NAME: Stefan Schwarzmann
BIRTHDAY: November 11,1965
BIRTHPLACE: Erlangen
INSTRUMENT: Drums
FORMER BAND: UDO, Running Wild, Skew Siskin, Accept, MoonŽ Doc, Voice,X-Wild, Duo Mystica, Pookah, Die Suicides
ALBUMS PERFORMED ON: Accept- Death Row, Accept- All Areas Worldwide, Running Wild- Pile of skulls, Running Wild-, Running Wild-, UDO- Mean Machine, UDO- Faceless World, UDO- Timebomb, UDO- Solid, UDO- No Limits, X Wild- So What, X Wild- Master, Die Suicides- Und Sie Feben Immer Noch, Die Suicides-,Pookah, Duo Mystica- The Narnberg Dolphin Orchestra
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Bio of Stefan Taken from his website which you can go to here

It was established already during his childhood that Stefan had an extraordinary talent for rhythm. At the age of 14 years his father left him his old drum kit after having recognised that Stefan was beating all the objects which he encountered in his personal surroundings. His father himself was belonging to a dance band as drummer for years. The obvious talent of Stefan as well as his deeply rooted inclination to all the percussion instruments led to his incessant creative urge. After having been taught a very few times by his father, Stefan began to realize his autodidactic studies by himself. Stefan was always able to manage the imitation of international drummers easily, which confirmed his vocation as well as his ambitious nature to reach perfection in all fields. Within a short time while belonging to various local rock-groups as permanent member, Stefan had on the one hand the opportunity to elaborate his abilities and on the other hand to gain a lot of useful experiences by many public appearances. In the year 1987 Stefan made a great leap forward within the international music scene by taking part in the famous rock group RUNNING WILD as permanent member. Since then Stefan has been standing out from the leading European drummers. Due to a lot of tours inland and abroad he gained his professionalism and his numerous experiences. Furthermore he participated in different broadcasting and television programmes as well as in several recordings of videos and sound carriers. which broadened his knowledge of the music business even more. In the year 1994 Stefan dedicated himself to the rhythm section of different cultures which served him a lot in the field of the "Manual and Effect-Percussion". To such an extent that he has being developed his own abilities, Stefan has being proofed additionally his interpretation of the varied rhythm sections in an.outstanding and pioneering manner. Finally Stefan has always shown his capability of dealing successfully both with classical percussion instruments and with usual drum kits. Last but not least Stefan has been involved in the world of ensemble and orchestra since the beginning of 1998, which has been emphasising his extensive musical range in particular.

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