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    Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also...
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    singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Weikath and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. By the time Hansen left Helloween in...
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    Ray is a German power metal band from Hamburg, founded and fronted by Kai Hansen after his departure from power metal band Helloween, in 1989. He is the...
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  • released in 1985 on LP by Noise Records. It is the only album featuring Kai Hansen as lead vocalist until 2021's Helloween, although he would continue to...
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    power metal band Helloween, which was fronted by singer/guitarist Kai Hansen. Hansen had some difficulties being both the lead guitarist and lead vocalist...
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  • drummer Kai Hansen (born 1963), German musician Kai Harada (born 1999), Japanese rock climber Kai Havertz (born 1999), German footballer Kai Heerings...
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    2011 the band was joined by Gamma Ray leader and Helloween co-founder, Kai Hansen. The band released the EP Ignition and their first studio album Unisonic...
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  • "Pumpkins United" line-up, which marked the return of original member Kai Hansen on guitars and vocals and Michael Kiske on vocals in 2016, in addition...
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  • (which Kai Hansen formed after leaving Helloween itself), Unisonic, HammerFall, LORD and Sonata Arctica. It is their last album to feature Hansen until...
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    Oliva, Biff Byford, Joe Lynn Turner, Tim "Ripper" Owens, Geoff Tate, Kai Hansen, Rudolf Schenker, Bruce Kulick, Sascha Paeth, Eric Singer, Bob Catley...
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    Hamburg. Formed in 1984, the group was originally a quartet featuring Kai Hansen on lead vocals and guitar, Michael Weikath on guitar and backing vocals...
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  • considered the album that created the genre of European-style power metal. Kai Hansen stepped away from doing vocal duties as he had difficulties singing and...
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    harsh, thrash metal style, including Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger, Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray, Peavy Wagner of Rage, and Wintersun's Jari Mäenpää. Many...
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  • band. The "White Christmas" piece features Kiske, Michael Weikath and Kai Hansen on vocals, while the "I'll Be Your Santa Claus" piece features only Kiske...
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    and producer/engineer Piet Sielck joined with former Helloween bandmate Kai Hansen and then-drummer for Blind Guardian, Thomen Stauch in a new project that...
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    Halen. Weikath is one of the founding members of Helloween, along with Kai Hansen (vocals/guitar), Markus Grosskopf (bass), and Ingo Schwichtenberg (drums)...
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  • band Helloween, released in 1991. It marked the departure of guitarist Kai Hansen, with Roland Grapow replacing him. It was also the first album released...
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  • new drummer Michael Ehré following Dan Zimmermann's departure in 2012. Kai Hansen revealed in an interview with Metal Blast in April 2013 that their upcoming...
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    finding a heavier band with more live playing opportunities, then he met Kai Hansen and his band Second Hell, with whom he started playing. The band soon...
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    2010) Tobias Sammet – vocals Andre Matos – vocals Jørn Lande – vocals Kai Hansen – vocals (only shows in Europe) Bob Catley – vocals (only shows in Europe...
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  • tone. This album also marks the first since Battalions of Fear which Kai Hansen (Helloween, Gamma Ray) did not contribute guest vocals or guitar, and...
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  • I Want Out (Helloween song) (category Songs written by Kai Hansen)
    Keys: Part II, that was released as a single in 1988. It was written by Kai Hansen, who said in an interview that it was a hint of him really wanting "out"...
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  • Heading for Tomorrow (category Albums produced by Kai Hansen)
    been released separately from the box-set. All tracks are written by Kai Hansen, except where noted Notes "Look at Yourself" only appears on the CD version...
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  • Power Plant (Gamma Ray album) (category Albums produced by Kai Hansen)
    in which the lineup from one album to the next remain unchanged, with Kai Hansen on vocals and guitar, Henjo Richter on guitar, Dirk Schlächter on bass...
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  • Land of the Free (Gamma Ray album) (category Albums produced by Kai Hansen)
    Scheepers, leaving guitarist and founder Kai Hansen to take up lead vocals. While not his first stint as a vocalist (Hansen had sung lead for Helloween until...
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  • Insanity and Genius (category Albums produced by Kai Hansen)
    studio album by Gamma Ray and final album with Ralf Scheepers on vocals. Kai Hansen sings on the song "Heal Me", Dirk Schlächter sings on the song "Your Tørn...
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    with which he played for twelve years, after replacing founding member Kai Hansen. He subsequently created the power metal band Masterplan in 2001, which...
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  • and the only one recorded with vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist Kai Hansen (who had left the band a few months earlier), until the release of United...
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  • No World Order (Gamma Ray album) (category Albums produced by Kai Hansen)
    made for the song "Eagle". All tracks are written by Kai Hansen, except where noted Kai Hansen - vocals, electric guitars Henjo Richter - Electric and...
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  • members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen joining Helloween's line-up. This would be the first live album to feature both Kiske and Hansen since 1989's Live in...
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