Character

Not to be confused with the black/folk metal band Charakter from Broken Arrow, California, or Character from New York (w/ Joe Romagnola ). Originally put together as a studio project that recorded "Running For Success" in 1988, as a studio-only continuation of Chris Dunnett and Dane Dincler's mid-'80s Heavy Metal project Salem . The Character studio project recorded 7 songs, 2 of which ("Strangers in the Night" and "Backstabber") were re-recordings of previous Salem songs. 5 of the 7 songs were released as the "Running For Success" demo, ending the project, and soon Chris joined The Seventh Seal . After they broke up in 1991 Character was reformed by Dunnett and an all-new lineup, this time as a permanent band, recording the "Character" demo and playing their first live shows in 1992. In 2008 the complete "Running For Success" recordings (the 5 demo songs and 2 unreleased cuts from the same sessions) were released as part of the compilation CD "Running For Success... And Other Steps Along the Way". Also on this CD is the unreleased late-1984 Salem demo, and a late-1991 2-song unreleased demo of the 1992 "Character" demo lineup.