Phantoms of Future

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With the hit single Sun, Phantom Of Future was for weeks alongside Metallica with One and Nirvana with Smells Like Teen Spirit in the TOP 3 of the official German DAC charts.
After over 20 years, the live comeback and the 10th album After Dark of the unique German crossover indie rock/punk/metal band led by Sir Hannes Smith (The Idiots). Major tours in the nineties with Iggy Pop, Stranglers, Sisters Of Mercy, Sex Pistols, Cypress Hill, and Prodigy. The new album was recorded and mixed at Soundlodge Studio in Rhauderfehn by and with Jörg Uken (Anvil, Suicidal Angel, Rumbel Militia, Weckörhead, Tempel Of Dread, etc.), produced by Sir Hannes and Jörg Uken together.
Phantoms Of Future was a unique German rock band founded in 1986 in Dortmund. The original lineup included Sir Hannes Smith (vocals), Dörfel (bass), Harald Uri (drums), and Dirk "Dr. Krid" Schwarzer (guitar). Their debut album released in 1987 sold 500 copies and won the "Prinz-Ruhrgebiet Competition". In 1990, Paul "Eysenhauer" Schrewe took over the bass, and Olaf Bolte joined as the drummer. The band's first vinyl album and first CD, Cruel Times, were produced that year. After achieving great success with Loco Poco in 1991, Chapter 3 - the 1993 Trance Album, and This Flight Tonight in 1993, they signed with Sony Music in 1995 and worked with producer Siggi Bemm on the albums Call of the Wild (1995) and Chimera (1996). Notable singles included "Crackin' Up" and "Caught by Fire". Don't miss this musical time document from the nineties and now.