Kingdom Come

Genres:	Heavy Metal
Decades Active:	1980s, 1990s
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Biography

German vocalist Lenny Wolf fronted the Led Zeppelin-inspired Stone Fury, who released two average albums in the mid-80s. After they disbanded he returned to Germany and had a rethink. He moved back to America in 1987 with a new plan and found like-minded musicians Danny Stag (guitar), Rick Steier (guitar), Johnny Frank (bass) and James Kottak (drums). He then took his idea to ex-Gentle Giant vocalist Derek Shulman, now working in A&R, who ensured that the new band signed to Polydor Records. Their 1988 album revealed Wolf's great plan: the band had not so much been influenced by, but had totally reproduced Led Zeppelin, from the drum sound of John Bonham to the vocals of Robert Plant. It was a complete facsimile, yet such was the interest in America that the album went gold on advance orders alone. The rock world soon fell into two factions - those who hated it and those who did not. Of their detractors, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones made less than flattering...

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