Ule w ritgen biography of nancy

Founded out of the ashes of ZENO (bassist Ule W. Ritgen played on the band's first 2 records) and V2 (the band in which singer Tommy Heart was involved before joining ZENO), FAIR WARNING debuted with their self titled album in 1991 for WEA.

The line-up was completed by guitar players Helge Engelke and Andy Malecek (ex S.A.D.O.) and drummer C. C. Behrens.

Given the general negativity towards traditional melodic rock back in the early 90's, it was a great success for the band to sell a considerable amount of copies of their debut album, especially in Japan, where FAIR WARNING were voted "Newcomer of the Year" by the readers of the Metal magazine BURRN.

At that time FAIR WARNING toured Germany with GIANT and appeared on several European festivals, before landing on the Eastern Sun land soil. Such was the band's impact in the Far East that the Japanese immediately launched a concert recording, "Live In Japan", to celebrate the even