NOT FRAGILE - GERMANY

21st Century Ballroom – 2001 – Hellion
Time To Wonder – 2005 - Hellion
Scratch The Surface – 2007 - Hellion
Shout To The Master – 2013 - Hellion

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Members
Vocals
TORSTEN BUCZKO

Guitar
TORSTEN BUCZKO - Vice Versa, Evolution>>MARC TRINKHAUS>>Evolution


Bass
Mania, Mad Alien, Maison, Iron Angel>>DIDY MACKEL>>Iron Angel

Drum
Markus Köhn - Spicey Virgin, Dream Warriors, Drag, Recklezz, Mortox, Skullcrusher, Dezibel Zero>>Matthias Messfeldt>>Wolfgard, Black Hawk – MP, Entry, Jump>>MICHAEL LINK





History & Biography
The power metal band was founded by the then-13-year-olds Torsten Buczko, Arnd Stronkowski (guitars) and Matthias Belter (bass) in Hamburg, West Germany in the summer of 1980. The BTO album from the ‘70s inspired the band’s name.

There was a 1981 demo and the band began playing live in northern Germany. Belter left, but returned in 1984. The band issued a demo called Big Brother Is Watching You in late 1983/early 1984. The group contributed to a compilation called Break Out - German Metal Tracks No. 1 on D&S Recording. A demo called Made Of Metal followed in 1985. Arnd Stronkowski left and was to join Bleedfort. The band had a MLP called Who Dares Wins in 1988. This was issued by Metalother Records, which the band would claim later had ripped it off. Then there was Lost In A Dream. With no deal in the bag, the band issued a demo called Hard To Be Alive in 1992. This was recorded in 1989, which makes sense as the members had thrown in the towel in 1990. The band issued some old music and called it Lost In A Dream in 1993 nevertheless. The band persisted and issued a full-length called The Return in 1995. It referred to the classic reformation, which occurred in 1994.

Markus Köhn quit in December 2001. Matthias Meßfeldt replaced him. The act appeared at Rock Am Haff and had its song Blood On The land included in the soundtrack for the horror film, Nikos-The Impaler in 2003. Matthias left due to personal differences in December 2003 however. Rage drummer Mike Terrana sessioned for the band in 2004. Michael Link (ex-drummer of Van Halen cover band Jump) became the permanent drummer. Another five years passed and Hellion Records worked with the band again. The band had a split single with Blazing Guns of Sweden called In The Sign Of The Aces in 2005, but not much was transpiring. Still, there were concerts with Slutfreax and the band appeared on stage as the opener for Exciter. So the band issued another CD on Hellion. Who Dares Wins was a 2009 sampler and a re-release with old tracks and cover versions. A 2013 full-length appeared in 2013 and the band unofficially split up again.


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