U.D.O.
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U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead singer Udo Dirkschneider in 1987. Closely tied to the name U.D.O. is Accept, founded by Udo Dirkschneider and Michael Wagener (later to become a top producer) in Solingen, which was the predecessor of U.D.O.
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[edit] History
After the breaking up of Accept in 1987, a large fan community followed Udo Dirkschneider to U.D.O.
Starting with the first albums Animal House in 1988 and Mean Machine in 1989 U.D.O. proved to be pure heavy metal without any Trend-Sound influences. Both albums continued where Accept had left of in 1986 with Russian Roulette. Animal House was played in by Peter Szigeti (guitars), Frank Rittel from Warlock (bass), Mathias Dieth from Sinner (guitars),Thomas Franke (drums) and of course Udo Dirkschneider (vocals)
When Mean Machine was released in 1989 U.D.O. had a totally different look. From the line-up which had played on Animal House, remained besides Udo only Mathias Dieth (guitar). New were Andy Susemihl (guitar), Thomas Smuszynski (bass) and Stefan Schwarzmann (drums).
Even though the unwritten U.D.O. law No-Keyboards was broken, U.D.O. achieved an amazing success, with the album Faceless World, produced by ex-Accept drummer Stefan Kaufmann.
At first disputed, it turned out to be, with Udo Dirkschneider (vocals), Mathias Dieth (guitar), Wolla Boehm (guitar), Thomas Smuszynski (bass) and Stefan Schwarzmann (drums), U.D.O.'s most sold album so far.
In the early 1990's U.D.O. disbanded so Udo Dirkschneider could devote himself to the Accept reunion which produced three new Accept albums over a span of 3 years. After the 2nd incarnation of Accept ended in late 1996, Udo reformed U.D.O. and proceeded to release three albums in the late 90's which are considered by many U.D.O. fans to be the band's most creative output. The band has been consistently releasing new albums and has released a live DVD of their 2001 Tour of Russia. U.D.O. released "Metalized" in November 2007 ,their second "best of" album it features two unreleased tracks and an acoustic version of Accept's "Balls To The Wall"
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio albums
- Animal House (1987)
- Mean Machine (1988)
- Faceless World (1990)
- Timebomb (1991)
- Solid (1997)
- No Limits (1998)
- Holy (1999)
- Man And Machine (2002)
- Thunderball (2004)
- Mission No. X (2005)
- Mastercutor (2007)
[edit] Live albums
- Live from Russia (2001)
- Nailed To Metal - The Missing Tracks (2003)
[edit] Compilation albums
- Best Of (1999)
- Metallized (2007)
[edit] 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)
[edit] DVDs
- Nailed To Metal - The Complete History (2003)
- Thundervision (2004)
[edit] External links
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