Axel Rudi Pell (born 27 June 1960) is a German heavy metal guitarist. Pell … Read Full Bio ↴Axel Rudi Pell (born 27 June 1960) is a German heavy metal guitarist. Pell commenced his musical career with Steeler (1984–88) before leaving in 1988 for a solo career. During this time, he has played with such drummers as Jörg Michael and Mike Terrana, and singers Charlie Huhn, Johnny Gioeli of Hardline, Jeff Scott Soto, and Rob Rock. Gioeli remains the longest surviving vocalist of the band, having joined the group since 1998 on the album Oceans of Time, Gioeli's first musical appearance since the 1992 Hardline album Double Eclipse.
Pell often says his music is about a Knight in shining armour going on various adventures. Each album continues one new quest after the other, and songs are told as separate stories. Pell's main influence in guitar work has been Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple.
SPV Records released a live DVD on 25 February 2008, titled Live over Europe, which includes the full performance from the Rock Hard Festival in 2007, and comes with a bonus disc which includes live footage from Pell's own archive. In 2012, a new Axel Rudi Pell live concert CD/DVD Live on Fire was released.
In 2013, ex-Rainbow drummer Bobby Rondinelli joined the band, replacing Mike Terrana after his initial departure in 2013. Mike Terrana wanted to pursue other projects, such as becoming a member of the supergroup The Ferrymen, featuring Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero on vocals. Axel celebrated his 25th anniversary as a musician in 2014, headlining the Bang Your Head festival in Balignen Germany on 11 July 2014. It featured one of the original line up's singers: Jeff Scott Soto. Special guests also included Joerg Michael, Rob Rock, Ronnie Atkins, John Lawton, ex-Rainbow singer Graham Bonnett, Doogie White, keyboardist Tony Carey and drummer Vinny Appice. The show consisted of 3 acts: a short Steeler reunion and brief Axel Rudi Pell original line up reunion with Jeff Scott Soto, a full modern Axel Rudi Pell show with vocalist Johnny Gioeli and current band members, and the last act featuring various Deep Purple and Rainbow covers with a full ensemble.
In 2019, the band celebrated their 30th anniversary, releasing a double live album called XXX - 30th Anniversary Live. The songs were recorded on various dates of the Knights Call 2018 tour. The group's Facebook page stated at the time that the band did not know they were being recorded but when they heard the audio they were amazed and wanted to release it to celebrate the group's 30th Anniversary. It was released in June 2019 on CD and LP.
On 5 February 2020, they announced their latest album on their Facebook page, titled Sign of the Times, due for release on 24 April 2020. In March 2020, the band announced a delay of the release of the new record, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and was released on 8 May 2020 instead. A tour in support of the new album was also postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then later delayed again until 2022. In late 2020, Pell announced his newest album Diamonds Unlocked II, which was released on 30 July 2021. It is another covers album similar to Diamonds Unlocked from 2007. Pell is well known for his extensive touring, mostly around Germany and his home town in Bochum. He rarely tours globally, but has performed a few one-off shows in London over the recent years. However, there has always been high demand to bring him to other countries. They are also famous for attending many music festivals such as being regulars at Wacken Open Air since the late 1990s. Most recently they announced a new album of original music, called Lost XXIII, which was eventually released on 14 April 2022.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Rudi_Pell
Studio albums
Wild Obsession (1989)
Nasty Reputation (1991)
Eternal Prisoner (1992)
Between the Walls (1994)
Black Moon Pyramid (1996)
Magic (1997)
Oceans of Time (1998)
The Masquerade Ball (2000)
Shadow Zone (2002)
Kings and Queens (2004)
Mystica (2006)
Diamonds Unlocked (2007) (cover album)
Tales of the Crown (2008)
The Crest (2010)
Circle of the Oath (2012)
Into the Storm (2014)
Game of Sins (2016)
Knights Call (2018)
Sign of the Times (2020)
Diamonds Unlocked II (2021) (cover album)
Lost XXIII (2022)
Pell often says his music is about a Knight in shining armour going on various adventures. Each album continues one new quest after the other, and songs are told as separate stories. Pell's main influence in guitar work has been Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple.
SPV Records released a live DVD on 25 February 2008, titled Live over Europe, which includes the full performance from the Rock Hard Festival in 2007, and comes with a bonus disc which includes live footage from Pell's own archive. In 2012, a new Axel Rudi Pell live concert CD/DVD Live on Fire was released.
