Bastard
Live And Alive
For the first time on CD! The brilliant live album from 1980 by the German hard rock legend BASTARD! After "Back To Nature" (1977) and "Tearing Nights" (1978), "Live And Alive" was the third and last album by Bastard, which at the time consisted of Uli Meissner (guitar), Keith Kossoff (guitar), Kalle Rothert (bass) and drummer Toto. The band had already lived out their preference for songs a la AC/DC on the two studio albums, but it was only on "Live And Alive" that the suggestive power of the Young riffs in songs like "Danger Of Fire" and "Are You Ready" became fully apparent. The album, recorded by Conny Planks mobile studio in Hamburg club Sounds and in Kiel club Ball Pompos, was released in 1980 by the Hanover indie label Lava Records. Despite a great response, it was over after that. Meissner is the first to leave, the others continue to perform live for a while, and finally the band splits up and lead singer Kalle Rothert forms the hard rock trio Rated X.