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He’s the father of German power metal, founder of Helloween, then founder of Gamma Ray. One of my preferred rock musicians EVER. Kai Hansen RULES! 🤘

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Much prefer Kai’s vocals nowadays over the first Helloween album, from which that track featured. Walls of Jericho suffered in the production IMHO. 

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One of my favorite European power metal musicians! I have come to appreciate Helloween & Gamma Ray when I started listening to the power metal channel on my Stingray Music service. It inspires to work on my rock chops in my playing when I hear this type of music. 

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12 hours ago, Hamer95USA said:

One of my favorite European power metal musicians! I have come to appreciate Helloween & Gamma Ray when I started listening to the power metal channel on my Stingray Music service. It inspires to work on my rock chops in my playing when I hear this type of music. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Guitar George

It almost inspired me to turn on an amp and pick up a guitar. Almost. 

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This is Kay Hansen playing the role of the Master of Toys, in the Avantasia rock opera —the music starts about 1:50. The original track was sung by Alice Cooper, but Kai does a great job live: 

 

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2 hours ago, zorrow said:

This is Kay Hansen playing the role of the Master of Toys, in the Avantasia rock opera —the music starts about 1:50. The original track was sung by Alice Cooper, but Kai does a great job live: 

 

Love me some aventasia. Dare I say that I preferred Kai’s vocals to Alice’s on the studio album...

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This is one I find very representative of Kai Hansen’s style, from the speedy riffs and melodic lines to the guitar solos and vocals. I hope you’ll like it:

 

 

This other one shows some Rush influences. You might find it interesting too:

 

 

It’s funny, I’ve been listening to Gamma Ray repeatedly since you guys reminded me they existed —as you might have noticed, I am a fan. Thank you for bringing back so many great memories!

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