Lucifer's Friend - Lucifer's Friend

[MrGene2666]

anybody know where I can get a copy of this on CD.Had the record long ago.

[gombagod]

The little bald guy looks like uncle Fester from The Adams Family. If anyone has already said that in the comment section feel free to kick me in the nads.

[sinbysin666]

@gombagod I'm gonna kick you in the nads, for not also pointing out that the other guy looks like Lurch.

[gombagod]

@sinbysin666 *Hands out stilleto high heels* Whenever you're ready.

[theSavageHippie]

it's a shame that this was their only good record

[BenjamminClark]

@theSavageHippie Their next 4 or so records are still amazingly good, just very different tastes.

[jeves02]

Fuck yeah..

[patitofeo691000]

aint nothing but a couple of guys w cronic on their sys n a couple of weeks of l,ife time...?

[santanaincubus]

Man that bass is hard

[Staggerbaroque]

This band came out of Germany in the early 1970s. "Ride the Sky" surface briefly on the FM dial alongside other second tier bands like Savoy Brown, Spooky Tooth and Hookfoot. Great stuff.

[Niles9382]

Джон Лавтон Лучший!!!!!!

[Simpson654]

Now, when was this band really made? It's too good to be true for all of us early metal maniacs?

[Anirml]

Also Check out the band called Jericho Jones if you like this =D

[badanarama]

How does everyone not know this band. I just discovered them. The first new (to me) music that I've found inspiring for a while. These first two albums are bad ass.

[downyourtube]

Look at my "father of lies" video and learn the truth of crop circles.

[RAIDERS1473]

Darkness made beautiful. It does not get better than this.

[ayianapia]

Great song !

[aleisterktk]

Ride The Sky... Fuckin' puts Uriah Heep; Grand Funk; This even threatenns Sabbath -This guitar player fuckin' smokes!!! These bastards rock. Flat Out. Love 'em,

[30vaggos]

Very dark.........

[lordneon22]

Just got this tip.. I guess I need to listen some more :p

[cubertio]

holy shit first day hearing this - found these guys after listening to budgies first 3 releases - ty

[79tazman]

This stuff rocks

[pignugent]

Singer kind of reminds me of a mix between Robert Plant and Ronnie James Dio. Probably the best singer combination I have ever heard.

[Krautrock007]

@pignugent

Because it's John Lawton who was at this time also a singer in the German gospel band Les Humphries Singer. Later he was the singer of Uriah Heep (1976–1979) and Gunhill.

[eulenspygel1917]

Rock can't get much better than this,the vocals remind me the singer of Quatermass

John Gustafson

[masterzombie161]

i heard this band when i was like 13 and it changed te way i look at music.

[overlordmusic]

these guys are amazing, a mix of Arthur Brown,Purple, and Vocals similar to Dio,Gillan, and Arthur Brown. I gotta get these guys cds, records whatever does anyone know how to get ahold of their stuff?

[yarborg1]

very cool stomp919but can you rip a whiffer n electric wine?

[aligatorsandwitch72]

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SHIT!!

[yarborg1]

this drags my nuts on pavement,heavy dung

[Cryptorchild92]

MESMERIZING SHIT!!!!....Absofuckinglutley brilliant!!!....

[mzfreckleface]

I'm 23 and I feel this band is so underrated! Love the set of pipes this guy has! And love the fact he was the lead singer for Uriah Heep too!! This band kicks major ass. Their CD's were a bit pricey, but well worth it!!!! I

[silentzombie161]

metal or any kind of rock now our days is not how it used to be, i think when it comes down to it, this is timeless and definite of metal and rock.

[ZeppFloydSabbath]

How have I not heard this before??!??

[MillyVanillification]

The guys from the James Last Band are playing here with J. Lawton :)

[FvckIran]

Never heard of these guys until 5 minutes ago...impressive...I wanna hear more.

[sallie420]

@FvckIran just happened to me now.

