Victory is a German heavy metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.
Victory was formed in 1984 from the remnants of the band Fargo. Bassist Peter Knorn, the two guitarists Tommy Newton and John Lockton and drummer Bernie Van Der Graaf had all previously worked together in that band. After originally working with singer Pedro Schemm, former Gary Moore and Ted Nugent singer Charlie Huhn became the band's singer. Recommended by Scorpions' guitarist Rudolf Schenker, the band sign a management deal with David Krebs (who managed, among others, Scorpions and Aerosmith).
The fourth album Culture Killed the Native (released January 1989 in Europe and a month later in the US) achieved #19 in the German charts and also entered the charts in the US again. A Europe tour as support for Gary Moore followed, before Victory started their first headline tour through America, as well as their first concert in Canada. Both Singles Never Satisfied and Don't Tell No Lies again received airplay on Radio and MTV.
Tracklist:
- More and More 03:18
- Never Satisfied 02:59
- Don't Tell No lies 03:54
- Always the Same 02:57
- Power Strikes the Earth 03:28
- Lost in the Night 04:24
- On the Loose 04:04
- Let It Rock On 03:06
- So They Run 03:28
- Standing on the Edge of Time 03:50
- The Warning 03:50
- Into the Darkness 03:14
Time: 42:32
- Issued with Obi strip.
- Track 12 is a CD-exclusive bonus track.
The catalog # is printed several different ways in different locations:
- P00P 20236 on the front cover
- POCP 20236 on the back cover
- PPOCP 20236 on the spines
- P00P-20236 on the disc face
Recording information:
- Mastered at Polygram Hannover, West Germany
- Recorded Sept. & Oct. 1988 at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum, Holland.