In 2013, ex-Rainbow drummer Bobby Rondinelli joined the band, replacing Mike Terrana after his initial departure in 2013. Mike Terrana wanted to pursue other projects, such as becoming a member of the supergroup The Ferrymen, featuring Rainbow singer Ronnie Romero on vocals. Axel celebrated his 25th anniversary as a musician in 2014, headlining the Bang Your Head festival in Balignen Germany on 11 July 2014. It featured one of the original line up's singers: Jeff Scott Soto. Special guests also included Joerg Michael, Rob Rock, Ronnie Atkins, John Lawton, ex-Rainbow singer Graham Bonnett, Doogie White, keyboardist Tony Carey and drummer Vinny Appice. The show consisted of 3 acts: a short Steeler reunion and brief Axel Rudi Pell original line up reunion with Jeff Scott Soto, a full modern Axel Rudi Pell show with vocalist Johnny Gioeli and current band members, and the last act featuring various Deep Purple and Rainbow covers with a full ensemble.
In 2019, the band celebrated their 30th anniversary, releasing a double live album called XXX - 30th Anniversary Live. The songs were recorded on various dates of the Knights Call 2018 tour. The group's Facebook page stated at the time that the band did not know they were being recorded but when they heard the audio they were amazed and wanted to release it to celebrate the group's 30th Anniversary. It was released in June 2019 on CD and LP.
On 5 February 2020, they announced their latest album on their Facebook page, titled Sign of the Times, due for release on 24 April 2020. In March 2020, the band announced a delay of the release of the new record, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and was released on 8 May 2020 instead. A tour in support of the new album was also postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then later delayed again until 2022. In late 2020, Pell announced his newest album Diamonds Unlocked II, which was released on 30 July 2021. It is another covers album similar to Diamonds Unlocked from 2007. Pell is well known for his extensive touring, mostly around Germany and his home town in Bochum. He rarely tours globally, but has performed a few one-off shows in London over the recent years. However, there has always been high demand to bring him to other countries. They are also famous for attending many music festivals such as being regulars at Wacken Open Air since the late 1990s. Most recently they announced a new album of original music, called Lost XXIII, which was eventually released on 14 April 2022.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Rudi_Pell
Studio albums
Wild Obsession (1989)
Nasty Reputation (1991)
Eternal Prisoner (1992)
Between the Walls (1994)
Black Moon Pyramid (1996)
Magic (1997)
Oceans of Time (1998)
The Masquerade Ball (2000)
Shadow Zone (2002)
Kings and Queens (2004)
Mystica (2006)
Diamonds Unlocked (2007) (cover album)
Tales of the Crown (2008)
The Crest (2010)
Circle of the Oath (2012)
Into the Storm (2014)
Game of Sins (2016)
Knights Call (2018)
Sign of the Times (2020)
Diamonds Unlocked II (2021) (cover album)
Lost XXIII (2022)
The Diamond Overture
Axel Rudi Pell Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Axel Rudi Pell:
Ain't Gonna Win One night, out of nowhere Came a shimmering light Flowers we…
All the Rest of My Life In the distance from far away I can hear your voice,…
Angel Eyes Hold on, the restless and the gypsies Falling down from the…
Aquarius Dance Silence of the night and a moon that shines So…
As Blind as a Fool Can Be Some time ago and still together there were better days even…
Ashes From the Oath Silent night, we saw the rainbow in the sky Filled with…
Beautiful day The heart is a bloom Shoots up through the stony ground Ther…
Before i die All of your life you worked hard for your money But…
Between the Walls Bounded by the middle of a dream, Is it real or…
Bridges to nowhere Walking around all the day, we're on our way Heard a…
Broken Heart I'm lost in a dream, with a mind's full of…
Buried Alive Early in the morning I heard the dirt falling Surrounded by…
BURNING CHAINS Once upon a time, in a land of the sun Soldiers…
Burning Rain Hold on The sentinel is screaming All Hell's breaking loos…
Call Her Princess [Music: Axel Rudi Pell] [Lyrics: Axel Rudi Pell] Sheila,…
Call of the Wild Dogs [Music: Axel Rudi Pell] [Lyrics: Charlie Huhn / Axel Rudi Pe…
Carousel We saw the wonder world, of all the wild wild…
Casbah Here I go and make my final stand, Very far away…
CHANGING TIMES On the loose, but hearin' gunfire To time to cruise, leaving…
Circle of the Oath When I was young I saw the birds of prey Leaving…
Cold as Ice [Music: Axel Rudi Pell] [Lyrics: Axel Rudi Pell] A long tim…
Cold Heaven You call yourself a lady With innocent eyes But your mind dr…
Come Back to Me He was born with a six - string Not a shotgun…
Coming Home In the city of the damned Far away in a holy…
Crossfire Burning rain kept on falling A black smoke filled up the…
Cry of the Gypsy You been riding hard and you've Seen the face of heaven, The…
