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Biography

It all started in Fulda (Hessen, Germany) in the year 1992 when four fourteen year old schoolfiends decided to form a traditional Metal band at a time, when Grunge music was at its peak. First they covered songs from their favorite bands such as Deep Purple, KISS, AC/DC and Iron Maiden. Soon they got bored by playing other people´s songs, so they decided to write and record their own songs to get record deal someday. But in the beginning the plan would not work as hoped. "Our schoolmates laughed at that kind of music, unfortunately", says Tobias Sammet, singer of the band, about those first steps to success, "of course the record lables, too, did not see any future for our kind music with eunuch-vocals, two guitars and an unbearable kick-in-the-ass-joy-of-life! Well, the fact that we were pretty bad at that time surely proved to be another reason for our failure. The funny thing is: now all these companies who rejected us in the past have offered us a lot of money today. But now we can sit back, relax and tell them "you´ve had your chance" and decline their offers with a smile on our faces.

The turn of the tide went well for Edguy: after five years of hard work, never ending visits to record companies and countless failures at band-contests, the small label AFM-Records took mercy upon the band and gave them their first record contract. With AFM they released five studio cd´s between 1997 and 2003 (Kingdom of Madness 1997, Vain Glory Opera 1998, Theater Of Salvation 1999, Savage Poetry 2000, Mandrake 2001), the double live album "Burning down the opera" in 2003 as well as the two solo cd´s "Avantasia" by Tobias Sammet parts one and two (Part one 2001, part two 2002).
With every album the fanbase grew larger. The constant touring helped the band to prove hat they are one of the best and most entertaining live acts ever. Wherever Edguy enter a stage you will find great entertainment, great party and an over the top demonstration of their musical talent. The fans could hear and see all this on Edguy´s last year´s Mandrake headlining-tour (the cd achieved top twenty status in various European countries). Even the last doubter was convinced after seeing Edguy live that their status had been underrated so often. The tour went through 23 countries travelling around on 4 continents for more than a year (Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, USA) - and more than once they´ve played in front of a full house. Well, Edguy are a phenomenon - and a very likeable, too. Even though some folks do not like or even hate the band for their exotic and sometimes extreme (both funny and strange) public appearances: you can not deny they brought a bright and colorful new perspective into the old fashioned and often "near death" metal scene. Success paves their way: with powerful songs, a great portion of humor, a chaotic but with no doubt charismatic frontman and a great deal of freshness and glamour they leave other bands far behind.

And now they are back!

Source: website

Line-up
Tobias Sammet - Vocals
Jens Ludwig - Guitar
Dirk Sauer - Guitar
Tobias Exxel - Bass
Felix Bohnke - Drums