History

Heavy-metal band No Mercy was founded in Karlsruhe in 1984 by guitarist Uwe Ulm. Uwe played in some bands early and he decided to make No Mercy after meeting with drummer Rüdiger Föll which shared his views. Line-up was completed by bassist Bobby Benz.

In 1987 guys composed songs and were ready for recording but they didn't have a singer. Soon No Mercy met Andi Deris and asked him to sing their songs because Andi's voice was perfect for this. Andi agreed to record vocals for demo. This demo called "No Mercy" was self-released in 1987. Andi played only few shows with No Mercy and soon left the band because had great plans for Pink Cream 69.

After this No Mercy broke up. Uwe Ulm was asked to record guitars on the third album of MP (or Metal Priests) - a famous heavy-metal band from Karlsruhe. The leader and main composer of the band was Thomas Zeller (vocals, bass). In 1989 drummer Kosta Zafiriou was invited in the band for work on the fourth album. Kosta left MP after recording a demo because Pink Cream 69 took all his time. MP fourth album called "Melting Point" was released by Steps Records/EMI Electrola in 1992.

Article written by Tanya 'ivanna' Valchishena