Helloween "I Want OUT" .

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Markus Großkopf

Markus Großkopf (nacido en Hamburgo, Alemania el 21 de septiembre de 1965) es el bajista de la banda de Heavy/Power Metal alemana llamada Helloween. Comenzó a tocar el bajo a la edad de 15, cuando hizo amigos con un baterísta y un guitarrista, ellos estaban buscando a un bajista así que se compró su primer bajo y comenzó a tocar con covers de The Sex Pistols, Ramones y de otros. Después de un tiempo decidió irse de la banda con la esperanza de encontrar una banda más pesada, y con más oportunidades de tocar en vivo. Ahí fue cuando se contactó con Kai Hansen y su banda “Second Hell”, con quienes comenzó a tocar. Luego, a la banda se le unió un guitarrista del grupo “Powerfool” llamado Michael Weikath y más adelante adoptaron el nombre de Helloween con su formación original: Kai Hansen (guitarra/voz), Michael Weikath (guitarra), Markus Großkopf (bajo) e Ingo Schwichtenberg (batería). Grosskopf ha estado tocando en Helloween desde los inicios de la banda y junto a Michael Weikath son los únicos miembros originales que quedan.
Proyectos fuera de Helloween

Su primer proyecto solista o fuera de Helloween es Shockmachine y lanzaron su primer álbum "Shockmachine" en 1998, también toca bajo en Tobias Sammet (Edguy) Avantasia Partes 1 y 2, tan bien como la versión dispuesta de los miembros de Uriah Heep de Salisbury y la banda Kickhunter quienes lanzaron su álbum debut "Hearts and Bones" en el cual Markus tomó el rol de bajista y productor.

Estilo de tocar

Bajista de Gran Vistuosidad, Su estilo de tocar se ha caracterizado por tener líneas de bajo muy prominentes, ocasional pero no muy a menudo agrega solos (siendo "Eagle Fly Free" el más famoso), es conocido por utilizar varios estilos; Pizzacato (dedos), Tapping, Slap y la púa, dependiendo de la canción. Utiliza regularmente una púa para las cancionés más simples, como "I Want Out" o "Just A Little Sign", los dedos para canciones más complejas, como "Dr. Stein" o "Halloween", Slap en canciones como "Mrs. God" y el tapping en la inolvidable "Eagle Fly Free", El mejor ejemplo de Sus Habilidades Es Mostrado es su Proyecto Markus Grosskopf's Bassinvader.

En pocas palabras, podemos decir que Markus Grosskopf es de los bajistas más completos dentro del Heavy Metal.
Datos Curiosos
Musicos Favoritos

* Cantante Jimmy Barnes
* Guitarristas: Randy Rhodes, Walter Trout
* Bajista: John Entwistle
* Batero: Keith Moon
* Musico: Pete Townsend

Albums favoritos

* Rainbow "Life on Stage"
* Thin Lizzy "Live and Dangerous"
* Walter Trout "Life in the Jungle"
* Dream Theater "Images and Words"

Equipamiento
Amplificadores

* Ampeg SVT 400 Watt
* Ampeg SVT 8/10"

Bajos

* Dommenget Telecaster Custom Bass
* Fender Precision Bass

Dani Löble - Solo 2009 - If I Could Fly

HELLOWEN "THE DARK RIDE" REWIEW

Helloween -

The Dark Ride

2000



01. Behind The Portal

02. Mr. Torture

03. All Over The Nations

04. Escalation 666

05. Mirror Mirror

06. If I Could Fly

07. Salvation

08. The Departed (Sun Is Going Down)

09. I Live For Your Pain

10. We Damn The Night

11. Immortal

12. The Dark Ride

13. The Madness Of The Crowds [Japanese bonus]

14. Deliver Us From Temptation [Japanese bonus]


They did it! They have made an album that can reach a cult status of The Keepers! Of course that will never happen, because the only ones who like this album were the ones who left Helloween and made Masterplan, so it's a shame, because I would really like to see "The Dark Ride 2 - The Dark Fucking Legacy." Instead of returning to classic names to try to succeed again, they should make a new classic without Kai or Kiske on its name, really.

Another important fact is Deris. Here we can hear his best performance to date. His voice here sounds like nothing he has done, ever. If they even dare to make a follow-up to this album, it needs Deris, because it's voice fits perfectly to the dark sound, something I don't think Kiske could do. A very important fact.

Oh, yes! The music, the music. Here you can find 100% classic Helloween. That doesn't mean clones of our beloved classics. No. All the material here is new, powerful, heavy as hell, and dark. Everyone here knows the dark history of this dark album, so there is no need to explain it. This, my friends, is the best Deris-era album, hands down. Probably even if "Keepers - the Legacy" didn't have that blasphemous title it wouldn't be better than this just because of the originality of making a Helloween album that is dark, and succeeds!

Each of these tracks are as good as the previous one. Even "All Over the Nations" (somewhat of a happy tune in a dark album, but still shines a lot.), "Mirror Mirror" (second evil track in a row, where the previous, "Escalation 666" is MUCH better, with an amazing solo), "I Live For Your Pain" (that it's between two of the best tracks of the album, but the uplifting chorus saves it and still shines) and the underrated "Immortal" which is probably even as good as "If I Could Fly" but that was the single, and we know everyone loves the piano. Fuck them. This still shines.

What makes this album different to the previous ones is, probably, the choruses. Instead of the classic happy, happy chorus, every one here is really evil (don't count "All Over The Nations" here), which makes this album much, much better. "Mr. Torture" is the best opening track since "I'm Alive" (yes, "Mr. Torture" kicks "Eagle Fly Free" as an opening track). "Escalation 666" and "The Departed" are heavier than any previous song. "Salvation" is a very uplifting song.

Finally, the title track and the epic of the album, which is the best track of the album (and best Deris-era Helloween song), manages to rule without copying the structure of the previous epics. The song sounds really evil, and the solo is the best Helloween has made in a lot of time.

So well, if you have been a Helloween fan from the beginning until the end, you just can't miss this album. But if you are one of those dudes who think Halloween is just Jericho and Kiske's Keepers, and didn't even dare to try the previous Deris-era albums because they aren't amazing (they are just average, good or very good, but not amazing), try The Dark Ride. You will be amazed.

Best Tracks: "The Dark Ride" is just better than anything here, and "Mirror Mirror " is, maybe (and just maybe) a bit worse than the other tracks, but here they manage to keep a constant stream of amazing music. Every track shines here.


Band profile: Helloween
Album: The Dark Ride



Performance: 10
Songwriting: 9
Originality: 10
Production: 10