The group of Dortmund (Germany) signed his first contract after sending a demo of one song in 1988 by EMI Electrola.
In 1989, AXXIS won the heart of the audience with "Kingdom Of The Night", first album which sold 150,000 copies and became a record for a german group of Hard Rock. The album "Axxis" had the same success in 1990, followed a year later by the authentic and energetic live album "Access All Areas".
Theambitious "The Big Rill" is dong well at the box office and was a real turning point in the life of the group. Indeed, this was the first international production group, produced by Joey Balin and recorded in Philadelphia.
Thus, the following year, the group began an international tour. Japan was one of the most rewarding for the group. Bernhard Weiss and guitarist Walter Pietsch gave a series of acoustic shows to promote the release ofthe special edition Japanese CD "Profile". The album " Matters Of Survival "was in turn produced in 1995 in Los Angeles by Keith Olsen (Flettwod Mac, Whitesnake , Foreigner , Scorpions ). Their impression of Los Angeles was responsible for selecting the album title.
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Until now, Axxis has recorded 8 studio albums, a live,an unplugged album and countless cd tour, bootlegs (see the section on the site), during their tour with Black Sabbath , during acoustic sets in Japan, many of their vinyl single, as well as participation in various albums (info in the section).
Added: extract of an email to usBerny sent on behalf of the Group:
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When I joined the group in 84, he was named ANVIL
But the name was already taken by fellow Canadians you may be familiar.
We decided to take the name AXIS .... The axis around which everything revolves ... The center of our lives is what this name.
When we signed with EMI in 89, a lawyer found that a communication company had already called AXIS, so we added theAC X and now want nothing more to say ;-) This is a personal creation, but it gives an impression of power that fits perfectly to heavy metal.
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Source: http://www.axxis-france.fr/
