Biography
For numerous years fallowing its innovatiin, Assume suffered constant changes to its line-higher & was fundamentally retain an amateur level, making sporadic concerts on festivals. Their agency career began within 1976, when it were invited to play in one of a number one rock 'n roll festivals from Germany - Rock am Rhein. Fallowing a festival took place, the b& received a recording treat and entered a office studio first, sequentially to record the self-titled Assume, an album which despite a band's efforts didn't archieve tremendously profits.

A foremost stable line-higher of Assume was composed by vocalizer Udo Dirkschneider, guitar player Wolf Hoffmann & Jörg Fischer, bassist Peter Baltes & drummer Frank Friedrich. Friedrich quit a band fallowing a release of Assume, since he didn't intend to pursue the agent career inside music. He was replaced by Stefan Kaufmann &, by using this line-higher, a band proceeded to record ''I personally'm the Rebel within 1980. This was a album which brought media attention to the Assume, which was after invited to produce its foremost televisioned indicate.

There were iii significant information which took place around 1981. Foremost, a album Breaker'' was freed. 2nd, a locate manager Gaby Hauke was signed, an ageement which lasted throughout the integrality of the band's career. Third, Assume joined Judas Priest's world tour & found a fair total of profits, making the band known outside of Europe.

A next album - Restless & Uncivilized - was freed within 1982, but didn't count using a presence of Jörg Fischer, world health organization quit a band a short period prior to the recording took place. A lot of the guitars from either this album were recorded by Wolf Hoffmann. Restless & Untamed saw an evolution in the band's healthy, which incorporated many characteristics of the genre which would in the future exist as known as speed metal. An extensive tour followed, & guitar player Herman Frank was hired and so that a songs can be properly executed in stage.

Their next release, Balls to the Wall, would prove to become something different from either what it experienced antecedently recorded. the album was of a conceptual nature & severity, and involved songs which spoke all about themes like politics, sexuality and the church. the lyrics for the songs were credited to a certain "Deaffy", which was late revealed to exist as their manager Gaby Hauke under the nom de guerre. She proceeded to compose a lyrics of completely of their songs from either that album in, forswearing ever officially claiming authorship of the songs.

In the period of the indicate in their hometown, in the season of 1983, the band ran into Jörg Fischer by risk. Using the select few insisitance from either Hauke, Jörg was mass produced a a share of the band again. The globe tour which would merely prevent inside 1984 - on the historical Monsters of Rock festival - followed.

Metal Heart come next, around 1985, soon followed per survive album Kaizou Ban. Russian Roulette continued a series of albums, existence freed inside 1986.

Nevertheless, when instance passed, divergences began to surface. Peter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann & Gaby Hauke expressed the growing interest in the USA, and spent sir thomas more period in a overseas united states than on Germany, which intended it were constantly out of the rest of the band. the few feet away between the two grew stronger, & it was finally decided that Assume would enter around an hiatus & that Udo Dirkschneider should pursue a solo career meantime. A more members of the band worked together by using Udo on the technical indicator side of his number one solo album, entitled Creature Home, & it was freed under a title of U.D.O. in Europe and America.

Fallowing a select few period of incativity, Peter, Wolf & Stefan placed to operate again as a band sustaining a serve assist of singer David Reece; Udo's solo career was working out swell & guitar player Jörg Fischer experienced once again left Assume. When two or three demos, the b& felt assure plenty by using this higher to date line-up and discharged Eat a Heat, a number 1 Assume album while forgoing a presence of Udo.

An European tour counting by using a trend lines of rhythm guitar player Jim Stacey followed a release of the album. the tour, yet, come to the sudden prevent while Stefan Kaufmann was afflicted by a good injury to his back, which mandatory quick medical attention. He was replaced by drummer Ken Mary for the remainder of the tour. Per tour's prevent, a original members of a b& - Wolf Hoffman, Peter Baltes & manager Gaby Hauke - reunited and discussed the new of the band. Vocalist David Reece was proving to become a individual of unstable personality & Stefan Kaufman was attend want an extended break from either the drums. So, it reached a guide that it was instance to quit. By 1989, the band experienced already ceased its activities.

The survive compilation entitled Staying the Life was freed within 1990, and fans from either in the area of the world demanded a reunion. When you took a visit to Germany, Udo met by having a musicians from either Assume &, when occasionally discussion, it was decided that it would unite the classic formation of the band once again. Sick by owning to play with a different replacemt each tour, Wolf Hoffman decided that from either that point in he would exist as a single guitar player in the b&, swimming each the lead and percussion of the songs.

Objection Overruled was freed inside 1993, and a band's reunion was the profits around Europe & found a bit of guiding light on the United states. The required globe tour followed. An additional album, entitled Demise Row was freed around 1994, but Stefan Kaufmann became unable to play again ascribable the his back injury. A b& pondered astir whether to prove my point using a recording of the album, however finally invited Stefan Schwarzmann as a irregular replacement and commenced plans for their next tour.

A musicians, nonetheless, began to sense well-worn. the teen from either a town of Soligen got grown higher & were beginning to sense a toll of a life of constant traveling in the world. a feel of ending was felt while the band entered studios to record Predator from either 1995, this time counting sustaining Michael Cartellone (from either Damn Yankees) on the drums.

Assume's final tour went across America, Europe & Asia, with their survive concert existence processed inside Tokyo, Japan, one of the upper case of heavily metal in the globe.

the b& so remained inactive for all over a decade, and on the beggary of 2005 announced a short commemorating tour counting by owning Assume's classic line-higher. A final indicate was held within August 27, 2005 in Kavarna, Bulgaria.

Final line-up
Udo Dirkschneider - Vocals Wolf Hoffmann - Guitar Peter Baltes - Bass Stefan Kaufmann - Drums

Discography
Accept (1979) ''I'm a Rebel (1980) Breaker (1981) Restless & Wild (1982) Balls to the Wall (1984) Metal Heart (1985) Kaizoku-Ban (Live, 1985) Russian Roulette (1986) Eat the Heat (1989) Staying a Life (Live, 1990) Objection Overruled (1993) Death Row (1994) Predator (1996) All Areas - Worldwide Live (Live, 1997) The Final Chapter (Live, 1998) Rich & Famous'' (EP, 2002)