Epitaph

Long Ago Tomorrow Epitaph

The Epitaph story begins in the winter of 1969/70 at what was back then Dortmund's top music venue Fantasio. Down in the cellar, FAGIN'S Epitaph, consisting of Yorkshire guitarist and singer Cliff Jackson, Scots drummer James McGillivray, and German bass player Bernd Kolbe practiced and refined their repertoire, before emerging from the depths to play gigs as the house band between such big names as Black Sabbath, Rory Gallagher, Yes and Argent. Since then Epitaph has been a constant in the rock business for five decades now, and the new album "Long Ago Tomorrow" will demonstrate once again that they have lost nothing of their magic, vitality and class with their post-psych progressive rock, spiced with occasional jazz accents and widespread twin-guitar harmonies. The band's story continues! The German/British Krautrock-legend will celebrate the 50th anniversary in the next months with a lot of touring, a couple of festivals during the summer weeks and with the release of their 11th studio album in April this year. Powerful. Timeless. Magical. There are only a few German rock bands that deserve the title legendary, and Epitaph is one of them. Founded in 1969, the band wrote music history in the 1970s. Epitaph was the first German rock band to tour the USA (several times), producing their legendary 1974 Outside The Law in Chicago. After TV appearances on the top German music shows Beat Club and Rockpalast, Epitaph was soon a household name. Tours with Joe Cocker, Rory Gallagher, Golden Earring and ZZ-Top, and numerous festival appearances made Epitaph one of the most popular German cult rock bands. Over the last 50 years, the band has released 16 studio and live albums. The brand new rock album "Long Ago Tomorrow" will be released in April 2019. Epitaph starts celebrating their 50th anniversary with an amazing album including catchy rock songs as well as powerful ballads.