LANCELOT – Reissue Details Of Debut Album But I Just Can't Stay Behind Revealed

August 19, 2015, 8 years ago

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LANCELOT – Reissue Details Of Debut Album But I Just Can't Stay Behind Revealed

The release date of the Lancelot album But I Just Can’t Stay Behind on CD is September 4 via Karthago Records. The preorder phase will start on August 21.

Saarland/Germany is not very famous for its hard rock scene. In the early ‘80s Lancelot was the No. 1 export from this small German country. The album But I Just Can’t Stay Behind was their only release, apart from four singles which go back to the year 1979; then they went to America to try their luck under another name and with a style more fitted for the American market. Now all their releases finally are available on one CD!

From the beginning, the band was only interested in their potential to create a hit. And they managed it to write several ones. “Stop Man”, "Blinded" and "Stargazer" just to name a few were catchy and showed the big songwriting ability of the band. And the really fine vocals convince even after 30 years.  

Lancelot played bombastic rock, for sure no heavy metal, but quite extraordinary. For those who only like hard songs, Lancelot is probably not the right band. If you are looking for jewels of German (hard-) rock music, you will definitely find some with Lancelot. This band is an exception in the Heavy Metal Classics series, because it is - strictly speaking - no heavy metal. But sometimes it is “heavy” and it is always definitely good music.

But I Just Can’t Stay Behind tracklisting:

“Stop Man”
“Home Again”
“Struck Down”
“Stargazer”
“Treat Me Right”
“But I Just Can’t Stay Behind”
“Killer Machine”
“All Right Now”
“Rock’n Roller”
“Tribute To F.J. Haydn Abjfv”
“Little Jane”
“Lancelot”
“Far Away”
“Miss You”
“Pretty Thing”
“Blinded”

Line-up:

Albert Jochum – vocals, guitars
Franky R. - bass
Bernardi Ferone - guitars
Joachim Hammerschmidt - drums
Volker Herschban - keyboards



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