Gravestone is a German
heavy metal band, formed in 1977 as originally a
progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid-1970s. Initially termed " progressive pop", the ...
outfit, before going in to the heavy metal genre.
Gravestone released five studio
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
s between 1977 and 1986 before splitting up. Several of the band members continued the band under the name 48 Crash.
[, Taratareandesire.com] In 2019, the band reunited to play live shows again. The current line-up is the same as in 1985 (Majdan, Reinelt, Dieth, Sabisch, Imbacher).
Band members
Vocals
* Berti Majdan
* Dietmar "Oli" Orlitta
Drums
* Dieter Behle
* Thomas Imbacher
* Mike Schmidt
Bass Guitar
* Berti Majdan
* Dietmar "Oli" Orlitta
* Thomas Sabisch
Guitar
* Mathias Dieth
* Rudi Dorner
* Taki Gradl
* Jürgen Metko
* Klaus 'Doc' Reinelt
* Wolfgang Rittner
Keyboards
* Andy Müller
Discography
Albums
* ''Doomsday'' (1979)
* ''War'' (1980)
* ''Victim of Chains'' (1984)
* ''Back to Attack'' (1985)
* ''Creating a Monster'' (1986)
Compilation albums
* ''The Best of Gravestone'' (1993)
References
External links
MySpace Gravestone fanpage*
Encyclopaedia Metallum - Gravestone (Ger)
German heavy metal musical groups
German rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1977
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