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German power metal band

Gamma Ray is a German power metal band from Hamburg, founded and fronted by Kai Hansen after his departure from power metal band Helloween, in 1989. He is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter.

The records that changed my life: Kai Hansen of Gamma Ray

Between 1990 and 2014, Gamma Ray recorded eleven studio albums.

Biography

Formation

In 1988, after four years with the German power metal band Helloween, guitarist and songwriter Kai Hansen decided to leave the group. Hansen claimed that Helloween had become too big for him to handle, although the group's troubles with financial issues and their record company, Noise Records, most likely played a part as well.

He proceeded to do some studio work with German power metal band Blind Guardian and, in 1989, decided to form his own project with longtime friend Ralf Scheepers, former vocalist of the band Tyran Pace.^[3] This two-man project grew into a four-man band with the addition of Uwe Wessel on bass and Mathias What Joe Satriani Really Thinks of Kurt Cobain as a Guitarist NYLAG