The Early Days is the fourth compilation by the band Bonfire

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 released in 2004 by LZ Records and is a five-part CD set that was initially sold individually and then released as a box set. The set is a re-release of all the Cacumen material including the "Riding Away" single, the albums Cacumen and Bad Widow, and the Longing for You EP; the EZ Livin' album, After the Fire; and the Lessmann/Ziller album, Glaub Dran. All tracks have been digitally remastered and feature previously unreleased songs.

Track listing

CD #1 - Cacumen
CD #2 - Bad Widow
CD #3 - Down To Hell
CD #4 - After The Fire
CD #5 - Glaub Dran

Band members

• Claus Lessmann
  Claus Lessmann
  Claus 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 Ziller
  Hans Ziller
  Hans 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...
  
  - guitars
• Uwe Köhler - bass
• Jürgen Wiehler - drums