Wild Frontier

Wild Frontier is a German melodic rock band from near Kassel. The name derives from the published 1987 LP Wild Frontier by Gary Moore from.

The band was founded in 1990 by Jens Walkenhorst (vocals, guitar), Mario Erdmann (bass), Markus Koch (keyboards) and Mark Linne (drums). With this line-up emerged in 1992 Tapes Rockstown City, Days of innocence and Downtown Dreamers. Then Detlef Hönig joined as second guitarist added, bassist Mario Erdmann stepped out for health reasons, Alfons Steier was his successor. The band got their first television appearance .

The first CD was recorded at Dust Music Studio in Hilchenbach headed by SLCoe (ex-lead singer of the metal band scanner). It was followed by appearances in Germany and Hungary , including Germany's largest biker's meeting in Schleiz with Alvin Lee . Shortly after Mark Linne got out, the drums took Rudi Uhe. Mario Erdmann returned to the bass and Alfons Steier moved to the keyboards .

The band 1996 the CD I'll give you all my love to. Following the success of the band sang the CD Walkenhorst with German lyrics, but was able to achieve a breakthrough. Detlef Hönig and Alfons Steier got out, but Thomas Vitt came on the guitar . It was followed by numerous concerts , among others, Sinner, Axxis , Ten, Millennium, Alvin Lee, Paddy Goes to Holyhead , Manfred Mann , Guildo Horn .

The end of 1997 the CD Thousand Miles Away was recorded and released in Peter Waldhelm.

1999 the band played the baritone Ivo Berkenbusch on Kanzlerfest in Berlin . At the Brandenburg Gate they celebrated their songs with lyrics in Italian and classical singing. A mini-CD was recorded and produced a video. The concert was broadcast live in more than one country.

For the football club KSV Hessen Kassel they wrote the Vereinshymne Reborn, Now or Never, which was self-produced and recorded with the fans. Then Rudi Uhe left the band and was replaced by Jörg Taste.

On 14 December 2002, the new was album Stick your neck out in the discotheque Manhattan presented in Homberg / Efze and published at the beginning of 2003. When American Melodic Mailorder NEH Records album debuted at number 22 in the sales charts.

In February 2004, the guitarist Thomas Vitt got out. Substitute Thorsten Geis left the band after five concerts already again, whereupon Jens Walkenhorst took over the entire guitar work. In addition, enhanced Thomas Ellenberger as a keyboardist the band. In February 2005, Jörg Taste dropped out and was replaced by Sebastian Gröning.

In summer 2005 the band started the recordings for the album Bite the Bullet, which was introduced in December 2006 and sold in February of 2007. From 2008 replaced Stefan Gröning his brother Sebastian on drums, followed by concerts, including with Suzi Quatro .

2009 was a new song for the football club KSV Hessen Kassel titled Here comes the KSV, which was offered on the Internet for free download.

2012 brought the band their fifth album out titled 2012 Design. On drums Stefan Groening was replaced by Sascha Fahrenbach. The turn was a few weeks later replaced by his brother Nico and switched to guitar. Two music video clips were produced. A clip was on the fairytale castle Sababurg in Kassel rotated.

In December 2012, the best-of-album was released from 1994 to 2012

In March 2014 again followed by several concerts. Among others, the band plays in Olomouc in the Czech Republic. In October 2015, the 25-year band anniversary in Wabern was celebrated in the multipurpose hall. Here also the new album Alive was introduced 25, which consists of a live audio CD and a DVD.