[yarekhunt]

after this song I'm going to Record Stop and buying this!....I gotta have this!

[stomp919]

@yarekhunt Did you buy the CD yet? Let me know how ya like it. I have the CD and the LP radio and review copy on Billingsgate records. Billingsgate Records logo has a guy kicking this fat wierd looking thing in the ass! This album is MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[Moa991]

Deep Purple...like a more evil version of deep purple. With Dio singing

[gwxk]

I don't know who's more evil looking; the tall guy with the hat or the little bald guy. They look like they're up to no good.

[makemap]

@gwxk Looks like something out of the Frankenstein movies, you got this bald short guy and the mad scientist.

[AlexXxtestify]

sounds like an evil led zeppelin

[hermygagala]

@AlexXxtestify But much better!!! In my opinion anyway!!!

[DivinityOfDoom]

and electric wizard are some of my favorites.

[DivinityOfDoom]

Metal that was built around the Blues is pretty much classified as Traditional Doom Metal, then you get into the more Black Metal sounding Funeral Doom Metal which also has the same Blues foundation... Then if your a fan of Death Metal there is Death Doom Metal which is basically really slow Death Metal, and it's totally fucking bad ass. I have to thank Black Sabbath and Blue Cheer for inspiring these genres and Ozzy personally for adding his darker elements. Pentagram, Witchcraft, Candlemass,

[Moa991]

@DivinityOfDoom

Your right. especially as a lot of those early trad doom bands like pentagram sound nearly exactly like black sabbath

[sirlovemehard]

Wrong... Sabbath was built around the blues... Most metal isn't built around the blues so extremely like Sabbath is, was... Metal has come a very long way since Sabbath, leaps and bounds as a matter of fact... Today, IMO, most Metal is focused more around jazz, IMO... V OIVOD !!! Now thats a band !!!

[yarekhunt]

@sirlovemehard Very true...Voivod is 1 ass kicking band....but Sabbath Also used alot of Jazz oriented riffs..i.e. the acoustic riff @ the end of symptom of the universe...juniors eyes(eventhough their 2 final Ozzy albums were not very metal they were very jazz oriented)

[yarekhunt]

@sirlovemehard Very true...Voivod is 1 ass kicking band....but Sabbath Also used alot of Jazz oriented riffs..i.e. the acoustic riff @ the end of symptom of the universe...juniors eyes(eventhough their 2 final Ozzy albums were not very metal they were very jazz oriented)..: )

[mathewdug]

@yarekhunt well said

[andreasremoundos80]

This intro kinda reminds me the intro of 2112-Rush!!

[mathewdug]

why did they never make it big? their name? 

[santyrush]

realmente fantasticos. un album muy bueno titulado The Devil's Touch (1976) (1970-1976 Compilation) lo mejor a mi gusto personal.

[yamahaboy131]

sounds alot like zepplin i love theese guys!

[boardskins]

This is more in line with Deep Purple than Black Sabbath.

Sabbath built riffs around the tritone, a musical interval that spans three whole tones. The tritone, sometimes known as the "Diabolus in Musica", which translates as "The Devil in Music". Because of that original symbolic association with the devil and its avoidance, this interval came to be heard in Western cultural convention as suggesting an "evil" connotative meaning in music.

[FiskFan72]

This was my favorite Pre Sabbath.

[mikexlong]

@FiskFan72 actually Sabbath came first.

[surgedjdnb]

@mikexlong yup!

[or200]

heavy bass playing

[riefi66]

@or200 ...and heavy organ playing! I love it.

[bkrbtlg08]

"Come take my hand...I'm Lucifer's friend"...now that's about as dark as the song Black Sabbath. Very awesome group!

[mikexlong]

@bkrbtlg08 nah, not nearly as eerie as anything Ozzy said in the song Black Sabbath, but an awesome song nonetheless.

[bkrbtlg08]

@mikexlong I agree with you...just think that part is eerie...and funny how both songs are titled after their name! But both awesome songs and groups!

