Originally based in France, STREAM was founded during the second half of the eighties by guitarist PETER SCHEITHAUER. A lauded debut album allowed them top tour with the likes of FISC, VITORY and JOE SATRIANI. In 1988 STREAM camped out at the DIETER DIERKS studios in Germany and started toiling on their second album, but the band prematurely split early 1989, before completion of the recordings. Soon afterwards PETER moved to LOS ANGELES were he hooked up with bass-player DAVE "THE BEAST" SPITZ and drummer STET HOWLAND. With vocalist DAVID REECE completing the line-up, PETER started producing the second album. Due to previous commitments HOWLAND was unable to make the sessions, and JAY SCHELLEN sat in on drums. Bassist CHUCK WRIGHT and drummer PAT TORPEY also contributed to some of the tracks. The eponymous sophomore effort was glowingly received in France, Germany and especially Japan.

For the next album PETER recruited ERIC SINGER, BOB DAISLEY and DAVID GLEN EISLEY. Baptized NOTHING IS SACRED; the third disc was recorded and mixed by PAT REGAN, who had previously worked with acts such as KISS, RAINBOW and DORO. In the meantime STET HOWLAND had returned to the fold, and bass man MIKE DUDA also took part. PETER SCHEITHAUER cut a deal with the German based USG label to release NOTHING IS SACRED in Europe, but nearly simultaneously with the release of the album, the record company also went out of business. MAUSOLEUM RECORDS thought this was too good an album to remain buried, and offered to do it justice it with a proper release, adding some bonus tracks from the previous albums along the way, and renaming it in the process. Thus CHASIN' THE DRAGON was born, featuring shredding-guitar-meister PETER SCHEITHAUER and a cast of thousands (...well almost...).

Today PETER describes STREAM as a combination of the heaviness of the new millennium with 80's melodies and the creativity of the 70's. Together with STET HOWLAND, MIKE DUDA, and newcomer vocalist CSABA ZVEKAN - who's being described as being from the HALFORD-DIO mould - STREAM are writing in preparation for the recording of a brand new album, tentatively named METAMORPHOSIS, to be released towards the tail-end of 2004. In the meantime they are also rehearsing for a 2004 tour of Europe in support of CHASING THE DRAGON.