In need of a guitarist they called on Torstein Flakne, who by then had finished playing in The Kids (a popular teeny-band in Norway 1980-82).

Throughout the summer and fall of 1982 the newly formed band started rehearsing and playing shows in the region.

The first album, titled Soldier's Gun, was released in late 1985,[2] after a successful nationwide tour in Norway supporting the Norwegian band TNT.

The album was released in the US by Big Time Records and the title track "Commandos" gained considerable airplay on college-radio.

[7] In 1995, Torstein Flakne released a solo album on Mercury Records in 1995 called Shoot the Moon.