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===Band Members===
===Band Members===
*Lightforce / ( beginning of Mortification)
*Final Line-up
**Steve Rowe (bass) (1985 - 2011)
**Steve Rowe (bass)  
**Cameron Hall (guitar) (1990 - 1992)
**Errol Willenberg (drums)  
**Jayson Sherlock (drums)  (1990 - 1995)
**Steve Johnson (vocals)   
**Murray Adams (guitar)  


===Lightforce Final Line-Up===
*Former Members
**Steve Rowe (bass) (1985 - 1990)
**Cameron Hall (guitar) 1985 - 1987
**Errol Willenberg (drums) (1986 - 1990)
**Rohan McDowell (drums) 1985 - 1986
**Steve Johnson (vocals)  (1987 - 1990)
**Phadrah Hirschfield (vocals) 1985
**Murray Adams (guitar) (1988 - 1990)
 
*Lightforce Early Members
**Steve Rowe (bass)
**Cameron Hall (guitar) (1985 - 1987)
**Rohan McDowell (drums) (1985 - 1986)
**Phadrah Hirschfield (vocals) (1985)


===Formed===
===Formed===
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===Band Information===
===Band Information===


Light Force was an early Christian speed metal band from Melbourne. The band was one of the pioneering Christian extreme metal acts; their album was issued on the American Christian label Pure Metal and they opened for '''Stryper''' in 1989. A third album was recorded but never released and the band split late that same year, with Rowe, Sherlock and Hall forming [[Mortification]].
Light Force was an early Christian speed metal band from Melbourne. A pioneering act on the worldwide Christian  
metal scene, their album was issued on the American Christian label Pure Metal and they opened for '''Stryper''' in 1989. A third album was recorded but never released and the band split late that same year, with Steve Rowe forming [[Mortification]].


===Discography===
===Discography===
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'''Compilation tracks:'''
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[[Category:Bands from Victoria]]
[[Category:Bands from Victoria]]
[[Category:Bands from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Bands from Melbourne]]
[[Category:Band List]]

Latest revision as of 15:28, 2 April 2022

Light Force
OriginMelbourne, VIC
GenresHeavy metal
Years active2009 – present
LabelsPure Metal
Associated actsMortification
Past membersSteve Rowe, Errol Willenberg, Steve Johnson, Murray Adams, Cameron Hall, Rohan McDowell, Phadrah Hirschfield


Band Members

  • Final Line-up
    • Steve Rowe (bass)
    • Errol Willenberg (drums)
    • Steve Johnson (vocals)
    • Murray Adams (guitar)
  • Former Members
    • Cameron Hall (guitar) 1985 - 1987
    • Rohan McDowell (drums) 1985 - 1986
    • Phadrah Hirschfield (vocals) 1985

Formed

Melbourne, VIC, 1985

Band Information

Light Force was an early Christian speed metal band from Melbourne. A pioneering act on the worldwide Christian metal scene, their album was issued on the American Christian label Pure Metal and they opened for Stryper in 1989. A third album was recorded but never released and the band split late that same year, with Steve Rowe forming Mortification.

Discography

Albums:

1987 Battlezone Pure
1988 Mystical Thieves Pure
1994 The Best of Light Force - Mortification's Beginnings Rowe
2003 1986 to 1989 Rowe