MICHAEL BORMANN – T.A.X. demos 1989 (Pre- Jaded Heart) [bootleg CD]

Before having success in the Nineties with his band JADED HEART, German singer MICHAEL BORMANN was part of a couple of groups during the ’80s.

Michael and his brother guitarist Dirk Bormann founded their first band, named High Voltage while still in high school, in 1979. A big break came when in 1982 High Voltage was featured on a huge German TV-contest and as the youngest group (age wise) to participate, they won first prize. With that exposure, the band received numerous concerts arranged by radio stations, a jingle for a radio show and a single released.
They relased a couple of singles in 1984-85, and at the same time High Voltage recorded a demo with new material, influenced by the AOR / melodic rock sound at the time in America. By 1987, the band added a second guitarist and changed its name to T.A.X., musically even more catchy and melodic hard rockin’.

This bootleg CD “MICHAEL BORMANN ; T.A.X. demos 1989 (Pre- Jaded Heart)” include the 1989 cassette recorded as T.A.X. Initially the band did a 7-track cassette for promotion, and then a 13-track with additional material. This is the 13-track full recording.
All songs are quite good (check out the video song below) well recorded & mixed. The group carried on the T.A.X. moniker until Michael Müller and ex-Mad Max drummer Axel Kruse joined, re-naming the band JADED HEART.

 

 

Copies of these tapes circulated among fans for years, most of the songs with changed titles. Here we feature both titles these tracks are known.
Highly Recommended

01 – Wet Dreams aka Slipping Away
02 – Suzy Suzy aka She’s The Winner
03 – Listen aka Never Wanna Lose You
04 – Wait For The Light
05 – Strangeness Of Tomorrow aka Emergency
06 – Starlight
07 – Feeling So Good
08 – Bounded Time Probably aka Turn It Out
09 – Fly Away
10 – Getaway aka Stairway To Heaven
11 – Get Up To The Top
12 – Missing You aka (I Can’t Live Anymore) Without You
13 – Heaven aka Halfway Heaven

Michael Bormann – Lead Vocals, Keyboards
Peter Hanke – Guitars
Dirk Bormann – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Robert Mourek – Bass, Backing Vocals
Nico Te Neues – Drums

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