Sumogrip is the ninth and final album by
Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend was a German rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was an early practitioner of heavy met ...
before their reunion in 2014. This album once again displays the wide variety of styles Lucifer's Friend is famous for throughout their previous albums, living up to the "no album is the same" mantra. The band would stay together for a few years after the album's release before breaking up.
Track listing
#"Get in"
(Instrumental) - 0:36
#"Heartbreaker" - 5:11
#"One Way Ticket to Hell" - 5:49
#"Don't Look Back" - 4:46
#"You Touched Me..." - 4:15
#"Cadillac" - 4:08
#"Step by Step" - 4:10
#"Rebound" - 4:25
#"Sumogrip"
(Instrumental) - 1:14
#"Sheree" - 4:39
#"Back in the Track" - 3:57
#"Banzai"
(Instrumental) - 0:33
#"Any Day Now" - 3:48
#"Ride the Sky" - 3:43
#"Free Me"
(Uriah Heep cover) - 4:44
#"Get Out"
(Instrumental) - 0:21
#"You Touched Me with Your Heart"
(Bonus Track) - 5:15
Personnel
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John Lawton – lead vocals
* Peter Hesslein – guitar, backing vocals
* Jogi Wichmann – keyboards, drum programming (tracks 5, 11, 17)
* Andreas Dicke – bass
* Curt Cress – drums (tracks 2–4, 7, 8, 10)
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Udo Dahmen
Udo Dahmen (born 12 July 1951 in Aachen, West Germany) is a drummer, author and CEO of the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg.
Life
Udo Dahmen studied classical percussion in Aachen and Cologne from 1971 to 1976. In Paris he was trained by Dante ...
– drums (tracks 6, 13–15)
External links
''Sumo Grip'' review & credits at AllMusic.com''Sumo Grip'' at Discogs.com
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1994 albums
Lucifer's Friend albums