Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider
Dirkschneider live with U.D.O., 2004
Background information
Born	(1952-04-06) 6 April 1952
Origin	Wuppertal, Germany
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1968–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast, Epic/Sony, PolyGram
Associated acts	Accept U.D.O. Lordi HammerFall Aria Raven

Udo Dirkschneider (born 6 April 1952 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German heavy metal singer who rose to fame with German heavy metal band Accept. After leaving Accept in 1987, he formed U.D.O., with whom he has enjoyed commercial success as well.

Biography

Dirkschneider made a guest appearance on Eurovision Song Contest winner Lordi's 2006 album, The Arockalypse. Mr Lordi claims both "Don't Look Back" and "Blitz of Lightning" by U.D.O. as songs that changed his life in a Kerrang! magazine article. He also makes a guest appearance in the music video for the song "Shtil (Штиль)" by Russian heavy metal band Aria.

Dirkschneider recorded lead vocals with NWOBHM band Raven on their cover of "Born to Be Wild" on a 1983 single release. The song also appeared as B-side on "Break the Chain" from their album All for One. He is also famous for his duet rock ballad with Doro Pesch, "Dancing with an Angel". During Wacken 2008, he performed "They Only Come Out at Night" live with Lordi.

Dirkschneider's son, Sven, currently plays in the band Damaged, who recently supported U.D.O. on tour.^[1]

Discography

Accept

Studio albums

Accept (1979)
I'm a Rebel (1980)
Breaker (1981)
Restless and Wild (1982)
Balls to the Wall (1983)
Metal Heart (1985)
Russian Roulette (1986)
Objection Overruled (1993)
Death Row (1994)
Predator (1996)

Live albums

Staying a Life (Live recording from 1985, released 1990)
All Areas - Worldwide (Live from 1994 and 1995, released 1997)

EPs

Kaizoku-Ban (Live-EP, 1985)
Rich & Famous (EP, 2002)

U.D.O.

Studio albums

Animal House (1987)
Mean Machine (1989)
Faceless World (1990)
Timebomb (1991)
Solid (1997)
No Limits (1998)
Holy (1999)
Man and Machine (2002)
Thunderball (2004)
Mission No. X (2005)
Mastercutor (2007)
Dominator (2009)
Rev-Raptor (2011)
Steelhammer (2013)
Decadent (2015)

Live albums

Live from Russia (2001)
Nailed to Metal – The Missing Tracks (2003)
Mastercutor Alive (2008)
Live in Sofia (2011)
Steelhammer - Live from Moscow (2014)
Live - Back to the Roots (2016) (as Dirkschneider)

Compilation albums

Best Of (1999)
Metallized (2007)
Celebrator (2012)

Singles/EPs

They Want War (1988)
Heart of Gold (1990)
Faceless World (1990)
Two Faced Woman (1997)
Independence Day (1997)
Lovemachine (1998)
Dancing with an Angel (2002)
24/7 EP (2005)
The Wrong Side of Midnight EP (2007)
Infected EP (2009)
Leatherhead EP (2011)
Steelhammer (2013)
Decadent (2014)

Music Videos

They Want War (1988)
Break the Rules (1989)
Heart of Gold (1990)
Independence Day (1997)
Dancing with an Angel (with Doro Pesch) (2002)
Thunderball (2004)
Blind Eyes (2004)
The Arbiter (2004)
Trainride to Russia (2004)
Mean Streets (2005)
The Wrong Side of Midnight (2007)
Black and White (2009)
Leatherhead (2011)
I Give As Good As I Get (2011)
Metal Machine (2013)
Heavy Rain (2013)
Decadent (2014)

DVDs

Nailed to Metal – The Complete History (2003)
Thundervision (2004)
Mastercutor Alive (2008)
Live in Sofia (2012)

Duets

In the year 1999 he recorded the Helloween song "I Want Out". U.D.O. performed the rock ballad "Dancing with an Angel" with Doro Pesch and the version of Accept's "Head Over Heels" with HammerFall. He sang the song "They Only Come Out at Night" with Mr. Lordi on the 2006 Lordi album The Arockalypse, as well as performing it live on stage at the same years Wacken Open Air. He did guest vocals for a version of Aria's song "Shtil" released on a compilation of the same title (the original version from album Chimera does not feature Dirkschneider). He sang the lead vocals with the Raven cover of "Born to Be Wild" on a 1983. He also sings on Break the Chains with Raven as well.

In late 2014, Dirkschneider had a mildly successful duet with Furious Boron related to the game "Mount and Blade:Warband".

References

↑ "U.D.O. – Udo Dirkschneider's Son's .Damaged to Support on German Date." 24 August 2011. @braveworlds.com Retrieved 22 June 2013.

External links

U.D.O.

Udo Dirkschneider Kasperi Heikkinen Andrey Smirnov Fitty Wienhold Sven Dirkschneider Stefan Kaufmann Francesco Jovino Igor Gianola Stefan Schwarzmann Mathias Dieth Andy Susemihl Dieter Rubach Peter Szigeti Frank Rittel Thomas Franke Thomas Smuszynski Jürgen Graf Lorenzo Milani

Studio albums	Animal House (1987) Mean Machine (1989) Timebomb (1991) Solid (1997) No Limits (1998) Holy (1999) Man and Machine (2002) Thunderball (2004) Mission No. X (2005) Mastercutor (2007) Dominator (2009) Rev-Raptor (2011) Steelhammer (2013) Decadent (2015)

Live albums	Live from Russia (2001)

Related	Accept Sinner

Accept

Wolf Hoffmann Peter Baltes Mark Tornillo Stefan Schwarzmann Udo Dirkschneider Michael White Rob Armitage David Reece Michael Wagener Gerhard Wahl Herman Frank Jörg Fischer Jan Koemmet Jim Stacey Dieter Rubach Frank Friedrich Stefan Kaufmann Ken Mary Michael Cartellone

Studio albums	Accept I'm a Rebel Breaker Restless and Wild Balls to the Wall Metal Heart Russian Roulette Eat the Heat Objection Overruled Death Row Predator Blood of the Nations Stalingrad Blind Rage

Compilations	Best of Accept The Collection Restless The Best

Live albums	Staying a Life All Areas - Worldwide

Extended plays	Kaizoku-Ban Rich & Famous

Singles	"Lady Lou" "I'm a Rebel" "Burning" "Fast as a Shark" "Restless and Wild" "Balls to the Wall"

Related articles	Discography U.D.O.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 21756964 ISNI: 0000 0000 4574 0804 GND: 135728495 MusicBrainz: da88dce8-9cca-428c-aafa-6bc968783b24

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