Randy Pie
Everything is looking good for Lustfaust. In March 1977 Cuneiform Records show interest in releasing a single from the first album. They ask that the song Falke Tränen should be re-recorded to a more professional standard but both Kazuki and Berger don’t think this is a good idea, partly due to a lack of time as they both have work for the next month, and partly due to their satisfaction at the original recording. In the meantime Lustfaust are lined up for a short tour in June supporting the West German rockers Randy Pie.
Kruger joins in on the Falke Tränen debate and during the infighting the offer from Cuneiform disappears. Lustfaust reconvenes for the Randy Pie tour but internal relations are strained and most rehearsals descend into drunken brawls. Berger had been offered the support tour as a favour by Randy Pie singer and former Ikarus colleague Jochen Peterson, so Lustfaust begrudgingly continue.
28 June 1977, Lustfaust arrive at the Stadhalle in Gütersloh to find that Peterson has quit Randy Pie meaning that their only sense of obligation has disappeared with him. Lustfaust take to the stage and sonically assault the audience until being bottled off. This sets the tone for the rest of the tour with Lustfaust and Randy Pie’s differing musical styles generating increased tensions and Lustfaust’s lack of responsibility liberating them from caring. The tour is a disaster. Lustfaust are regularly pulled off stage by Randy Pie to avert a riot in the audience and Randy Pie loses many fans, ultimately imploding completely by the end of the year. During the last show on the first of July at Berlin’s Metropol, Kruger takes to the stage dressed as a bat. Lustfaust play a version of Der Himmel in Flammen which culminates in Kruger setting fire to the stage and Randy Pie’s equipment. Lustfaust walk away from this tour with a renewed sense of camaraderie which leads to a flurry of new activity.