Demos recorded by the band and proto-bands.
Tim Skold
Dead God
(CD-Demo, recorded: late 2000)
1. Don’t Pray For Me
2. The Point
3. Dead God
4. Believe
5. I Hate
6. Burn
Line-up unknown, but probably Skold playing everything. Rumours says that there are four leftover tracks from the same sessions, that remains shelved. The tracks are “Don’t Ask”, “If”, “Consequence” and “Too Weird”. Any information regarding these tracks are welcomed!
Harry Cody
Stark
(1997)
1. Forever (All Gone To Tears)
2. Killing Time (Every Day I Come Undone)
3. The Ultimate Kiss (Such Graceful Insanity)
4. If You Got What You Wanted (Want To Touch Me Where It Counts)
5. What Have You Done (Heaven) (My Heart Grows Stranger)
6. Another High (I Need To Touch My Soul)
Harry Cody – guitars, vocals, programming
Produced by Reuben Shelter
Mastered by Jussi Tegelman
Manufacvtured by Jeff Elbel
All songs © 1997 Harry Cody
Das Cabal
Demo
(1996)
1. Alone
2. What Do You Want
3. Another Perfect Day
Harry Cody – guitars, programming
Georg Dolivo – vocals
Notes: Track 1 and 2 showed up on the soundtrack to Boogie Boy.
Zan Clan
Demo
(1996-97 c:a)
1. Blow By Blow
2. Wild As A Rose
3. I Believe
4. Reach For The Sky
5. Grin An’ Bear It
6. Get Down To the Move
7. Love Is Like Fire
8. Lost Generation
9. Hollywood
Zinny J. San – vocals
Musicians unknown
Shotgun Messiah
The VNB Sessions
(Recorded approximately around 1992)
1. I’m A Gun
2. Come Down
3. Revolution
4. Go To Hell
5. Where Are You Gonna Run
6. Cut The Boy Down
7. Ju Ju Woman
8. One
9. Never Look Back
10. I Come In Peace
Tim Skold – vocals, bass, programming
Hary Cody – guitars, programming
Notes:
• “Go To Hell” later retitled “Monkey Needs” for Violent New Breed.
• “Where Are You Gonna Run” later retitled “Jihad” for Violent New Breed.
• “One” later retitled “Sex” for Violent New Breed.
• “Cut The Boy Down”, “Ju Ju Woman” and “Never Look Back” remains officially unreleased.
Grand Slam
Demo
(November 12, 1990)
1. Night Time’s The Right Time
2. Never Too Late
3. What You See Is What You Get
Zinny J. San – vocals
Martin Thomander – guitars (later joined Electric Boys)
Fredrik Thomander – bass (later joined Vildsvin)
Jake Samuels – drums (later started, as a vocalist, his own band Jekyll & Hyde. Also made a quick vistit in Treasure Land as well as in different cover-bands.)
Cosmic Zoo
Unreleased album master copy
(Recording date unknown)
1. Tomorrow Is Today
2. New Life
3. Toxic
4. Into The Fire
5. Happy
6. Deaf, Dumb & Blind
7. Walk Away
8. High
9. Searching
10. Wild At Heart
11. Stay Down
12. Paranoia Land
13. Dirty Water
14. Brother
Jukka “J.K. Knox” Kemppainen – guitars
Mika Korpi – vocals
Tomas Slåttbacken – guitars
Niclas Eriksson – bass
Marco Siila – drums (later in Friends)
Recorded in Sun Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Harry K. Cody
The Explorer
(1986)
1. The Explorer
Harry “Harry K. Cody” Kemppainen – guitars, bass
Tord Jacobsson – drums
Notes:
• “The Explorer” was intentionally recorded as a demo for Harry alone, wich later resulted in him showing up in Mike Varney’s “Spotlight”-column i Guitar Player. A version of the song later showed up on the Kingpin/Shotgun Messiah debut album. Though Harry handles the bass on the demo version, Tim plays the bass on the album-version. The demo was recorded in Peo Pettersons studio in Harrys hometown Tibro, Sweden, during spring 1986 and took approx four weeks to write and arrange.
