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Gunnar Graps
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Tartu, Tartu County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Gunnar Graps-Grāfs (November 27, 1951 – May 17, 2004) was a popular Estonian musician and one of the pioneers of hard rock in Estonia and Soviet Union. He has sold hundreds of thousands of records all over the world and in 2004 Graps was given a lifetime award at Estonian Music Awards. He has been compared to Mick Jagger and Alice Cooper, both who were his own personal idols, and is often called…
Known for
- Esto TV — Self2000
- Where We're Not1986
- Soviet Rock — Self1980
- Soolo1979
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Gunnar Graps was born on November 27, 1951. Started in 60`s as drummer-composer in Estonian r`n`b group Mikronid, became also Stevie Wonder influenced vocalist in early 70s. 1972 joined Cream-influenced trio Ornament, one of the first hard rock group in whole Soviet Union although group perfomed also soul and even proto-reggae songs. 1976 established his own band called Magnetic Band, which started with jazz-rock but continued playng funky and blues music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gunn
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gunnar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Tartu
- Place of death
- Tallinn
- Occupation
- drummer
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- cello
- Image
- Gunnar Graps 1974.jpg
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- Gunnar Graps
- date of birth
- 1951-11-27
- date of death
- 2004-05-17
- place of burial
- Rahumäe Cemetery
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
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