U.D.O.
Sign in to saveU.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider in 1987.
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- Musical artist.name
- U.D.O.
- Musical artist.image
- U.D.O. Rockharz 2019 20.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- U.D.O. performing in 2019
- Musical artist.image_upright
- 1.25
- Musical artist.background
- group_or_band
- Musical artist.alias
- Dirkschneider (2018–present)
- Musical artist.origin
- Solingen, Germany
- Musical artist.genre
- Heavy metal
- Musical artist.label
- AFM, Breaker, GUN, RCA
- Musical artist.current_members
- Udo DirkschneiderAlen BrentiniDee DammersSven DirkschneiderPeter Baltes
- Musical artist.past_members
- Peter SzigetiFrank RittelMathias DiethThomas FrankeWolla BöhmDieter RubachAndy SusemihlThomas SmuszynskiStefan SchwarzmannFrank FrickeJurgen GrafLorenzo MilaniStefan KaufmannIgor GianolaFrancesco JovinoKasperi HeikkinenBill HudsonFitty WienholdTilen HudrapAndrey Smirnov
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- Official website
- www.udo-online.de
- Image
- U.D.O. Rockharz 2019 20.jpg
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- U.D.O.
- inception
- 1987-00-00
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 2005
- name
- U.D.O.
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- Band members
- Discography
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U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider in 1987.
==History== Following Dirkschneider's departure from Accept in 1987, he formed his own band called U.D.O. The first line-up consisted of guitarists Mathias Dieth and Peter Szigeti, bassist Frank Rittel and drummer Thomas Franke. They released the debut album Animal House on 3 November 1987, which was entirely written by Accept. Szigeti, Rittel and Franke departed the band and was replaced by guitarist Andy Susemihl, bassist Thomas Smuzyszki and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. The second album Mean Machine was released on 10 January 1989.