Name: Andreas Deris Birth: 18th August, 1964 City: Karlsruhe, Germany Equipament: Shure Beta SM58 Wireless First big band: Pink Cream 69
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Food: German Spätzle (kind of noodles) Drink: Coffe Movie: The Matrix Actor / Actress: Russel Crow / Miss Piggy Book: Song Of Ice And Fire (3 books so far) Author: George R.R. Martin Band: Kiss / Thin Lizzie Album: Double Platinum (Kiss) and Thunder And Lightning (Thin Lizzie) Song: Detroit Rock City (Kiss) and Cold Sweat (Thin Lizzie) Your best gig: Monsters Of Rock, Sao Paulo (Brazil, 1996) Best gig you have seen: Kiss in Germany, Karlsruhe - DYNASTY TOUR Worst nightmare: War Place you'd like to go: New Zealand Life philosophy: Live and let live
Since the day he was born, the 18th of August, 1964, in Karlsruhe, Germany, to these very days, Andreas Deris has been devoted to music. As an adolescent, at the age of 15, Andi started singing and had his 1st band, called "Paranoid". Two years later, at the age of 17, Andi’s band changed its name to "Nameless". Nameless’ drummer was Ralph Maison, who also played with him on his solo albums (come In From The Rain and Done By Mirrors). Ralph has always been a very close friend of Deris’, since the 6th grade.
Later, approximately at the age of 19, Andi e Ralph got together and formed a band called "Kymera", however Ralph had to quit, once he had decided to go to college and no longer had the time to be committed to the band. At that point Kosta Zafiriou joined in to replace Ralph on the drums. Three years after that, in 1987, at the age of 22, Andi and Kosta joined the band "Pink Cream 69". The band’s 1st line up was: Alfred Koffler, Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Andi Deris. The band "Pink Cream 69" became famous in Europe, winning 1988’s award "Metal Hammer newcomer" in Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg, Germany. The result was that the band was offered several deals from record companies, and they finally singed with CBS (Sony Music nowadays). The band’s 1st album, from 1989, called "Pink Cream 69", was well accepted by the critics as well as by the audience. They toured Europe for the 1st time with the band "White Lion". A year later, in 1990, Pink Cream 69 played in America for the 1st time. They already had a name, and in 1991 their 2nd album came out: "One Size Fits All", firstly issued in Europe and Japan. This album went up to #1 in the charts of some European countries. In 1992 the band played for the 1st time in Japan, performing 5 concerts that were later used to produce the video "SIZE IT UP! LIVE IN JAPAN". In 1993 the album "Games People Play" came out with a following tour.
In 1994, after singing on 3 albums with Pink Cream 69, Andi Deris left the band to face a great challenge: replace Michael Kiske in Helloween, who had left after the controversial album "Chameleon" which hadn’t pleased most of the fans. Andi’s task was tough, yet he bravely managed to accomplish it very well. In 1994 Helloween’s album "Master Of The Rings" gave the band a new life. The album pleased the fans and Andi was seen as a perfect replacement. In 1996, Helloween put out the 2nd album with Andi Deris "The Time Of The Oath". An exquisite album about Nostradamus’ prophecies. It was a huge success, selling as never had the band seen before. In 1996 Andi Deris and Helloween played in South America for the 1st time. In Brazil, Helloween played the "Monsters Of Rock" festival on the 24th of August of 1996. The fans and the media saluted Andi Deris.
In the same year, the double album and the video "High Live" came out, both recorded on the Spanish and Italian part of the "The Time Of The Oath" tour.This served to prove how competent Deris is on stage. After this long tour, Helloween had a short break and in 1997 Andi Deris focused on his 1st solo album: "Come In From The Rain". On this solo album Andi was able to leave Helloween’s heavy sound a bit aside and experiment with new genres. In the album "Come In From The Rain", besides Andi (vocals and guitar), the line up was: Peter Idera (guitar), his great friend, Ralph Maison (drums and backing vocals) and Gisbert Royder (bass).
After the break, Andi and Helloween came back at full speed. In 1998 "Better Than Raw" came out, a very heavy album, on which Andi Deris could show his great versatility, changing his performing style on several songs, such as "Push", "Handful Of Pain", "Time" and "Revelation". On this last album, Andi had a quite different experience:singing a song in Latin ("Lavdate Dominvm"). The album was a huge success, followed by a great world tour. In the end of 1998, Helloween performed a special gig in NY. 1999 was a hard working studio year. Andi was along with Helloween cover album "Metal Jukebox" released later that year He also released his 2nd solo album: "Done By Mirrors", which also came out in the end of 1999 only in Japan. It had a different line up from his previous solo album: Don Pupillo (guitar), Gisbert Royder (bass), Ralph Maison (drums and backing vocals) and Andi Deris (vocals and guitar). Done By Mirrors was a pretty different piece of work, with some slow songs as well as some heavy shit. In the beginning of 2000, Deris signed with "Massacre Records" so Done By Mirrors gets to be released in Europe.
In 2001, "The Dark Ride" album came out, a very heavy and dark album and in 2003, Helloween released "Rabbit Don't Come Easy". Album who gaves to the band a new life, with new members. Helloween started in Brazil a huge world tour, called "Rabbits on the Run Tour".
Source: http://planeta.terra.com.br/arte/nightquest/deris/biography.html