Kingpin
Demo #4
(Recorded: Summer 1985)
1. I Don’t Care (‘Bout Nothing)
2. Squeezin’ Teazin’
3. We Ride The Storm
4. Under My Command
Jukka “J.K. Knox” Kemppainen – vocals
Harry “Harry K. Cody” Kemppainen – guitars
Tim Skold – bass
Pekka “Stixx” Ollinen – drums
Notes:
• “I Don’t Care (‘Bout Nothing)” slightly retitled “I Don’t Care ‘Bout Nothin” for Kingpin and later retitled again to “Don’t Care ‘Bout Nothin” for Shotgun Messiah.
• “We Ride The Storm” later retitled “Ride The Storm” for Second Coming.
• There is a second version of this demo with Zinny San on vocals, singing only half of “We Ride The Storm”.
Kingpin
Demo #3
(Recording date unknown)
1. Shout It Out
2. I’m Your Love
Jukka “J.K. Knox” Kemppainen – vocals
Harry “Harry K. Cody” Kemppainen – guitars
Tim Skold – bass
Pekka “Stixx” Ollinen – drums
Notes:
• Both songs later showed up on the Kingpin/Shotgun Messiah debut album.
Kingpin
Demo #2
(Recording date unknown)
1. I Can’t Dance
2. Midnight Queen
3. Nervous
4. (Bass solo)
5. Free
6. Wild And Crazy
Jukka “J.K. Knox” Kemppainen – vocals
Harry “Harry K. Cody” Kemppainen – guitars
Tim Skold – bass
Pekka “Stixx” Ollinen – drums
Notes:
• “I Can’t Dance” later retitled “Nowhere Fast” for the Kingpin/Shotgun Messiah debut album.
• “Nervous” showed up on the very same album and “Free” later re-surfaced on ‘Second Coming’.
• “Midnight Queen” and “Wild And Crazy” remains shelved.
Shylock/Kingpin
Demo #1
(Recorded: late ’84 or early ’85)
1. Rock On
2. Hot Love
3. Gunshooter (approximate title)
4. Holy Son (approximate title)
Jukka “J.K. Knox” Kemppainen – vocals
Harry “Harry K. Cody” Kemppainen – guitars
Tim Skold – bass
Tord Jacobsson – drums
Notes:
• The band changed their name from Shylock to Kingpin during this recording.
• “Holy Son” was thought of as part II of the Shylock song “The Chosen One”.
• The main riff in the song “Hot Love” later turned up in “I’m Your Love” from the Kingpin/Shotgun Messiah debut album.
Shylock
Demo
(1985)
A1. Rock On
A2. Hot Love
B1. Gunshooter
B2. Holy Son
Jukka “J.K. Knox” Kemppainen – vocals
Harry “Harry K. Cody” Kemppainen – guitars
Tim Skold – bass
Tord Jacobsson – drums
Verdict
Live Cuts
(1985)
1. Merry Christmas
2. The Dominator
3. Walking On tThe Water
Roger Peterson – Vocals
Jan Strandh – Guitar
Tim Sköld – Bass
Christer Rispling – Drums
Verdict
Challenger Of Evil (Demo)
(1984)
1. Speed Division
2. Avenger
3. Challenger of Evil
4. Tempest
5. The Mark of Metal
Roger Peterson – Vocals
Jan Strandh – Guitar
Tim Sköld – Bass
Christer Rispling – Drums
Akt
Demo
(1985)
1. Battleslay
2. Glorious Nation
3. Insanity
Tony Johansson – Vocals
Jan Strandh – Guitar
Tim Sköld – Bass
Christer Rispling – Drums
Act
Demo
(1984)
1. Black Sun
2. The Wizz
3. Wulpos
4. Human Error
5. Christian Crusaders
6. Burning
7. The Sound Of The Northern Bell
8. The Rose
9. Concrete & Bars
Tony Johansson – Vocals
Jan Strandh – Guitar
Tim Sköld – Bass
Christer Rispling – Drums
Shylock
Blueprints (Demo)
(1984)
A1. Steel Will Rust
A2. Danger
A3. Mystical Or Magical
A4. Strong On My Own
B1. Get Ready
B2. Manhunting
B3. Stand Back
B4. The Chosen One
Jukka “J.K. Knox” Kemppainen – vocals
Harry “Harry K. Cody” Kemppainen – guitars
Tim Skold – bass
Christer Rispling – drums (session)
Notes:
• The title ‘Blueprint’ came up when the tape was copied on blue cassettes, 100 copies.