[mikexlong]

@bkrbtlg08 agreed.

[Hysahbrid]

this is absolute sold prof that black sabbath wasn't one of the first metal bands. it definitly came from blues and phycodelic rock.

[proxima]

Use to get high to this in 1974 when I discovered the band

[GotMeUnderPressure]

oh and not forgetting juicy lucy and hawkwind

[GotMeUnderPressure]

@StingerNova there were heavy bands around before sabbath, sabbath just used their influences wisely, pink floyd ,cream and the groundhogs were coming out with some heavy technical guitar stuff prior to 1970, likewise with led zeppellin, most riffs from the first 2 albums are what page "borrowed" from guitarists he had toured with in the states prior to forming zeppelin

[yak45900]

Underground classic! Great early guitar/organ sludge. Lawton sounds fantastic. Every track on the album is strong.

[guinefort]

John Lawton sarebbe perfetto per sostituire Dio nei Black Sabbath.

[riefi66]

Best of LF!!

[SeagullsDiarrhea]

this some dark far out shit...

[ronstermaniac1]

Heavy and dark as hell! One of the best "unknown" bands during the early days of heavy metal. Criminally overlooked in recognition as one of the creators of heavy metal.

[mikexlong]

@ronstermaniac1 not too mention one of the best early prog bands.

[koolmike57]

Sabbath's sound and image directly influenced every and all metal that followed after their debut release on Friday the 13th of February 1970.

[SadisticAbductive]

no... there were plenty of bands before and around the time of black sabbath doing similar things. stop being a stupid fanboy.

[metallicmaiden]

@SadisticAbductive haha

[DennisRava]

du caralho!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrGiobyron]

grandissimi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SadisticAbductive]

Metal should not be directly credited to black sabbath. if you think it was just tony your an idiot.

[nimrodjoeTV]

WOW!! I just found this awesome band!

[thunderfingerbird]

Sorry for the lashing,my apologies!

[thunderfingerbird]

Apology accepted!

I love Sabbath! The greatest metal band of all time,bar none. The inovaters of metal, In my opinion.

[thunderfingerbird]

Dude,I don't know what the hell you read that make's you think that I was talking about Iommi,and Sab not being the start of metal! I do know this,If it was'nt for Ozzy,Tony,Geezer and Bill,there probably would'nt be "METAL" of any sort! Alot of todays metal band's have been inspired by Black Sabbath...And probably would'nt be around if was'nt for Sabbath! I was talking about the song Black Sabbath,by Coven! I think you owe me an apology,but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting on one!

[catolic2004]

anybody have the Mean Machine album? I would love to see some or all of those songs on you tube. Anybody? I cannot seem to find the CD for sale anywhere

[petesalomon71]

YES !ME!

[mathsci6]

Bought this album the week it came out - there was nothing like it. It was birthed in the time of Vietnam, Kent State, Isla Vista, urban riots, breakup of the Beatles, LBJ, and LSD. The world as we knew it was burning around us. Mind blowing for a 14 yr. old.

[melowanka]

poderosa banda!!

[stomp919]

In the year 4077 when someone asks what was one of the heaviest darkest lps ever recorded they will say Lucifers Friend. Released in the United States on Billingsgate records in 1973 I didnt discover this lp for another 5 years what a cryin shame. But its been on my turntable cd player ever since. I even made a copy of the first cds cover and put it on the back window of my car. Drove around for at least 6 years with lurch and the hooked man shooting evil grit rays at tailgaters and poseurs.

[rgrguitar54]

yea u r right, this album was recorded in Chicago!

[Zorack10]

I don't know about you but I bought mine in 1970 :)

[stomp919]

Yeah Zorack i think it was initally released on Philips in 1970. In 1970 i was 8 years old listening to The Monkees Three Dog Night and The Jackson Five lol i bought my first hard rock lp around 1972 it was Alice Cooper Killer.

