Cacumen to Bonfire 1972-1986

Cacumen pre-Bonfire days

If anyone has some vintage photos of Cacumen please post them

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Cacumen - Live in Lichtenfels 1984 [Full Concert] -Heavy Metal from Germany-Setlist below!For fans of details: recorded at the 26.05.84.Donated by the great Egbert Berenst.Post-Bonfire Project.Setlist:I. Kil...

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Cacumen - Longing For You From German TV 1985

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The early days of Bonfire-Series-Cacumen-You are my destiny Cacumen was the Band-Name before bonfire. This are the early days of BONFIREClaus Lessmann VocalsHans Ziller Lead GuitarHorst Maier-Thorn-GuitarRobert Prska...

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Cacumen (Band) - Longing For You (Promo Video BW) Cacumen. Country of origin: Germany; Location: Ingolstadt, Bavaria; Status: Changed name; Formed in: 1972. Genre: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock; Lyrical themes: N/A...

Cacumen single Longing For You 1984

Cacumen live concert in Germany 80s

Cacumen to Bonfire 1986

Cacumen Down To Hell original cover art 1984

Cacumen Black Widow 1983 Lp

Cacumen early 80s Down To Hell 1984 Lp

Cacumen 1979 Riding Away 45 single

Cacumen to Bonfire Collection boxset Cds
1972-1986

In 1972, in the West German town of Ingolstadt a teenaged guitarist, Hans Ziller, put together a rock band called Cacumen with his brother Karl, whom also played guitar, then gathered a bunch of friends to complete the band. The name of the group was from a school test Hans had taken and it translates from Latin meaning "the top of a mountain". For the next six years, the band played at local small venues, but had a fan base in their hometown. In 1978, the group consisted of Hans and Karl on guitars, Horst Maier on guitar (in 1983, Horst's last name would become Maier-Thorn), Hans Hauptmann on bass and Hans Forstner on drums. When the band was seeking a replacement singer at that time, Claus Lessmann, a fellow student of Hans', was hired.

Claus previously was in the bands Ginger and Sunset and was known for his harmonic vocals and he fit in perfectly with Cacumen. With this line-up, the band had a chance to start branching themselves out to venues outside Ingolstadt. A single record was recorded called Riding Away, which featured the song Wintertale on the flip side in 1979. The group used this opportunity to begin touring at clubs, schools and even in parking lots. The fan base grew and Cacumen was finally signed to an independent label. By then though, Karl had departed the group. The self titled Cacumen album was released in 1981 and featured a new version of Riding Away.

By some circumstances Cacumen get in contact with Hanns Schmidt-Theissen, who owned a small music studio (Hanns had played with the group on the Riding Away single). Since money was poor and Hanns a good guy, they recorded the album Bad Widow at his studio in Rodgau / Germany in 1982. Hanns tried to help these guys to get a contract, but this wasn't successful at this time.