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Lucifer's Friend
- Country of origin:
- Germany
- Location:
- Hamburg
- Status:
- Split-up
- Formed in:
- 1970
- Genre:
- Progressive/Hard Rock/Heavy Metal
- Themes:
- History, Love, Rock 'n' Roll, Society
- Last label:
- Cherry Red Records
- Years active:
- 1968-1970 (as Asterix), 1970-1982, 1994-1997 (as Lucifer's Friend II), 2014-2021
| Last known | |
| Peter Hesslein | Guitars (1970-1982, 1994-1997, 2014-2021) |
| See also: Peter Hesslein, ex-Asterix, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-David Frank Selection, ex-Electric Food, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-John Lawton, ex-Okko Becker, ex-Propeller (Deu), ex-The Pink Mice | |
| John Lawton | Vocals (1970-1977, 1981-1982, 1994-1997, 2014-2021) |
| (R.I.P. 2021) See also: ex-Zar, ex-Asterix, ex-GunHill, ex-John Lawton, ex-Jon Petersen & Skyliner, ex-Les Humphries Singers, ex-Rebel, ex-Stonewall, ex-Sweet Mama, ex-The Deans, ex-Uriah Heep, ex-West One | |
| Jogi Wichmann | Keyboards (1994-1997, 2014-2021) |
| Markus H. Fellenberg | Drums (2019-2021) |
| Past | |
| Karl-Hermann Lüer (R.I.P. 2014) | Bass-clarinet, Flute, Violin, Saxophone (soprano, tenor & baritone) (1976) |
| Dieter Horns | Bass (1970-1982, 2014-2020) |
| (R.I.P. 2020) See also: ex-Asterix, ex-Bokaj Retsiem, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-Electric Food, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-Hepp, Hahn and Huhn, ex-John Lawton, ex-The Pink Mice | |
| Joachim Rietenbach | Drums (1970-1974) |
| (R.I.P. 1974) See also: ex-Asterix, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-Electric Food, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-John Lawton, ex-The Pink Mice | |
| Peter Hecht | Keyboards (1970-1982) |
| See also: ex-Asterix, ex-Bokaj Retsiem, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-Electric Food, ex-Frankie Dymon, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-Hepp, Hahn and Huhn, ex-John Lawton, ex-The Pink Mice | |
| Herbert Bornhold | Drums (1974-1976, 1977-1982) |
| See also: ex-James Last Orchestra, ex-The Rattles | |
| Curt Cress | Drums (1976-1977, 1994-1997) |
| See also: ex-Scorpions | |
| Mike Starrs | Vocals (1977-1981) |
| See also: ex-Colosseum II, ex-Lake, ex-Mike Starrs, ex-Tone Band | |
| Adrian Askew | Keyboards (1980-1982) |
| See also: ex-Achim Reichel, ex-Atlantis, ex-Inga Rumpf, ex-Jan Ten Hoopen, ex-Lake, ex-Luisa Fernandez, ex-Mario Hené, ex-Michels, ex-Neil Landon Band, ex-Rudolf Rock & Die Schocker, ex-Ted Herold, ex-The Hamburg Blues Band, ex-Tone Band, ex-Vic Abram | |
| Andreas Dicke | Bass (1994) |
| Stephan Eggert | Drums (2014-2019) |
| Past (Live) | |
| Andreas Dicke | Bass (1981-1982) |
| Peter Hesslein | Guitars (1970-1982, 1994-1997, 2014-2021) |
| See also: Peter Hesslein, ex-Asterix, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-David Frank Selection, ex-Electric Food, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-John Lawton, ex-Okko Becker, ex-Propeller (Deu), ex-The Pink Mice | |
| John Lawton | Vocals (1970-1977, 1981-1982, 1994-1997, 2014-2021) |
| (R.I.P. 2021) See also: ex-Zar, ex-Asterix, ex-GunHill, ex-John Lawton, ex-Jon Petersen & Skyliner, ex-Les Humphries Singers, ex-Rebel, ex-Stonewall, ex-Sweet Mama, ex-The Deans, ex-Uriah Heep, ex-West One | |
| Jogi Wichmann | Keyboards (1994-1997, 2014-2021) |
| Markus H. Fellenberg | Drums (2019-2021) |
| Karl-Hermann Lüer (R.I.P. 2014) | Bass-clarinet, Flute, Violin, Saxophone (soprano, tenor & baritone) (1976) |
| Dieter Horns | Bass (1970-1982, 2014-2020) |
| (R.I.P. 2020) See also: ex-Asterix, ex-Bokaj Retsiem, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-Electric Food, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-Hepp, Hahn and Huhn, ex-John Lawton, ex-The Pink Mice | |
| Joachim Rietenbach | Drums (1970-1974) |
| (R.I.P. 1974) See also: ex-Asterix, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-Electric Food, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-John Lawton, ex-The Pink Mice | |
| Peter Hecht | Keyboards (1970-1982) |
| See also: ex-Asterix, ex-Bokaj Retsiem, ex-Brother T & Family, ex-Electric Food, ex-Frankie Dymon, ex-German Bonds, ex-Hell Preachers Inc., ex-Hepp, Hahn and Huhn, ex-John Lawton, ex-The Pink Mice | |
| Herbert Bornhold | Drums (1974-1976, 1977-1982) |
| See also: ex-James Last Orchestra, ex-The Rattles | |
| Curt Cress | Drums (1976-1977, 1994-1997) |
| See also: ex-Scorpions | |
| Mike Starrs | Vocals (1977-1981) |
| See also: ex-Colosseum II, ex-Lake, ex-Mike Starrs, ex-Tone Band | |
| Adrian Askew | Keyboards (1980-1982) |
| See also: ex-Achim Reichel, ex-Atlantis, ex-Inga Rumpf, ex-Jan Ten Hoopen, ex-Lake, ex-Luisa Fernandez, ex-Mario Hené, ex-Michels, ex-Neil Landon Band, ex-Rudolf Rock & Die Schocker, ex-Ted Herold, ex-The Hamburg Blues Band, ex-Tone Band, ex-Vic Abram | |
| Andreas Dicke | Bass (1994) |
| Stephan Eggert | Drums (2014-2019) |
| Past | |
| Andreas Dicke | Bass (1981-1982) |
Although Lucifer's Friend played a lot of musical styles during their career including hard rock, soul, funk rock, jazz fusion, AOR and progressive rock, they also ventured into early heavy metal on their 1970 self-titled debut as well as some of their early '80s material.
Originally the band was called Asterix and released a self-titled ...