Andi Deris
Andreas " Andi " Deris ( born August 18, 1964 in Karlsruhe) is the vocalist and main composer of the German power metal band Helloween.
Biography
First band (1979-1987)
Andreas Deris began his career as a singer in his first band called Paranoid, which he founded along with his school friend Ralf Maurer. When Andreas Deris was 17 years old, Paranoid name into Nameless.
Deris joined the mid- 80s the band Dragon, consisting of the brothers Bruno and Oscar Di Blasio and Bernd and Stefan Lüddemann ( former Hot - Legs - members). They played many concerts in the region of Karlsruhe, went to Edo Zankis studio in Charles Village and finally to Arco Studio, Munich to record their first demo with producer Tony Monn. The following songs were included: "I Was Made to be With You ," " Call Me Up ", "I Hear the Angels Singing", " Ballad of Glory " and "Rock Your Body Down". On drums helped during the recordings Bodo Schopf from ( ex -Michael Schenker Group ). Then it was quiet around the band. 1986 ended Deris his military service, the band was reinforced with Daniel DeNiro on bass and school friend Ralf Mason on drums and called Kymera now. It was followed by several Showcase performances in Hamburg, Kymera received a publishing contract at the " Francis, Day & Hunter Publishing Hamburg" and took the catapult recording studio in Karlsruhe, the next demo with the songs "Hello USA", "Hot Looking Romeo ", "Send me a Letter " and newly arranged versions of " I Was Made to be With You, "" Call me Up "and" Woman " on. After a few more concerts drummer Ralf Maurer left the band to concentrate on his studies. The young talented Kosta Zafiriou replaced him. Finally, a little later he called with Deris Pink Cream 69 to life.
Pink Cream 69 (1987-1993)
In 1987, Andi Deris founded together with Kosta Zafiriou and guitarist Alfred Koffler, the band Pink Cream 69, in which the bassist Dennis Ward was still recorded. Here celebrated Deris, especially after the talent competition of the Ludwigsburg Rockfabrik had been won, his first successes. However Deris left the " Pinkies " by -band disputes in 1993 and joined the hamburgers Helloween, who had just split from her singer Michael Kiske.
Helloween (1993 -present)
At the time, as Deris Helloween joined, the band was in a difficult situation. Kiske was regarded as extremely talented and Deris was regarded by some fans as a foreign body within the band, although the last two Helloween albums (Pink Bubbles Go Ape and Chameleon ) were mostly considered to be of average quality. With Master of the Rings Deris sang in 1994 in response to the skepticism about him a quite positive rezipiertes Helloween album a. The follow-up work, The Time of the Oath of 1996 - a concept album about Nostradamus - was the ultimate comeback for Helloween and established the band again as size in Power Metal. Despite several line- up changes after The Dark Ride (2000), the band was able to maintain extremely successful to date. Many single releases are compositions by Deris.
In the late 1990s Andi Deris released two solo albums. On Come In from the Rain and Done by Mirrors Metal, rock songs and ballads are heard.
Discography
By Pink Cream 69
With Helloween
Solo career
Andi Deris And The Bad Bankers
- 2013: Million Dollar Haircuts On Ten Cent Heads
Left
Official Website of Helloween
Michael Kiske Kai Hansen • • • Roland Grapow Ingo Schwichtenberg • Uli Kusch • Mark Cross • Stefan Schwarzmann
Walls of Jericho • Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1 • Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 2 • Pink Bubbles Go Ape • Chameleon • Master of the Rings • The Time of the Oath • Better Than Raw The Dark Ride • • Rabbit Do not Come Easy • keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy • Gambling with the Devil • 7 Sinners • Straight out Of Hell
Helloween
Live in the UK • High Live • Live in Sao Paulo
The Best, the Rest, the Rare Metal Jukebox • • Unarmed - Best of 25th Anniversary
Discography
- Helloween
- Rock singer
- Metal singer
- German
- Born in 1964
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