Knight Treasures (Live and More)
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Knight Treasures is a live show and extra material 2 DVD set by German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 Heavy Metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 Guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 Axel Rudi Pell
Axel Rudi Pell
Axel Rudi Pell is a German guitar player, playing melodic heavy metal. He started off with the band Steeler before leaving to start his solo career in 1989 with the eponymous band Axel Rudi Pell...

. There is also a live 2CD set of the show called Knights Live
Knights Live
Knights Live is the second live album released by German heavy metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. The show was performed at The Zeche in Pell's home town Bochum, Germany...

.

DVD1

The first DVD contains a live show performed at The Zeche in Pell's home town of Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...

, Germany
Germany
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 on the 5th of May 2002 during the 2002 Shadow Zone
Shadow Zone (Axel Rudi Pell album)
Shadow Zone is the ninth studio album released by the heavy metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell, as well as the third album released by the current line-up...

 tour.

Tracks performed

1. Edge of the World

2. Nasty Reputation

3. Tear Down the Walls

4. Medley: Masquerade Ball/Casbah/Drum Solo/Stargazer/Casbah

5. Follow the Sign

6. Fool Fool

7. Carousel

8. The Clown is Dead

9. Call Her Princess

10. Snake Eyes

11. Warrior

Personnel

  • Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    )
  • Johnny Gioeli
    Johnny Gioeli
    Johnny Gioeli is an American hard rock singer. Originally lead singer of the band Hardline, he is also currently the vocalist of Crush 40 and German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell's band...

     (vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    )
  • Ferdy Doernberg
    Ferdy Doernberg
    Ferdy Doernberg is an English-German heavy metal musician. He is the last original member of Rough Silk, which he founded in 1989. He has also performed with Helloween and Holy Moses. Since 1997, he has been the keyboardist for Axel Rudi Pell's band...

     (keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    )
  • Volker Krawczak (Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    )
  • Mike Terrana
    Mike Terrana
    Mike Terrana is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto, after which he recorded and toured with other bands, playing many styles of music in Western New York state...

     (drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    )
  • Gudi Laos (Backing Vocals)
  • Katja Kutz (Backing Vocals)

Interviews

Features the band commenting on the tour ad how the current line-up came to be. It also provides a detailed insight into the whole of Pell's career from the days of Steeler
Steeler (German)
Steeler was a heavy metal band formed in 1981, from the German city of Bochum. The band was active between 1984-1988. The founding members consisted of Peter Burtz on vocals, Axel Rudi Pell on guitar, Tom Eder also on guitar, Volker Krawczak on bass and Jan Yildiral on drums.The band released two...

 to his modern life and how he writes songs and his musical influences.

"Making of Shadow Zone"

This feature shows an "Intense and intimate look at the band working in the studio" when the Shadow Zone album was being recorded.

"Fan Cam"

A short recording of the day of the live show on DVD1 from the perspective of the fans.

"Friends and Fans"

A collection of pictures and comments from the fans after the show in DVD1.

Video Clips

2 music videos from Axel's career.
  • The Deeper the Night, from Steeler's album Undercover Animal
    Undercover Animal
    Undercover Animal was the fourth, and final, album released by German heavy metal band Steeler. It was released on Steam Hammer Records in 1988. "The Deeper the Night" can be found as an additional music video on the second disc of Axel Rudi Pell's first DVD release Knight Treasures which he has...

    .
  • Cry of the Gypsy, from the album Between the Walls
    Between the Walls
    Between the Walls is the fourth solo album from German guitar player Axel Rudi Pell. It was released 20 June 1994 on Steamhammer Records. -Track listing:#"The Curse" - 1:17#"Talk of the Guns" - 4:54#"Warrior" - 5:13...

    .
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