HIGH TENSION - GERMANY

Warrior - 1984 - Hot Blood
Under Tension - 1986 - Hot Blood
Masters Of Madness - 1988 - Hot Blood
4 – 1994 - Musicolor
Meanstreak – 2008 - Scream

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Members
Vocals
ARMIN WEISSHAAR

Guitar
ARMIN WEISSHAAR - Thomas Dierstein


Bass
JOE WEISSHAAR

Drum
Dirk Beermann - Marco Roth – Harald Rapp





History & Biography
Germany's High Tension was a hard rock band which was formed in 1979. Drummer Dirk Beermann was replaced by the Swiss Marco Roth following the release of Under Tension. The media reported that guitarist Thomas Dierstein was involved in a car accident in 1989 which put the band in hiatus indefinitely. The band had toured with Nazareth in the past. High Tension (self-titled) was a 1993 re-release of Masters Of Madness through LaserLight.

LaserlightKDC Records issued a 'best of' sampler in 2004. The band can also be heard on several German compilation LPs. Another sampler was The High Tension Legacy in 2007.

Scream Records of Germany unearthed a decade-old recording and issued it as Meanstreak in 2008. Rapp was on drums.


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