Hannes Schäfer

John Shepherd ( born October 2, 1965 in Göttingen ) is a German physician and former rock musician (bass, vocals). In 1987 he was a founding member of the German rock band Fury in the Slaughterhouse and until 1996 their bassist. Unusually for a rock star is his second career: At the climax of the musical success Shepherd rose in 1996 from the band to take a medical degree at the age of 30 years, which he followed approval, promotion, specialist doctor and own practice foundation.

Career

Musician

Shepherd's first band was in 1982 the Hanoverian punk band defect, in which he was bassist and singer. From 1985 to 1987 he played among others with Mousse T. in the jazz rock band CIT. During this time he also worked as a studio musician in staccato Studio Hannover.

In 1987, together with Thorsten Schäfer and Kai Wingenfelder and Rainer Schumann and Christof Stein -Schneider in Hanover rock band Fury in the Slaughterhouse, in which he played for nine years as a bass player. He was replaced by Christian Decker 1996.

For the three albums Fury Fury in the Slaughterhouse (1988 ), Mono (1992) and The Hearing and the Sense of Balance (1995 ) got Hannes Schäfer conferred with his band a total of six gold records. The band sold a total of about 3 million records from the period with Hannes Schäfer. Shepherd's band was very happy occurs: The Fury's usually played more than 100 concerts per year. One of the first foreign tour through Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia followed in 1992 together with Steve Harley a very successful tour of the British Isles. After the band had made the leap in 1993 in the U.S. Billboard charts, it came to a successful 1994 U.S. tour, which was extended several times. During this time, as the much, turned and directed by Cyndi Lauper video for the song When I'm dead and gone arose.

In Hannes Schäfer time also fall the awarding of the Comet as the best rock act to Fury in the Slaughterhouse in 1995, and thus the same in the first year of the Music Prize and nominated the band for another prize, the echo in the same year.

The three farewell concerts in Hannover at the resolution of Fury in the Slaughterhouse in August 2008 Hannes Schäfer played once with each for a song. Another time he entered 14 May 2011 in front of 40,000 spectators at the AWD Arena in Hanover with the Furys on, as this once again came together to celebrate the collection of Hannover 96 in the UEFA Europa League. Overall, Shepherd played in his musical career more than 1400 concerts in front of about five million viewers.

Doctor

Hannes Schäfer comes from an old family physician who has produced several generations of doctors and university teachers. His grandfather Otto Schmidt headed from 1949 to 1962, the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Criminology at the University of Göttingen and still enjoys in professional circles by his nickname " Murder Otto" a high level of awareness. Schmidt's daughter, Hannes Schäfer's mother Sonja Sybille Shepherd was one of the first women professors rank at the Hannover Medical School.

After leaving Fury in the Slaughterhouse Hannes Schäfer studied medicine at the Georg -August- University of Göttingen and at the Hannover Medical School. After completing his studies, he completed his doctorate at the MHH and then worked as a surgeon. He later continued his education at Hanover North City Hospital and St. Vincent Hospital in Hanover to the gynecologist and now works as a specialist gynecologist in private practice in Hanover-List.