Uli Kusch
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Ulrich Kusch, born March 11, 1967, is a heavy metal drummer. He has played most famously with Gamma Ray, Helloween, and Masterplan.
[edit] Biography
During the 80's , until the early 90's, he used to be a studio musician, and played for a lot of bands, such as Rage, Holy Moses, Headhunter (band of Schimier, Destruction's vocalist), among others.
In 1990, after first drummer of Gamma Ray Mathias Burchard quit the band, Kai Hansen recruited Uli to perform in his band... In this lineup, in year 1991 the band released their second full-length studio album, labeled Sigh No More and went on the world tour.
However, in 1993, Uli quit Gamma Ray in favor of Kai's first band, Helloween, who were suffering from dramatic lineup changes. Lead vocalist Michael Kiske had quit due to personal conflicts with Michael Weikath and some of band's overall issues (including troubles with record label, and thew poor sales of their two last albums) and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg was let go due to drug addiction and schizophrenia. Uli was brought into to replace Ingo (who would tragically commit suidice around a year later). Andi Deris replaced Kiske.
Uli lasted with Helloween between 1994's Master of the Rings and 2000's The Dark Ride, developing into a key songwriter for the band. A dispute between Weiki and both Uli and Roland saw the latter two depart to form Masterplan, something they had originally been planning as a side project.
In 2005, Uli formed a new band called Beautiful Sin with help from Masterplan bandmate Axel Mackenrott and members of Pagan's Mind.
Uli departed from Masterplan in October 2006. Beautiful Sin will become his new main priority.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Former Masterplan drummer explains his departure", Blabbermouth.net, 2006-10-19. Retrieved on 2006-10-19.
| Gamma Ray | ||
| Kai Hansen | Henjo Richter | Dirk Schlächter | Dan Zimmermann | ||
| Ralf Scheepers | Uwe Wessel | Jan Rubach | Mathias Burchard | Uli Kusch | Thomas Nack | ||
| Discography | ||
|---|---|---|
| Studio Albums: Heading for Tomorrow | Sigh No More | Insanity and Genius | Land of the Free | Somewhere Out In Space | Powerplant | No World Order | Majestic | ||
| Extended Plays: Heaven Can Wait | Silent Miracles | Valley of the Kings | ||
| Live Albums: Alive '95 | Skeletons in the Closet | ||
| Compilation Albums: Blast from the Past | ||
| Related articles | ||
| Helloween | Iron Savior | Blind Guardian | Avantasia | Masterplan | Angra | Freedom Call | ||
| Helloween | ||
| Andi Deris | Michael Weikath | Sascha Gerstner | Markus Grosskopf | Daniel Löble | ||
| Kai Hansen - Michael Kiske - Ingo Schwichtenberg - Roland Grapow - Uli Kusch - Mark Cross - Stefan Schwarzmann | ||
| Discography | ||
|---|---|---|
| Studio albums: Helloween | 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 | Metal Jukebox | The Dark Ride | Rabbit Don't Come Easy | Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy |
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| Live Albums: I Want Out Live | Keepers Live | Live in the UK | High Live | ||
| Compilation Albums: The Best, The Rest, The Rare | Metal Jukebox | ||
| Related articles | ||
| Gamma Ray | Masterplan | ||
