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GRAVE DIGGER BIOGRAPHY
Grave Digger is a German heavy/power metal band formed 1980 in Gladbeck, a small town in Germany. While the band has released many albums since 1984, their most recent was this year's "Liberty or Death".
The line-up has changed many times since the beginning. The band also split up once in 1986 and reunited in 1993. The only original member from the early days is vocalist Chris Boltendahl, whose rough voice has become a kind of significant trademark of Grave Digger.
On October 8th 2007, the band revealed Thilo Hermann as their second guitarist.
GRAVE DIGGER GENRES
Classic/Speed Metal
GRAVE DIGGER LYRICAL THEMES
Horror, war, mythology, European history, metal
GRAVE DIGGER ORIGIN
Germany (Gladbeck/Nordrhein-Westfalen), formed in 1980
GRAVE DIGGER CURRENT RECORD LABEL
Locomotive Records / Soundholic
GRAVE DIGGER STATUS
Active
GRAVE DIGGER CURRENT LINE-UP
Chris Boltendahl - Vocals (Genius (Guest))
Manni Schmidt - Guitars (ex-Rage (Ger))
Thilo Hermann - Guitars (ex-Faithful Breath, ex-Glenmore, ex-Holy Moses, ex-Risk, ex-Running Wild)
Jens Becker - Bass (ex-Running Wild, ex-Roland Grapow (Guest), ex-Crossroads (Guest), X-Wild, Zillion)
Hans Peter ''H.P.'' Katzenburg - Keyboards
Stefan Arnold - Drums (ex-Capricorn (Ger), ex-Grinder (Ger), ex-Wallop, X-Mas Project)
GRAVE DIGGER PREVIOUS LINE-UP
Guitars:
Peter Masson (1980-1986)
Uwe Lulis (Rebellion (Ger), (1986-2000)
Bass:
Martin Gerlitzki (1983)
Willi Lackman (1983-1984)
René ''T-Bone'' Teichgräber (1984)
C.F. Brank (ex-S.A.D.O.) (1985-1987)
Tomi Göttlich (Exray, Rebellion (Ger), ex-Asgard (Ger)) (1991-1997)
Drums:
Lutz Schmelzer (1980)
Philip Seibel (R.I.P. 5th April 2003, heart attack) (1981-1983)
Albert Eckardt (1983-1987)
Peter Breitenbach (Warhead (Ger)) (1991-1993)
Jörg Michael (Avenger (Ger), ex-Axel Rudi Pell, Beto Vázquez Infinity (Guest), Der Riß, Headhunter (Ger), House Of Spirits, ex-Mekong Delta, ex-Rage (Ger), ex-Running Wild, ex-Saxon, Stratovarius, ex-Tom Angelripper, ex-Unleashed Power, Laos, Schwarz Arbeit) (1993-1994)
Frank Ulrich (Living Death, X-Wild, ex-Mendacious Messiah) (1994-1995)
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