Because It's Christmas Time
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"Because It's Christmas Time" is a single released by the German band Bonfire
. It was recorded after the session recordings for their album, Rebel Soul. The song itself was a song from that album called Before We Say Goodbye and was rewritten with different lyrics. There are two versions of the single, both featuring the same track listing. The first was released with a snow covered landscape while the second release features Santa Claus on a house roof with a guitar.
Bonfire (band)
Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire has a unique history. Currently there are two bands who have held the name. The original group started out as Cacumen, became Bonfire and ended in 2011 as Charade...
. It was recorded after the session recordings for their album, Rebel Soul. The song itself was a song from that album called Before We Say Goodbye and was rewritten with different lyrics. There are two versions of the single, both featuring the same track listing. The first was released with a snow covered landscape while the second release features Santa Claus on a house roof with a guitar.
Track listing
Band members
- Claus LessmannClaus LessmannClaus Leßmann is the lead singer and guitarist of the German heavy metal band Bonfire. He is the only member and the only singer of Bonfire to have appeared on all of the band's albums. Leßmann is also one of the only remaining original members of the band, the other being lead guitarist Hans Ziller...
- lead vocals - Hans ZillerHans ZillerHans Ziller is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and primary composer of the German 1980s melodic hard rock band Bonfire. He founded the band called Cacumen as a teenager in 1972. He has appeared on all of the band's albums, except Knock Out...
- guitar - Chris Lausmann - guitar
- Uwe Kohler - bass
- Jurgen Wiehler - drums