DARK WAVES OF THE SEA Where are we going To whom are we running too We search…
DEVIL ZONE I hear some voices in the rain Coming through the cloud…
Don't Say Goodbye On a cloudy night I looked outside the window Seeing faces d…
Dreaming Dead See the fly on the wall And the spider's sitting closely B…
Dreams of Passion [Instrumental]…
Earls Of Black Earls Of Black A long time ago was a cloud over…
Edge of the World In the city of Angels, the city of sin, Who will…
Eternal Prisoner I saw the shadow rising From a hill up down below There…
Falling Tears She's gone now, And the memories starts to fade, I'm…
Fighting the Law She's only fifteen and she drives you nuts She's walking do…
Firewall You're crossing the line, Running with the devil You're out …
Fly To The Moon VERSE: We're leaving, the crown up in the air closing door…
Flyin High Ride through the air, heavenly stair Over mountains, forest…
Follow the Sign From far out of nowhere Made of water, stone and sand Came…
Fool Fool Just a dream or a trick of illusion, Hding back…
Fools Game When I met you, oh You know, at first, you had…
Forever Angel You were born on judgement day But you don't care and…
Forever Young Let's dance in style, lets dance for a while Heaven can…
Gettin' Dangerous Take what you want, if all's what you need Well, that…
Gettin´ Dangerous Take what you want, if all's what you need Well, that…
Ghost in the Black We are heading out on the land Raising our swords in…
Ghosthunter Out into the lost horizon, the mightly evil returns Crawling…
Glory Night Alone at heart, I was searching for the one Lost in…
Hallelujah I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and…
Hear You Calling Me Turning out the light, ready for some action My stick of…
Heartbreaker Not long ago we saw each other For the first time…
HEY HEY MY MY Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die There's more…
Hey Joe Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your…
HIGH ABOVE On the horizon there's a starlight Shining down to the world…
Higher When the earth kept on turning And the smoke faded away We…
Hold on to your dreams I heard you calling I heard you calling out my name I…
Hole In The Sky Deep in the night, the silent screaming is Callin out…
Holy Creatures The evil wolfs in the dark are howling again I wish…
Hot Wheels They're riding on since '72 All their life on the freeway Th…
I Believe in You Put a spell on you Runnin' through your veins Don't give u…
I Will Survive Day after day and night after night Watching the tide rollin…
In The Air Tonight I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh…
Innocent Child Hangin' out on the street with a Face full of tears I…
INTO THE STORM What did you see Can you believe it ? All fallen…
July Morning There I was on a July morning I was looking for…
Lady of the Lake There's a magical sound slidin' over the ground Makin' it sh…
Land of the Giants Is this a dream or a fantasy come true Voices in…
Legions of Hell From the distance came the thunder And took their breath awa…
Light In The Sky Don't close your eyes, Could be forever, Don't close the d…
Like A Child Again I'm not scared anymore I'm not scared of the dark when…
Live For The King A dark night in paradise, the moon was on the…
Lived our lives before A long time ago there lived a man He was searching…
Living A Lie 1. Verse: We met on the streets down somewhere no place to…
Living on the Wildside It was early in the morning, the sun rises in…
Long Time Take your spell away, Like you did it before, 'cause I don't…
LONG WAY TO GO I wanna know, where did you go, to which part…
Losing The Game 1. Verse: Running and hiding, out on the run fast as an…
Love Gun I really love you, baby I love what you've got And let's…
Magic Somewhere in the distance, Was a place you can't describe, A…
Mistreated I've been mistreated, I've been abused. I've been struck dow…
Mystica VERSE: The world's falling down On our way to the promised l…
Nasty Reputation Can you see me racing down the highway Can you see…
Night And Rain On my way and rain was falling down There were faces…
Nightmare Lights out, the time is late, Another night on your own, Wel…
No Chance To Live 1. Verse: Living in cages, with fearful eyes of sorrow so …
Northern Lights Rain's falling down from the orizon We're travelled all acro…
Oceans of Time I see you turning, turning away And we're ready to leave,…
Only the Strong Will Survive They heard the call from the evil vault And raised their…
Open Doors (instrumental), Part I: Experience, Part II: The Journey, Part III: Sugar Big Daddy Instrumental (Music: Pell) 7.54 Part I: Experience Part II: …
Outlaw Oh so long, hide your faces from the Sun, From the distance…
Paint it black I see a red door and I want it painted…
Pay the Price Yeah Oh yeah Struck down, time is late, thought we could ru…
Playing With Fire Run through the night And find no place to hide, Cold sweat'…
Prisoner Of Love Cold winter is coming All the leaves are falling down You …
Prisoners Of The Sea We're sailing on the waves of the ocean, The gallow's dangli…
Promised Dreams Midnight, the lime is right, lake a trip to the dark…
