Bonfire - Part 3: Other Projects

This has been a long time coming and I apologize to all who read this. It has been a hetric time here for me so once I had some free time I pasted the below as I wrote this last month. Enjoy!


So for the third part of the Bonfire feature I started, this one is about what the guys did while in the band or after they left. I mean you wouldn't think that a group being around since 1972 didn't have other projects. This only expands the Bonfire fanbase!


Domink Huelshorst was not the first to be an ex-Bonfire member but he was the first to go beyond the confines of the band to do other stuff in 1987. He would join an outfit called Kymera but left them two years later to join Number Nine in 1989. This group would be his first recordings after Bonfire as the band released two albums with Dominik as their drummer. He'd leave that group in 1994 and join back up with Claus Lessmann and Hans Ziller for their project called Ex, which also brought Joerg Deisinger in too. That project lasted less than a year and Dominik would be part of Lost until 2000 and then form Volt the following year. In 2003 he would join Faro and Sabu, both were shortlived, and became a part of Lex and BrunoRock. Then in 2009, after a few teasing times where Dominik helped out his former bandmates, he rejoined Bonfire.


Dominik Huelshorst:
Bonfire - Don't Touch The Light
Number Nine - Everybody's Crazy
Number Nine - Colours
Faro - Angelost
Brunorock - Live On Fire
Brunorock - War Maniac
Bonfire - You Make Me Feel


Hans Ziller, the man behind the creation of the band, was let go in 1989 and he immediately started a new group called EZ Livin'. With the release of one album (After The Fire), Hans teamed back up with Claus and they started what became today's version of Bonfire.


Claus Lessmann, signature vocalist of Bonfire, left the band in 1992 to team back up with Hans and create what we have today as Bonfire.


Out of all the members and ex-members of Bonfire, Michael Bormann has to be the one with THE most projects releases. Not including his material pre-Bonfire, there was a demo album made with Bonfire that found its way to street level. Then of course there is the band he founded called Jaded Heart, which pre-dates his time with Bonfire. In 1997 he reunited with Angel Schleifer to released the shelved Bonfire album, they were called Charade now, and also started The Sygnet and Rain. He has been a soloist now since 2001 but remains in other bands/projects. These include Biss, Idea, 20th Century Boys, Zeno, The Trophy, Bloodbound and Redrum.


Bonfire - End Of An Era Demos
Jaded Heart - Inside Out
Jaded Heart - $laves and Master$
Charade - Charade
Jaded Heart - Mystery Eyes
The Sygnet - Children of the Future
Jaded Heart - IV
Jaded Heart - Diary
Rain - House of Dreams
Michael Bormann - Michael Bormann
Jaded Heart - The Journey Will Never End
Biss - Joker In The Deck
Jaded Heart - Trust
20th Century Boys - Beware of the Rex!
Charade - II
Michael Bormann - Conspiracy
Zeno - Runway to the Gods
Rain - Stronger
Bloodbound - Book of the Dead
Redrum - No Turning Back
Michael Bormann - Capture the Moment
The Trophy - Gift of Life

Angel Schleifer, perhaps Bonfire's best guitarist ever in my opinion, went on to other projects when the band broke up in 1994. He was involved with Demon Drive, Sabu, Charade and now is in fellow ex-Bonfire member's (Chris Lausmann) project called Voices of Rock.

Bonfire - Sleeping All Alone single
Bonfire - Point Blank
Bonfire - Sword And Stone single
Bonfire - Knock Out
Bonfire - Live...The Best
Bonfire - End of an Era Demos
Demon Drive - Burn Rubber
Sabu - Sabu
Charade - Charade
Sabu - Between the Light
Demon Drive - Heroes
Sabu - Resurfaced
Charade - II
Voices of Rock - MMVII
Voices of Rock - High and Mighty

Joerg Deisinger started out continuing making music and being in bands, but now he's a professional photographer. He went from Ex to Sabu to Soul Doctor, back to Sabu and then wrote a book on his life, which is a must read.

Bonfire - Don't Touch the Light
Bonfire - Fireworks
Bonfire - Point Blank
Bonfire - Sword and Stone single
Bonfire - Knock Out
Bonfire - Live...The Best
Bonfire - End of an Era Demos
Sabu - Sabu
Sabu - Between the Light
Soul Doctor - Soul Doctor
Soul Doctor - All Systems Go
Sabu - Resurfaced

Chris Lausmann was the first of the new Bonfire band to go on to other things. While still a member he reunited with his bandmates in Frontline, started Revolution and then left all three for a while. He popped up again now with his new project Voices of Rock.

Bonfire - Rebel Soul
Bonfire - Because It's Christmas Time single
Bonfire - Fuel to the Flames
Frontline - Right Attitude
Bonfire - Who's Foolin' Who
Bonfire - Strike Ten
Bonfire - 29 Golden Bullets
Frontline - Against the World
Voices of Rock - MMVII
Voices of Rock - High and Mighty

The last to leave Bonfire is Jurgen Wiehler just last year suddenly. He was involved with a few projects like Lustfinger, The Scovilles and Megaherz, a band he left Bonfire for.

Bonfire - Rebel Soul
Bonfire - Because It's Christmas Time single
Bonfire - Fuel to the Flames
Bonfire - Who's Foolin' Who
Bonfire - Strike Ten
Bonfire - 29 Golden Bullets
Lustfinger - Eiszeit
Bonfire - Live Over Europe!
Bonfire - Tell Me What U Know single
Bonfire - Free
Bonfire - The Early Days
Bonfire - Schanzer Herz single
Bonfire - One Acoustic Night
Bonfire - Double X
Lustfinger - Achtung Heilig!
Bonfire - Double Vision
Bonfire - The Rauber
Megaherz - Heuchler
Megaherz - Totgesagte Leben Langer

Uwe Kohler is the only present member of Bonfire who is (was?) involved with a side-project, specifically Affair with the album called No Substitute.