Yargos the Band

1973 Hanover / West-Germany
After the demise of TIME MACHINE Wieland "Wielo" Hofmeister (drums/voc/guit) and Dirk Werner (guit/voc) grounded the predominantly instrumental art rock-formation YARGOS. Bass player Gunter Hofmann(rest in peace, Hoffi) and Hans Joerg Sender (keys, later BERNARD BUEKER BANDE) then completed the line up. YARGOS never saw the inside of a studio with this line up, however did tour through Germany establishing them selves amongst the regional acts and supported amongst others UFO, AMON DÜÜL II, the dutch art rock greats EAR and FIRE and EPITAPH. (With an average audience of around 5.000 per night... there were no DVDs or PC games then...). Although musically talented YARGOS mark I did not survive, Wieland and Hoffi risked the move to ANAXAS, and recorded an E.P. and soon turned in the direction of YARGOS MARK II. The rest is no story...

2001 Sehnde / Germany
YARGOS still remained Wielo's musical life dream. He worked in his recording studio URZEIT PRODUCTIONS (Sehnde / Hanover) as musician (guit, keys, piano, programing), producer, publishing company and professional advertising manager, and decided it was time for the long overdue album project YARGOS MARK III. A short spell with Ottfried Mieske (keyboards) and producer Sven "Maximizer" Zimbars is another story...

2003 Hanover / Germany
The first demos for the planned album had soon convinced his later to be friends and comrades in arms. One of the figure heads of the Hanover rock scene - Anca Graterol (voc) and producer and the multi talented musician Osssy Pfeifer (piano, keys, drums, vocs) gave their "yes" to the go ahead. Andrew "MAC" McDermott wasn't only the perfect choice as singer for the project, but was also the realization of one of Wielo's dreams. He has come out of the closet and admitted to being a big THRESHOLD fan.

2004 Hannover / Germany
Peter Pichl (bass) and Andreas "Andy" Kienitz (solo guit) sign up as studio musicians and colleges, breath in YARGOS and breath in to the songs their own spirit. The instrumental takes were recorded in the URZEIT PRODUCTIONS studio under the guiding hand of Osssy. The band had found its sound, and with Anca's intensive vocal coaching and long days hard but fun work (Mac is still sweating, and laughing) in the FRIDA PARK STUDIO where they worked on the vocal lines together, the pinnacle was applied to the mountain known called YARGOS.

2005 Hannover / Germany
about tea time /and some biscuits please The end mix from TO BE OR NOT TO BE is created in the FRIDA PARK STUDIO under the caring hands of Osssy and Jan Nemec. YARGOS LIVES . The story continues.......
Wieland "Wielo" Hofmeister guitars, keyboards, bass keys, piano, programing, composer
Owner of the URZEIT PRODUCTIONS studio; describes YARGOS as his musical life`s work. The band has been around since 1973 with different line ups - after a short time under the name of ANAXAS (one E.P.) and then brought back to life. They toured as support with UFO, AMON D††L, EARTH & FIRE, FRANZ K, EPITHAPH, ABRAXAS and played the German premiere of the film KING KONG
w.hof@urzeitproductions.de

Peter Pichl bass
A professional musician since 1980. Has done an unaccountable amount of studio jobs and played in numerous bands, i.e. RUNNING WILD, HEINZ RUDOLF KUNZE, JUTTA WENHOLD BAND, HANNES BAUER ORCHESTER GNADENLOS, HAVANA, PURPLE PIRATES, MOULIN ROUGE, YOUR FAVERITE THING ...
www.running-wild.net

Anca Graterol vocals, backing vocals
Studied classical guitar and in her younger years led CATENA to the peak of success /in 1972 the band was one of the most successful acts in Romania. TV shows, Radio Power play, songs in the charts, constant interviews with the media was part of her everyday life connected with the forbidden rules of the political regime of the time. After the success in Romania and varied tours (i.e. Venezuela and the U.S.A.) the band ended up in 1977 in Germany. The success that she`d gained in Romania bought very few chances in Germany, it took a lot of sweat and hard work to begin again, but, where there`s a will there`s a way and with her musical talent she paved her way in her new home to stand on her own two feet. She grounded sung and played in diverse bands i.e. PALLAS, MISTAKE, JANE, CATENA, ROSY VISTA, BIG MAMA & THE KIDS, and MOULIN ROUGE. Apart from that she played guitar or sang as guest musician on diverse LPs and CDs in studio, TV and live (KLAUS LAGE,CIRCUS RONCALLI, music guest on "Margarete Schreinemarker«s" amongst others). At the moment she`s working with the bands CATENA, ROSY SISTA, RedM as well as DETE KUHLMANN and has her own recording studio FRIDA PARK in Hanover. One of her daily jobs is to coach female bands in the whole of Lower Saxony.www.anca-graterol.de

Anderw "Mac" McDermott lead vocals
Andrew 'Mac' McDermott spent his formative years performing in clubs and trying to establish a band in England, before moving to Germany to join Sargant Fury. The band released three albums through WEA before eventually breaking up. Across the channel Damian Wilson walked out of Threshold in 1998 leaving them without a vocalist. The band was sent a shortlist of possible replacements and Mac's voice shone above the rest. Having now recorded three studio albums with the band, Mac is also busy recording his solo album.
www.thresh.net

Andreas Kienitz solo Guitars
Experienced stage and studio musician as well as a music teacher. In 1994 he grounded the band HYDROTOXIN (2 studio albums). The band toured as a support band with THRESHOLD and the SOUL CAGES amongst others. Andreas also did various studio jobs including SIDNEY YOUNGBLOOD, SARAH CONNOR, HUMAN FORTRESS.... Parallel to YARGOS he`s also working on his instrumental solo album and is currently touring with the acoustic duo SUGARSTONE. www.lightwithoutheat.com

Osssy Pfeiffer piano, keyboards, drums, bass keys, hammond B3 Organ, backing vocals, additional programming, producer
Professional musician and producer (amongst others JANE) since 1986. Uncountable studio sessions and live gigs (BIG MAMA and SWEETEY GLITTER 600 gigs in Europe). Most important bands: MOON 'DOC (two LP`S, a tour with GLEN HUGHES and UFO) BLACKSTAGE (one single, promo song for the German TV station KABEL 1)
www.osmator.com
