WGT 08, pic by Michael Gamon
GUITARS
born 6-6-1963 gemini - in Moenchengladbach, Germany
have played guitar since the age of six.
first studio job at the age of 16 for EMI studios, Germany.
listed below some salient points from my musical career to date:
1983 / 1984
TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING
first professional band of international repute
debut-lp (phonogram) with producer: rainer assmann, klangwerkstatt d.dorf
12DD european tour & tv shows (alabama, rockpalast, euro rock..)
England support tour with Gary Glitter & Paradiso Amsterdam
12DD production at townhouse studio, London with producer: mick glossop (zappa, waterboys, van morrison...)
1985
Duesseldorf, in studio with NDW-band Rheingold
1986
London, studio-work on Nina Hagen/Lena Lovich single Don't kill
Limburg, tour- & studioguitarist NDW-band Wirtschaftswunder (chin chet)
1987
Berlin, studioguitarist Rainbirds feat.: hitsingle "blueprint" (phonogram)
at audiostudio with producer: Udo Arndt (Rio Reiser)
1988 - 1990
12DD, 1989
1988-90 TWELVE DRUMMERS DRUMMING Loveless (phonogam) recorded in london at outside, townhouse, rak & air studios with producer: dave allen (the cure, the chameleons, the sisters of mercy...)
1990 12DD tour, video clips & tv (wdr-rocklife, tele5, rtl...)
1990 founder & guitarist of band SUN
1990 live guitarist Central Europe Performance feat.: Harald Grosskopf
1990 producer & guitarist Lucian (the long tomorrow / bmg aris)
1991 - 1992
1991 debut album: SUN Urban Glowing (normal / roughtrade)
1992 SUN - on support tour with us. band Pearl Jam
1992 SUN - second release: Murdernature (bmg / gun)
1992 live guitarist with dv8 feat.: Charlie Terstappen
1993 - 1994
1993 SUN - third release: "jam house wah" (bmg/gun)
1993-94 SUN - european tour, open air festivals & clubtour (..the bevis frond)
1993 studio guitarist on georg sehrbrock's Belgium (normal rec.) & gigs
1994 Belgium - Turn of the tides (normal rec.)
1994 -95 SUN - european tour with us. band Monster Magnet - dopes to infinity
1995 - 1996
1995 SUN - fourth release: xxxx (bmg / gun), emi studios, prod.: Michael Grund
1995 SUN - tour & openair..Dynamo, Eindhoven, Amsterdam, London & Paris(loco)
1996 guitarist & member of BELGIUM - Cumberland's tree (artelier music) produced by: Juergen Dahmen (Harald Schmidt band) at black sheep
1996 SUN - fifth album nitro (bmg / gun) - rec. at skyline studios, Duesseldorf and horus sound studio, Hannover with producer: Moses Schneider
1997 - 2002
1997 live shows,...bonn, rheinkultur
1997 SUN broke up
1997 - 2002 no outside activities, no guitars, just programming in homestudio
2002 until now playing guitar with DEAD GUITARS
2002 - 2007
several gigs in Germany & Netherlands & recording our songmaterial at bluebox studio, Troisdorf with producer Guido Lucas and at the laundry room, hs with Rainer Assmann
2007 release of debut album "DEAD GUITARS" -AIRPLANES (echozone / spv)
recorded some guitars, e-bow & bowed saz on the productio of my friend pianist & minimal composer Georg Sehrbrock`s new ambient album (BELGIUM - "GRASS")
2008
Live in Moenchengladbach 08, pic by Michael Gamon
Dead Guitars tour with The Mission in February
Oct. 2008: pre-release of the 2nd DEAD GUITARS CD "FLAGS" with some club gigs in Germany & NL.
Shows with "BELGIUM", Georg Sehrbrock & "TSCHITSCHA PENG!"
Amsterdam show with "FOR AGAINST" on MS STUBNITZ
Nov. 2008: on stage with Wayne Hussey @ Bochum - Matrix
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