[incaseofx]

@stomp919 fascinating

[snakeweirdo]

@stomp919 You mean in 2666

[stomp919]

@snakeweirdo sounds like a good date to me. its gettin closer

[wizardmansir]

@stomp919 i do agree!



[santyrush]

lastima que no este ahora esta banda !!!!!

[thunderfingerbird]

The seventies were the begenning of the metal era,live it,learn it,love it!

[pervertedmind]

witchcult coven came before the 70's.

[thunderfingerbird]

Were they metal? Or just satanic?

They don't sound very metal to me,but they might to you!

[pervertedmind]

One of the songs is called BLACK SABBATH.

[thunderfingerbird]

I know one of there songs are called Black Sabbath,but they still don't sound like metal to me. Like I said, they my sound metal to you,but thats your opinion!

They are pretty wild though, I like what they were doing and i do like to hear different stuff! Got any suggestions on somthing you might know about that I might not?

[pervertedmind]

No, you know everything.

[thunderfingerbird]

Don't be an asshole,I'm not trying to be one! But I can if you push me,you have your opinion and I have mine!

I was asking if you might know of any obscure bands,thats all.

Peace to you pervertedmind.

[mmasimo]

Stupenda ! Fantastic !

I am born in the 1984.

I have the cd album.

Many thanks for the track.

Bye from Italy.

Max.

[santyrush]

I like this band since 1980, I have 1st album, is fantastic.....sound I like too, a friend from Madrid Spain.

[LORDHATE76]

Yeah realy good lots of great Bands from those days.

[avion9785]

the coolest part of the song is that little cat's meow the guitarist does in the beginning, its subtle and sick!

[jhward21]

so many brain cells sacrificed to this album

[jhward21]

I have the album...these guys rocked when I did not know being rocked meant....

[jcdenton7]

The singer is John Lawton from before he was in Uriah Heep. This does remotely remind me of the craziness that Uriah Heep did live.

[GIMMEADOLLAR1]

I am now smarter, thank you good sir.

[GrandiLive]

Ronnie James Dio???  ihihih.....Fantastic Group!!!!

[toecutterr6]

I can play this on bass but can't get the tone just right.

[16penney]

Good stuff. The bass is heavy and very up front, just like Sabbath. Singer reminds me of a young Rob Halferd from Priest.

[Chris9Cole9Zero]

singer reminds me of Dio!!

[waylonbloodskull666]

these guys are fucking awsome, sounds like black sabbath if robert plant did the vocals

[fbendz]

I'm definitely gonna try to find some albums with this great band after hearing their songs here on Youtube. I'm a great fan of Uriah Heep and bought one album with Lucifer's Friend several years ago, but I guess it was from their later era because I didin't like it, but this is great!

[EviLisnotcool]

such a good song, but have to admit there best was ride the sky

[Nikolaii257]

The members of the band were excellent musicians. I can tell for I am one myself.I have been taking piano lessons and music theory since I was six.

Anyway, I wish someone would post some tunes from their "WHERE THE GROUPIES KILLED THE BLUES" lp. It came out in 1975, Satanic Year IX (Satan's Number and that of an ego because using simple math because it always returns to itself as #9, accoring to Anton LaVey). Both the pianist and the violinist could play like professionals they were.Thank you.

[rockyourfockingself]

The bass at the begining reminds me the "Ace of Spades"(Motorhead) riff.

[adelski68]

More similair to Atomic Rooster for my ears. Even Kansas,which was later.

So influential. The first time I have really listened to this group.

I listened to Warhorse years ago and May Blitz but this sounds much more advanced.

Thanks for the posting.

[Kent3003434]

they remind me of black sabath

[jowox]

great unknown band and song!

[krzy18]

Unknown? No child, they were well known "back in the day".

[SabbathMan8815]

This song has one of the best organ solos ever.

[Zorack10]

Best song on the whole album,been listening to this since 1970(both vinyl and cd). They was way way ahead of their time.

[noiseruption]

awesome!