Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German hard rock and progressive rock band who often incorporated elements of jazz and pop music. Despite the band's German origin and progressive rock stylings, they are not usually classified as krautrock. The British-born John Lawton (Uriah Heep 1977-1979) was vocalist for a group called Stonewall. Peter Hecht, Dieter Horns, Peter Hesslein, and Joachim Reitenbach were members of a band called the German Bonds. The five joined together to record an album under the band name of Asterix in 1970