High Class Melodic hard rock band with Copenhagen as base. FATE was founded in 1985 by former MERCYFUL FATE guitarist Hank Sherman with former MAXIM vocalist Jeff Lox Limbo, bassist/keyboardist Pete Steiner and drummer Bob Lance. 3 weeks after they first met as FATE - they had a record contract! In 1986 they released their untitled debut guested by Michael Denner (ex KING DIAMOND/MERCYFUL FATE) and produced by long-time MERCYFUL FATE engineer Henrik Lund. In 1987 "A Matter of Attitude" was released - it was guested by producer/guitarist Svein Dag Hauge and keyboarder Kjetil Bjerkestrand - he later showed up in TNT. Shermann left right after this release to join a heavy outfit called LAVINA. FATE carried on with new guitarist Mysterious Mr. Moth and a permanent keyboard player Floyd Lafayette. This outfit recorded "Cruisin' for a bruisin'" with producer Simon Hanhart - but Limbo and Moth left FATE. Moth to make some studio work with Germans BLIND GUARDIAN before joining BLINK. Steiner and Holm recruited vocalist Per Henriksen (ex CRYSTAL KNIGHT/ DORIAN GRAY/ EVIL/ LAVINA/PALLADION) and Swedish guitar ace Matthias Eklundh (ex FROZEN EYES). In 1990 FATE returned in a revitalised version and released the dynamic and powerful "Scratch'n sniff" album produced by Tommy Hansen in the Jailhouse Studios. Eklundh's guitar work on that album was recorded through an old Ghetto Blaster with a broken loudspeaker, but it had a certain effect!