "Fire" - 6:07 # "No Way" - 4:02 # "Back-Seat Rock 'n' Roll" - 3:15 (A re-recording of "Back-Seat Rock n' Roll" appears on the band's 2017 covers album ''Big Rocks'').

Personnel

;Krokus *

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, keyboards, bass,

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*Tommy Kiefer –

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, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals,

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, drums, keyboards *Freddy Steady –

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, percussion, backing vocals *Jürg Naegeli –

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, bass, backing vocals, assistant engineer ;Production *Martin Pearson – producer,

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*Ursli Weber – assistant engineer

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Krokus (band) albums 1980 albums Ariola Records albums