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The glorious days of bands such as Racer X, Cacophony and guitarists such as Jason Becker and Marty Friedman are but distant memories, while the platinum albums of Joe Satriani are gathering dust on living room walls. But whose heart doesn't start to beat faster when they think back to those fabulous days of breathtaking, innovative guitar playing? To those days in which the musical and lyrical talents of excellent musicians were respected and admired by masses of music fans worldwide? Thorsten Koehne, the exceptional six string whiz had already released an album, The Secret Place, under the band Attack in 1995 before continuing to perfect his technique with the band Demon Drive, as well as being an on-demand musician for guitar clinics and session work. It was also at that time that the contact to bass player Jochen Mayer (Domain/Casanova, ex-Demon Drive) and to the current Code Of Perfection drummer, Frank Kraus (ex-Demon Drive, ex-Letter X) was formed. Whilst! looking for a suitable bass player for the new band, vocalist Carsten Lizard Schulz (Domain, Evidence One) recommended the popular Japanese session musician Keisuke Nishimoto, who turned out to be a perfect candidate for the job. Under the guiding hand of Jochen Mayer and with the support of well-known musicians such as the guitarist Alex Beyrodt and Michael Angelo Batio as well as the aforementioned Carsten Lizard Schulz and Axel Rudi Pell/Rough Silk keyboarder Ferdy Doernberg, the project slowly took on a form of its own. Similarly to earlier works of the 80's guitar heroes, Code Of Perfection's debut Last Exit For The Lost includes exciting, melodic rockers, hyperspeed instrumental hand grenades and relaxed westcoast guitar licks that underline the extraordinary versatility of Code Of Perfection.