Asterix were a German rock

Rock music

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 group whose members would later go on to change their name and form the first line-up of Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German Rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorporated elements of jazz into their music. The band have also been cited as one of the pioneers of doom metal.-History:The...

. During the band's short-lived time under this name they recorded one album in 1970 and released the single "Everybody". 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...

 journalist, Ian Christe

Ian Christe

Ian Christe is an author, disc jockey and publisher. He attended The Clarkson School's Bridging Year and Indiana University....

, noted the group as a one of the, "Forgotten strains of proto metal."