The origin of the Australian based Christian metal outfit Lightforce can be traced back to the mid-eighties to the garage bands, Rugged Cross, Axis and King’s Image, that featured a talented bass guitarist by the name of Steve Rowe. Rowe did not put together the first official line up of Lightforce until 1985, but the band disbanded a year later after playing only one show and recording a two song self-titled demo tape. Undaunted, in 1987 Rowe joined forces with drummer Errol Willemburg, vocalist Steve Johnson and guitarist Cameron Hall to form the second incarnation of Lightforce, an 80’s influenced heavy metal outfit that won the Melbourne Heavy Metal battle of the bands competition in addition to releasing a critically acclaimed seven song cassette entitled 'Battlezone'. After Murray Adams replaced Cameron Hall on guitar in 1988, Lightforce went on to record its Pure Metal Records debut 'Mystical Thieves' a year later and proceeded to tour extensively, landing support tours with well known Christian metal acts such as Stryper, White Cross and Leviticus.
Members
Steve Johnson (vocals/keyboards), Murray Adams (guitar), Steve Rowe (bass), Errol Willemburg (drums), Phadrah Hirschfield (vocals), Chris Miller (guitar), Cameron Hall (guitar), Jayson Sherlock (drums), Rohan McDowell (drums)
References
http://www.angelicwarlord.com/reviews/l/lightforce89.html
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