Genre(s):
Progressive Rock (early) Heavy Metal/Hard Rock (later)
Origin:
Germany (Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia)
Formed In:
1967
Status:
Active
Current line-up:
Heinz Mikus - Guitar, Vocals (The Magic Power, Risk)
Thilo Hermann - Guitars (Grave Digger, Glenmore, Holy Moses (Deu), Risk, Running Wild, Höllenhunde)
Peter Dell - Bass (Risk)
Jürgen Düsterloh - Drums (Risk)
Former/Past Member(s):
Vocals:
Renate Heemann (on Fading Beauty)
Jürgen Renfordt (on Back on My Hill)

Guitars:
Reinhold Immig (1967-1969)
Walter Scheuer (1967-1972)
Andy 'Buby' Hönig (on Gold 'n' Glory) (Bullet (Deu), A.B. Spitfire)

Bass:
Georg Grebe (Guest)
Horst "Piet" Stabenov (Magic Power) (Fading Beauty to Gold 'n' Glory)

Keyboards:
Manfred "Carl" von Buttlar (Mama Werwoll, Fading Beauty to Back on My Hill)

Drums:
Jürgen Fisher (1967-1969)
Jürgen Weritz (Mama Wervoll, Fading Beauty to Back on My Hill)
Uwe Otto (on Rock Lions)

Saxophone:
Ulrich Bock (1967-1972)
Additional notes:
Faithful Breath, formed in 1967 in Witten (near Bochum), started out as a Progressive Rock band, but eventually turned into a Heavy Metal band in the early 80s. The band was renamed into Risk in 1987.

Birth Dates:
Heinz Mikus (21 September 1952)
Horst Stabenov (4 October 1952)
Jürgen Weritz (10 December 1953, Bochum)
Manfred von Buttlar (2 January 1955)

Discography:
Faithful Breath - Fading Beauty [full-length] - 1974
Faithful Breath - Stick In Your Eyes / Back On My Hill [single] - 1977
Faithful Breath - Back On My Hill [full-length] - 1980
Faithful Breath - Die Mörderbiene [single] - 1981
Faithful Breath - Hurricane [single] - 1981
Faithful Breath - Rock Lions [full-length] - 1981
Faithful Breath - Hard Breath [full-length] - 1983
Faithful Breath - A Million Hearts / Gold 'n' Glory [single] - 1984
Faithful Breath - Gold 'n Glory [full-length] - 1984
Faithful Breath - Skol [full-length] - 1985
Faithful Breath - Live [live album] - 1986
Faithful Breath - Double Thing [best of/compilation] - 1989

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Official site:
http://www.myspace.com/faithfulbreath