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Infobox musical artist | | name = Kingdom Come| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| origin = United States Germany | genre = Hard rock , Heavy metal music|heavy metal , glam metal , blues-rock | years_active = 1987& ndash;present| label = Polygram , Frontiers Records|Frontiers , CD-Maximum| associated_acts = Stone Fury, Ayreon | website = http://kingdomcome.de| current_members = LennyWolf Eric Förster Frank Binke Nader Rahy | past_members = Danny Stag Rick Steier Johnny B. Frank James Kottak Carsten Klick Yenz Leonhardt Mirko Schaffer Hendrik Thiesbrummel Kingdom Come is a hard rock band fronted by Hamburg -born vocalist LennyWolf . The group's first album, Kingdom Come (Kingdom Come album)|Kingdom Come was that band's only international hit. It currently consists of an entirely German line-up.
History
The group was formed in 1987 after the breakup of Wolf's moderately successful rock project Stone Fury. Wolf recruited Pittsburgh -based lead guitarist Danny Stag , Louisville, Kentucky|Louisvillians Rick Steier (guitar) and James Kottak (drums) and Northern California n Johnny B. Frank (Kenny Brewer) on bass. Stag and Frank had previously been members of the bands WWIII http://www.sleazeroxx.com/bands/wwiii/wwiii.shtml SleazeRoxx site for WWIII info and Population 5. http://www.musicmight.com/artist/usa/los+angeles/population+5 Brief Population 5 infoKingdom Come marked the first band where Wolf sang without playing guitar. The frontman later admitted that, for a while, it was a very awkward adjustment.
In 1988, the band released its debut LP, Kingdom Come (Kingdom Come album)|Kingdom Come . The band's first single, "Get It On," was a big enough hit on Album-oriented rock|AOR stations that the band's eponymous debut went gold album|gold . Their second single/video for the power ballad "What Love Can Be" received much airplay on US radio and MTV. By the time the single/video "Loving You" was released, the album had sold to platinum album|platinum status in the United States, Germany and Canada, among other music markets. The band was chosen to open for the North American Monsters of Rock tour in 1988, supporting Dokken , Scorpions (band)|Scorpions , Metallica and Van Halen .cite book | first= John | last= Tobler | year= 1992 | title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years | edition= 1st | publisher= Reed International Books Ltd | location= London | page= 447 | id= CN 5585 Following that, they were tapped to support the Scorpions on their North American "Savage Amusement" tour, until they were forced off. (According to Stag, LennyWolf found the stage ramps reserved for the Scorpions' set irresistible. After several reprimands from The Scorpions' management, the singer continued to use the full stage and the band was asked to forfeit the rest of the tour. Coincidentally, Scorpions were also signed to PolyGram, though only in America.)
Quickly, the band was directed by management and Polygram to get a new recording available. In 1989, Kingdom Come released their next LP, called In Your Face (Kingdom Come album)|In Your Face . However, the subsequent backlash against the band's perceived appropriation of a similar Led Zeppelin sound (earning them the derisive moniker of "Kingdom Clone") hurt their commercial appeal, and after the band's second album failed to sell well, all members other than Wolf quit the group.
Stag went back to Pittsburgh and immersed himself in blues and classic rock projects as well as releasing an instructional video. Steier and Kottak went back to Kentucky and assembled the short-lived Wild Horses (American rock band)|Wild Horses , who released an album on Atlantic Records . Both would later resurface in Warrant (American band)|Warrant . James Kottak did not go unnoticed by the Scorpions (band)|Scorpions and eventually earned a place as their permanent drummer. Frank (Ken Brewer) has kept a very low profile for the last several years in the Sacramento area as a contractor and manager. With a new lineup, Kingdom Come managed one more international release on Polygram, an album entitled Hands of Time in 1991, co-writing with harpist/songwriter Carol Tatum (Angels Of Venice), which was recorded by with several session guitarists and drummers, including future Poison (band)|Poison guitarist Blues Saraceno , and former Dancer drummer Bam Bamm Shibley , with LennyWolf himself playing the bass. By 1993, Wolf had returned to Germany to regroup. With a new, mostly German lineup, Kingdom Come remains active with several subsequent releases and tours in Europe under their collective belt.
Comparisons with Led Zeppelin
The musical style on Kingdom Come's debut album was very close to the early blues-rock style of English rock band Led Zeppelin , to the point that some listeners initially thought that Kingdom Come was actually a Led Zeppelin reunion.Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4686/biography|pure_url=yes allmusic.com bio With a sound that was thought by many to be highly derivative of Led Zeppelin's, there was a backlash from critics, with the band being dubbed "Kingdom Clone" in the press. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kingdomcome Rolling Stone
Led Zeppelin's guitarist and producer Jimmy Page himself commented in 1988:
"Obviously it can get to the point where it gets past being a compliment, and it can be rather annoying, when you've got things like Kingdom Come, actually ripping riffs right off, that's a different thing altogether."Paul Du Noyer, “Who the hell does Jimmy Page think he is? ”, Q (magazine)|Q magazine, August 1988, p. 6.
Band members
Current members
LennyWolf -- lead vocals, bass, guitar (1987& ndash;present)
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kingdom Come
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Singles
Year
Single
Chart positions
US Hot 100
US Main Rock
UK
1988
" What Love Can Be "
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26
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"Living Out of Touch"
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27
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" Get It On (Kingdom Come song)
69
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75
1989
"Who Do You Love"
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37
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"Do You Like It"
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21
73
"Overrated"
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References
Reflist
External links
http://www.lennywolf.com/ Kingdom Come – Official website
http://fullinbloom.com/kingdomcome_lennywolf.html Historical Interview with Lenny Wolf
http://www.myspace.com/lennywolf on MySpace
http://www.kingdomcome.ru Kingdom Come Unofficial website
http://www.kingdomcome.info Tribute to Kingdom Come
http://www.mcapozzolijr.com/kingdomcome.html Band Interview about the release of the In Your Face album, 1989
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