Mind Exploding is the fifth album by German
hard 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 m ...
. This album marks the point where they returned to a more hard rock oriented style with less of a progressive rock sound. It is more or less the missing link between ''
I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer
''I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer'' is the third album released by progressive 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 Ho ...
'' (1973) and ''
Banquet'' (1974); with the hard rock driven sound of the former, it still has the occasional horn section and progressiveness of the latter. This is the last album with
John Lawton on vocals before he joined
Uriah Heep Uriah Heep may refer to:
* Uriah Heep (character), a character in the Charles Dickens novel ''David Copperfield''
*Uriah Heep (band), a British rock band active since 1969
*''Uriah Heep Live
''Uriah Heep Live'' is a double live album by Britis ...
. Lawton returned to Lucifer's Friend in 1981 to record the ''
Mean Machine'' album.
Track listing
Personnel
*
John Lawton – lead vocals
* Peter Hesslein – lead guitars, vocals
* Peter Hecht – keyboards
* Dieter Horns – bass guitar, vocals
* Curt Cress – drums
References
External links
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1976 albums
Lucifer's Friend albums