Warplane (band)

Warplane are a Danish rock band formed in 1967 in by Jesper Matthiessen. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from jazz rock, blues rock, heavy metal, and glam metal. The lineup from 1979 to 1990 was the most successful incarnation of the group, involving Karol Sommer (vocals), Mattheissen (lead guitar), Matthias Pallesen (rhythm guitar), Stefan Bergh (bass) and Flemming Beckjord (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Matthiessen, although Sommer has appeared on all of Warplane's studio albums, while Pallesen has been a consistent member since 1976, and bassist Aaron Noakes and drummer Patricio Rocha have been in the band since 2014 and 2002 respectively. Founding members Stefan Gjessing and Rolf Stuckenburg went on to join the English band Skyhawk.

During the early-to-mid-1970s, with bassist Morten Niels Poulsen and rhythm guitarist Hans Toft, the music of Warplane was described as jazz rock, boogie rock and blues rock. Their song "Magnetic Love" was entered into, the Swedish national finals for the. After the death of Toft in 1975 and the arrival of Pallesen the following year, the music of Warplane began to shift towards hard rock. By the time Poulsen left and new bassist Bergh arrived, following the guidance of producers Freddy Hansson and, Warplane began to shift in a heavy metal-based direction, resulting in international hit singles such as "Special Delivery", "Look Out (Coming to Getcha)", "Divebomb" and the power ballad "The Sweetness of Love". In later years, Warplane has transitioned into a more blues-oriented direction.

Warplane have sold over 118 million records worldwide. The band have their own theme park, Warplaneland in, Denmark.

Studio albums

 * "The Bomber Album" (1970)
 * Scrape the Skies (1972)
 * New Magic (1974)
 * "The Invasion Album" (1977)
 * "The Dogfight Album" (1980)
 * Blast! (1982)
 * Divebomb (1984)
 * "The CKD Album" (1987)
 * "The Fighter Jet Album" (1990)
 * Face the Changes (1994)
 * "The Refueling Album" (1997)
 * "The Takeoff Album" (2000)
 * XIII (2003)
 * Instinct (2006)
 * "The Explosion Album" (2009)
 * Refueling (2011)
 * Olden Days (2015)
 * Willpower (2016)
 * "The Aircraft Carrier Album" (2019)

Live albums

 * Next Stop: Budokan (1978)
 * Crossing the Planet Live (1986)
 * A Pilot's Vacation (1988)
 * Live Wire (2003)
 * "The Tokyo Album" (2008)
 * Destination: Mexico City (2017)