HISTORY
Axel Rudi Pell’s career began
in 1980 with the band, Steeler, who sold
over 30,000 copies of their commercially most successful release,
Strike Back, and brought out their fourth and final album, Undercover
Animal, in 1988. In November of that year, Pell formed his own group
together with Jörg Deisinger (ex-Bonfire), drummer Jörg Michael,
bassist Thomas Smuszynski (ex-U.D.O.) and the American vocalist,
Charlie Huhn (Ted Nugent, Gary Moore, Victory). Their debut album, Wild
Obsessions, arrived at the stores one year later, followed by Nasty
Reputation, for whom Pell enlisted the American frontman, Rob Rock
(M.A.R.S, Impellitteri), who was replaced during the subsequent German
tour by former Malmsteen vocalist, Jeff Scott Soto. With Soto as a new
member, the third album, Eternal Prisoner (1992), was undeniable proof
that the band had found their own, unmistakable style. One year later,
Pell brought out The Ballads, an album featuring his most accomplished
rock ballads. With Between The Walls (1994) and the live recording,
Made In Germany, the guitarist from Bochum held on to his typical style
even in the post-grunge era. The subsequent Black Moon Pyramid (1996)
was the second Pell album in succession to make the German album
charts. 1997 saw the arrival of Pell’s eighth offering, Magic,
featuring a thematically consistent concept based on supernatural
stories. Magic also entered the charts, followed by Oceans Of Time, the
commercially most successful album at that time by the Axel Rudi Pell
band, and the continuation of Pell’s ballad concept (The Ballads II,
1999). Following the departure of Jeff Scott Soto, Pell enlisted
American vocalist Johnny Gioeli (ex-Hardline) for the production of
Oceans Of Time, The Ballads III and his 2000 release, Masquerade Ball.
His characteristic voice also enhanced the subsequent releases, Shadow
Zone (2002) and Kings & Queens (2004), as well as the highly
accomplished Mystica (2006) and the covers album, Diamonds Unlocked.
Tales Of The Crown (2008), the most recent studio recording by the ARP
Band, surprised with a number of innovations and made no. 41 of the
German album charts. The Crest is set to repeat this triumphal march.
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