---
title: "Lucifer’s Friend"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/lucifer-s-friend"
genre: "More Metal"
country: "Germany"
formed: 1970
disbanded: 2020
---

# Lucifer’s Friend

**Lucifer’s Friend** is a more metal band, from Germany, active 1970 to 2020.

Lucifer's Friend was a German rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was an early practitioner of heavy metal and progressive rock. They also incorporated elements of jazz and fusion into their music, especially in their fourth album Banquet of 1974. Beyond heavy metal, the band has been cited as a pioneer of doom metal, helping to define both genres due to the heavy sound and dark oriented lyrics of their debut Lucifer's Friend of 1971, and returning to their roots in 1981 with Mean Machine, although more influenced by speed metal.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer's_Friend

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Lucifer’s Friend |
| Genre | More Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Hamburg, Germany |
| Formed | 1970 |
| Disbanded | 2020 |
| Releases in catalog | 11 |

## Genres

[More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Andreas Dicke](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-dicke) |  |  | Current |
| [Dieter Horns](https://themetalnet.com/musician/dieter-horns) |  |  | Current |
| [Hans-Joachim Rietenbach](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hans-joachim-rietenbach) |  |  | Current |
| [Herbert Bornholdt](https://themetalnet.com/musician/herbert-bornholdt) |  |  | Current |
| [Peter Hecht](https://themetalnet.com/musician/peter-hecht) |  |  | Current |
| [Peter Hesslein](https://themetalnet.com/musician/peter-hesslein) |  |  | Current |
| [John Lawton](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-lawton) |  | 1970 to 1976 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1970 | [Lucifer's Friend](https://themetalnet.com/album/2e5311ae-9be6-3e81-9198-4199c59747cb) | Album |
| 1972 | [Where the Groupies Killed the Blues](https://themetalnet.com/album/0be5be77-6f99-3913-87c8-43274ac1d2fa) | Album |
| 1973 | [I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer](https://themetalnet.com/album/cd304fad-82ef-3de1-9d51-801aa4e7bd02) | Album |
| 1974 | [Banquet](https://themetalnet.com/album/ffc8d0d4-aba0-3efb-9504-1b50b16d83cf) | Album |
| 1976 | [Mind Exploding](https://themetalnet.com/album/2bbb9681-46fb-35d0-bd2a-f9153288daba) | Album |
| 1978 | [Good Time Warrior](https://themetalnet.com/album/2d01412d-46ee-3475-85c3-7265c3449433) | Album |
| 1979 | [The Devil's Touch](https://themetalnet.com/album/35e7b48e-cf4f-42b0-af8d-4f6add560208) | Album |
| 1980 | [Sneak Me In](https://themetalnet.com/album/9bff36be-72a8-47c3-ab4e-3a764780374a) | Album |
| 1981 | [Mean Machine](https://themetalnet.com/album/f69da383-73a5-3604-bd74-7988fbe38207) | Album |
| 2016 | [Too Late To Hate](https://themetalnet.com/album/745f8144-745e-4777-87fa-88ce97194fef) | Album |
| 2019 | [Black Moon](https://themetalnet.com/album/bec95dca-b04c-498b-a271-1bb681998d3d) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Deep Purple](https://themetalnet.com/band/deep-purple) (listened together)
- [Black Sabbath](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-sabbath) (listened together)
- [Blue Öyster Cult](https://themetalnet.com/band/blue-oyster-cult) (listened together)
- [Uriah Heep](https://themetalnet.com/band/uriah-heep) (listened together)
- [UFO](https://themetalnet.com/band/ufo) (listened together)
- [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together)
- [Motörhead](https://themetalnet.com/band/motorhead) (listened together)
- [Scorpions](https://themetalnet.com/band/scorpions) (listened together)
- [Thin Lizzy](https://themetalnet.com/band/thin-lizzy) (listened together)
- [Led Zeppelin](https://themetalnet.com/band/led-zeppelin) (listened together)
- [Rainbow](https://themetalnet.com/band/rainbow) (listened together)
- [KISS](https://themetalnet.com/band/kiss) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LucifersFriendOfficial
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/491903
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Lucifer's_Friend/3540366921

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/lucifer-s-friend](https://themetalnet.com/band/lucifer-s-friend). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt