Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend is a German hard 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 metal and progressive rock; they also incorporated elements of jazz and fusion into their music, especially in their fourth album Banquet of 1974. Beyond heavy metal, the band has been cited, too, as one of the pioneers of doom metal, helping to define both genres due to their heavy sound and dark oriented lyrics of their debut Lucifer's Friend of 1970, and returning to their roots in 1981 with Mean Machine, although more influenced by speed metal.

Members
Past members
 * John Lawton - vocals (1968-1976, 1981-1982, 1994, 2014–present)
 * Peter Hesslein - guitar (1968-1982, 1994, 2014–present)
 * Dieter Horns - bass (1968-1982, 2014–present)
 * Jogi Wichmann - keyboards (1994, 2015–present)
 * Stephan Eggert - drums (2014–present)
 * Joachim "Addi" Rietenbach † - drums (1968-1974)
 * Peter Hecht - keyboards (1968-1982)
 * Herbert Bornhold - drums (1974-1982)
 * Ian Cussick - vocals (1976-1977)
 * Mike Starrs - vocals (1977-1981)
 * Adrian Askew - keyboards (1980-1982)
 * Curt Cress - drums (1994)
 * Andreas Dicke - bass (1994)
 * Udo Dahmen - drums (1994)

Lucifer's Friend albums
As Lucifer's Friend II
 * Lucifer's Friend (self-titled, 1970)
 * Where the Groupies Killed the Blues (1972)
 * I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer (1973)
 * Banquet (1974)
 * Mind Exploding (1976)
 * The Devil's Touch (1976) (1970–1976 Compilation)
 * Good Time Warrior (1978)
 * Rock Heavies: Lucifer's Friend (1980) (1970–1976 Compilation)
 * Sneak Me In (1980)
 * Mean Machine (1981)
 * Awakening (2015) (Compilation + new songs)
 * Live @ Sweden Rock 2015 (2016)
 * Too Late To Hate (2016)
 * Black Moon (2019)
 * Sumogrip (1994)

Side projects and related bands
German Bonds (Includes Peter Hecht on keyboards and Dieter Horns on bass) Bokaj Retsiem (Includes Peter Hecht on keyboards and Dieter Horns on bass) Hell Preachers Inc. (Includes future Lucifer's Friend members, except John Lawton) Brother T & Family (Includes future Lucifer's Friend members, except John Lawton) Electric Food (singer George Mavros backed by Lucifer's Friend members, without John Lawton) Asterix Pink Mice (Includes all original Lucifer's Friend members, except John Lawton) Hepp, Hahn and Huhn (Includes Peter Hecht on keyboards and Dieter Horns on bass) Okko Becker (Includes Peter Hesslein on guitars) Propeller (Includes Peter Hesslein on guitars) Frankie Dymon (Includes Peter Hecht on keyboards) The Rattles (Includes Herbert Bornhold on drums) David Frank Selection (Includes Peter Hesslein on guitars) John Lawton (Includes all original Lucifer's Friend members)
 * Sonata Facile b/w So Mystifying (1965)
 * We are Out of Sight b/w Sing Hallelujah (1966)
 * Skinny Eleonore b/w Birthday is Today (1969)
 * Psychedelic Underground (1968)
 * Supreme Psychedelic Underground (1968)
 * Drillin' of the Rock (1970)
 * Electric Food (Electric Food album, 1970)
 * Flash (Electric Food album, 1970)
 * "Everybody"' (single, lead vocals George Mavros, pre-John Lawton)
 * Asterix (album, 1970, includes all future Lucifer's Friend members, plus Toni Cavanagh)
 * In Action (1971)
 * In Synthesized Sound (1971)
 * Alive and Goodnight (1971)
 * Sitar and Electronics (1971)
 * Let Us Live Together (1971)
 * Let it Out (1971)
 * The Witch (1972)
 * Blues & Electronics (1972)
 * Heartbeat (John Lawton solo album, 1980)