''Mean Machine'' is the eighth album by German rock band
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 ...
, released in 1981. It marks a return to heavy metal, coinciding with the regained popularity of the genre with the
NWOBHM
The new wave of British heavy metal (often abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that began in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. Editor Alan Lewis coined the term for an arti ...
movement.
Track listing
Personnel
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John Lawton – lead vocals
* Peter Hesslein – lead guitars, backing vocals
* Peter Hecht – keyboards
* Dieter Horns – bass
* Herbert Bornhold – drums
External links
''Mean Machine'' review & credits at AllMusic.com''Mean Machine'' at Discogs.com
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1981 albums
Lucifer's Friend albums
Elektra Records albums
Vertigo Records albums