Sometimes,
true friendship really stands the test of time – even in the ever changing
music business. When singer Tommy Heart and guitarist Chris Lyne first met in
1986, a substantial dream team was born. Their first common band was called
HEARTLYNE which caused a lot of attention in Germany’s Metal scene during the
middle of the 80’s. Singer Tommy Heart though decided to move on, and after
recording with V2 and ZENO, he in 1990 co-founded Hanover based Melodic Rockers
FAIR WARNING which HEART so far has recorded five extremely successful albums
with and received various Golden Records for selling more than 500.000 units up
to today. Stardom in Japan followed and raised a lot of mystery about this
German band and their charismatic singer beeing so successful abroad. One of
their secrets undoubtfully is Heart’s unique, outstanding voice and his
immense, powerful vocal range which took their truly outstanding compositions
onto the highest possible level. As a logic result, Heart went out on the road
with some of the finest musicians of acknowledged acts such as RAINBOW, THE
SCORPIONS, MSG, GIANT, SAGA, C.C.R., JIMMY BARNES &STATUS
QUO.
Allthrough
the years, Tommy Heart and Chris Lyne stayed in active contact and remained
close friends. At the end of the 90’s both musicians thought it was time to
write a couple of new songs together which in 1999 built the foundation of
starting their new band SOUL DOCTOR. Their unique sound perfectly reflects
Heart’s and Lyne’s collective passion for classic Hard Rock and influences
from bands such as British legends LED ZEPPELIN, THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE and BAD
COMPANY as well as from various US bands of the genre – which especially stand
out when having an in-depth listen to Lyne’s American and English influenced
guitar style. Two highly successful albums, “Soul Doctor” (2001) and
“Systems Go Wild” (2002), were followed by even more successful touring
together with KINGDOM COME, DIO, AXEL RUDI PELL and ALICE COOPER plus single
headlining gigs in Europe and Japan both which established the band as one of
the finest and most powerful live acts of today. After some line-up changes and
having former HEARTLYNE/ SKEW SISKIN bassist Jogy Rautenberg joining the band as
new, full-time member, SOUL DOCTOR pulled out their 3rd album “For
A Fistful Of Dollars” in late 2005. Shortly after this release, one of
Germany’s finest drummers, Michael Wolpers, became a member of the Berlin
based band. Once again, this album received best feedback from the press and
resulted in touring as headlining band in Italy and Spain as well as in some
successful live gigs together with MAGNUM singer BOB CATLEY in 2006.
These
changes in various ways marked a new start for SOUL DOCTOR which resulted in a
new multi-album record deal for Europe with Germany based label Metal Heaven.
The band hit the studio in December 2006 to start the recordings of their yet
untitled 4th album which is due for release in September 2007. In the
meantime, singer Tommy Heart was voted as 3 best vocalist of 2006 by the
reader’s of Japan’s leading Metal magazine Burrn! – another perfect
reassurance of his great talent!
Forced by
the great support of fans, press, friends and their new label alike, the
recording and writing sessions for this record marked SOUL DOCTOR’s next step
onto the next musical level.
SOUL
DOCTOR have been invited to perform at three of Europe’s leading Hard Rock
festivals in 2007 – Sweden Rock, Firefest & United Forces Of Rock –
where they undoubtfully corroborated their status as one of the finest bands of
the genre of today. This is also proven with the release of the first live
document of the band: "That's Live" which will be released on June
27th, 2008 in Europe via Metal Heaven and be available as 2-CD limited edition.
Sometimes,
true friendship really stands the test of time – even in the ever changing
music business. When singer Tommy Heart and guitarist Chris Lyne first met in
1986, a substantial dream team was born. Their first common band was called
HEARTLYNE which caused a lot of attention in Germany’s Metal scene during the
middle of the 80’s. Singer Tommy Heart though decided to move on, and after
recording with V2 and ZENO, he in 1990 co-founded Hanover based Melodic Rockers
FAIR WARNING which HEART so far has recorded five extremely successful albums
with and received various Golden Records for selling more than 500.000 units up
to today. Stardom in Japan followed and raised a lot of mystery about this
German band and their charismatic singer beeing so successful abroad. One of
their secrets undoubtfully is Heart’s unique, outstanding voice and his
immense, powerful vocal range which took their truly outstanding compositions
onto the highest possible level. As a logic result, Heart went out on the road
with some of the finest musicians of acknowledged acts such as RAINBOW, THE
SCORPIONS, MSG, GIANT, SAGA, C.C.R., JIMMY BARNES &STATUS
QUO.
Allthrough
the years, Tommy Heart and Chris Lyne stayed in active contact and remained
close friends. At the end of the 90’s both musicians thought it was time to
write a couple of new songs together which in 1999 built the foundation of
starting their new band SOUL DOCTOR. Their unique sound perfectly reflects
Heart’s and Lyne’s collective passion for classic Hard Rock and influences
from bands such as British legends LED ZEPPELIN, THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE and BAD
COMPANY as well as from various US bands of the genre – which especially stand
out when having an in-depth listen to Lyne’s American and English influenced
guitar style. Two highly successful albums, “Soul Doctor” (2001) and
“Systems Go Wild” (2002), were followed by even more successful touring
together with KINGDOM COME, DIO, AXEL RUDI PELL and ALICE COOPER plus single
headlining gigs in Europe and Japan both which established the band as one of
the finest and most powerful live acts of today. After some line-up changes and
having former HEARTLYNE/ SKEW SISKIN bassist Jogy Rautenberg joining the band as
new, full-time member, SOUL DOCTOR pulled out their 3rd album “For
A Fistful Of Dollars” in late 2005. Shortly after this release, one of
Germany’s finest drummers, Michael Wolpers, became a member of the Berlin
based band. Once again, this album received best feedback from the press and
resulted in touring as headlining band in Italy and Spain as well as in some
successful live gigs together with MAGNUM singer BOB CATLEY in 2006.
These
changes in various ways marked a new start for SOUL DOCTOR which resulted in a
new multi-album record deal for Europe with Germany based label Metal Heaven.
The band hit the studio in December 2006 to start the recordings of their yet
untitled 4th album which is due for release in September 2007. In the
meantime, singer Tommy Heart was voted as 3 best vocalist of 2006 by the
reader’s of Japan’s leading Metal magazine Burrn! – another perfect
reassurance of his great talent!
Forced by
the great support of fans, press, friends and their new label alike, the
recording and writing sessions for this record marked SOUL DOCTOR’s next step
onto the next musical level.
SOUL
DOCTOR have been invited to perform at three of Europe’s leading Hard Rock
festivals in 2007 – Sweden Rock, Firefest & United Forces Of Rock –
where they undoubtfully corroborated their status as one of the finest bands of
the genre of today. This is also proven with the release of the first live
document of the band: "That's Live" which will be released on June
27th, 2008 in Europe via Metal Heaven and be available as 2-CD limited edition.
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