Ride The Bullet Music: Pell Lyrics: Pell/Soto Gonna take you down, Down 2 th…
Ride the Rainbow We're riding through the times, danger in the air Lock up…
Riding On An Arrow We traveling on towards our destination Searching far away t…
Rock the nation The show is over Still hear the ringing in your ears Another…
Run With the Wind Your life was filled with anger, agony and pain Continuing …
Sailing Away She was the queen of evil Ridin' on the storm With the…
Saint Of Fools In a time not long ago lived a juggler and…
Sarah Sarah Oh, I need you Sarah, you take my breath away Sarah, …
Sea of Evil They were sailing on the ship of the damned Straight on…
Sea Of Evil 8:27 They were sailing on the ship of the damned Straight on…
She's a Lady Well she's all you'd ever want She's the kind they'd like…
Shoot Her To The Moon Music: Pell Lyrics: Pell/Soto She was born down In uptown, b…
Silent Angel Rainy days, cold nights to remember Who will I find…
Silent Angel (guitar version) [Instrumental]…
Slave of Love [Music: Axel Rudi Pell] [Lyrics: Charlie Huhn] I surrender,…
Snake Eyes There's a hot new piece slippin'through the city slitherin' …
Still I'm Sad See the stars come falling down from the sky Gently passing,…
Stone Tangled dream and endless highways Bang the drum in a foreig…
Streets Of Fire Music: Pell Lyrics: Soto Ride through the night, Escape from…
Strong as a Rock Looking back at your own Life lost life, which once was…
Sweet Lil' Suzie [MUSIC: PELL] [LYRICS: SOTO] SHE'S YOUNG + FINE LIKE A SIP …
Take the Crown Long ago in the enchanted land They lived in fear and…
Tales of the Crown Red skies, there's a moon on the new horizon We're dreaming…
Talk of the Guns Hearts of stone with faces of Angels, Terrorize you with n…
Tear Down the Walls Are we hypnotised Seeing shadows in the air The world of los…
Tearin' Out My Heart First time I saw your face By your side was the…
TEMPLE OF THE KING One day in the year of the fox Came a time…
The Clown Is Dead The death of a clown Reminds you all lifetime, A lake full…
The curse of the damned 1. Verse: Still searching for our way, our way through the…
The End Of Our Time On our way to nowhere behind the black sun We're passing…
The Eyes of the Lost Rainy days, They sailed across the ocean, They're called "th…
The Gate Out there in the distance, the lightning strikes the Earth F…
The King Of Fools He was the toughest guy on our street Always ready to…
The Line Alone at night In the cold and windy city When the candle…
The Masquerade Ball See the Sun over the rainbow And the rain comes falling…
The Temple Of The Holy Gone with the wind and home is far away from…
The Temple of the King One day in the year of the fox Came a time…
The Temple Of The King 6:36 One day in the year of the fox Came a time…
The Temple of the Kings One day in the year of the fox Came a time…
There's Only One Way to Rock I've heard it called by different names All over the world,…
Time Of The Truth I was born in a cave of a mountain I couldn't…
Too Late We fought some Voodoo Silent screams in the night Causing …
Touch The Rainbow From down below you can see the mountain Raging high through…
TOUCHING HEAVEN I keep on lookin' down to the sea And I realize…
Touching My Soul I been on my own for too many years Searching for…
TOWER OF LIES I wandered down the pathway, through the misty moor Like I…
Turned To Stone They're called the fools of the sixteenth century, They live…
Unchain the Thunder They disappear right before my eyes All my dreams and the…
Under The Gun (They) searched for love under the moonlight Sailed on the s…
Under The Gun 6:49 (They) searched for love under the moonlight Sailed on the …
Valley Of Sin 1. Verse (mellow) Life is unreal, in the darkest dreams We …
Visions In The Night Are you laughing, are you crying Do you know who…
Voodoo Nights Don't turn around, I got you under my spell And never…
Wanted Man There I was a dirty boy, A stranger in this town There…
Warrior Just a lonely hunter always Searching for another prey, Or a…
Way to Mandalay I wandered down the pathway, through the misty moor Like I…
Wheels Rolling On Music: Pell Lyrics: Soto Round + round wheels Are turnin! Al…
When a Blind Man Cries If you're leaving, close the door I'm not expecting people a…
WHEN TRUTH HURTS The first time we met, our heaven was on fire My…
Where The Wild Waters Flow When the sun lost his shadow and hear there cries…
Wild Cat Sneakin' through the darkness, silence all around Daddy's n…
Wishing Well Take off your hat, kick off your shoes I know you…
Won't Get Fooled Again We'll be fighting in the streets With our children at our…
World of Confusion I kept on crying on the stairway of doom Saw all…
You And I I put a spell on you, because you're mine You better…
You Want Love [1st Verse] All over the world there's a feelin that's alwa…
Your Life I REMEMBER THAT THE RAIN FALLS DOWN AND IT WAS COLD IN…
Your Life (Not Close Enough to Paradise) [MUSIC: PELL] [LYRICS: PELL] I REMEMBER THAT THE RAIN FALLS…
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