Rolf kasparek biography sample
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In 1976, Rolf "Rock 'N' Rolf" Kasparek, along with Uwe Bendig, Michael Hofmann and Jörg Schwarz, founded the group Granite Hearts in Hamburg. At this time, Hasche and Matthias Kaufmann were together in another Hamburg-based band Grober Unfug. In 1977, Matthias was also helping out Granite Hearts as bass player. Rehearsals were held at the Emilie-Wüstenfeld School, which is where Matthias and Rolf got to know each other. Matthias also persuaded Hasche to join the band. After rehearsing hard, the new group were desperate to find the right name.
They hit on Running Wild as they were all fans of KISS and Judas Priest.
After many personnel changes, Rolf has long been the only remaining member of the original line-up and he alone determines the direction of the band. He writes almost all of the music and lyrics for Running Wild.
In 1981, Running Wild recorded their first demo which featured "Hallow The Hell", "War Child" and "King Of The Midnight Fire". The first two tracks appeared on the compilation album Debut No. 1 on the Raubbau Label which had become more known on the rock-scene through the punk band Slime. The 1982 line-up was Rolf, Hasche, Preacher and Stephan Boriss.
In 1983,
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RUNNING WILD Mainman's TOXIC TASTE: Audio Samples Available
TOXIC TASTE, the side project of RUNNING WILD mainman Rolf "Rock'n'Rolf" Kasparek (who goes by the name T.T. Poison in the new group),has posted several audio samples on its official web site.
T.T. Poison's official bio describes him as "a man of composed character, who has a sense of very subtle humor. On stage he is like a raging volcano. He loves music and life in general and takes revel in both to the full. T.T. Poison takes away his audience by his superior presence he is so well known for. He is a downtown Neon citizen by birth."
TOXIC TASTE's lineup is rounded out by Marc Acid (vocals),Andy Caustic (guitar),Bob Beastly (drums) and Francis Cauter-Rize (bass).
In other news, a previously unreleased RUNNING WILD track, entitled "Skulldozer", can be heard below. The song, which was recorded during the sessions for 1992's "Pile Of Skulls", never saw the light of day because songwriter Stefan Schwarzmann kept on to the track and used it on the first X-WILD album under the title "Skybolter".