For fans of musical metal excellence THOMSEN comes like a bolt out of the blue ;
nothing less than a musical Who´s Who !
To many stars of the rock and metal scene, René Thomsen is already a well known name.
Born in Schleswig in 1963 René established his firm BRS (Backline Rental Service) in 1996 working behind the scenes of major events such as The Echo Awards and 50 Years of Rock (on ZDF one of Germanys biggest TV national stations) furthermore bands such as Machine Head, Social Distortion, Tiamat, King's X rely on BRS for their tour equipment and he lends his technical expertise to stars on tour including Ozzy, Dio, U.D.O., Helloween, Genesis, Simple Minds and Joe Jackson
Along with various big names from the music scene René has compiled an all star band the result of which is “THOMSEN”
HERMAN FRANK
Producing and playing lead guitars on the THOMSEN album is none other than Herman Frank
(Accept ; Victory ; Moon Doc) previous productions that he has worked on include Saxon , Messiahs Kiss, Molly Hatchet and Rose Tattoo.
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JÜRGEN WULFES
Jürgen Wulfes is the voice and lyricist of THOMSEN. He was the main man behind introducing „shouting the bar“ to Germany and he composed most of the songs from the band Cholane and is known for be the vocal artist with Moon Doc
BOBBY JARZOMBEK
Born and raised in San Antonio Texas and mostly known as the drummer from Riot and the British metal legend Rob Halford, who said about Bobby „ seeing a videotape of the sickest drum solo I've seen in my life. It takes a lot to impress me because I've been around the block! I knew Bobby from Riot but had never seen him play live. He's like an illusionist on the drum kit. It's effortless and entertaining, and he's just brilliant - the best heavy metal drummer I know."
Besides that Bobby perfomed with various artist including Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards und Sebastian Bach.
Bobby performs most of the songs on the THOMSEN laying down a phenomenally powerful foundation for the album
NEIL MURRAY
Born as Philip Neil Murray on 27th August in Edinburgh Scotland , Neil could easily be described as a living legend . As Bass player he has played with Whitesnake, Gary Moore and naturally with Black Sabbath on the excellent TYR album from 1990 where we can say he wrote a part of rock history.
In THOMSEN you can hear him on the songs „Stand Up And Shout“ und „You And Me“
TIMOTHY 'NIBBS' CARTER
Some of the Bass is played by Timothy „ Nibbs“ Carther born in 1966 in England and who is also responsible for the bass on a total of 13 Saxon Albums. His unique bass playing can be heard on “Ruthless“, „Tears Of The Sun“ and „Branded Man” etc..
STEFAN SCHWARZMANN
Stefans breakthrough into the international music scene began in 1987 with Running Wild followed by appearances with Accept, U.D.O., Moon' Doc und Skew Siskin.
International tours took him round the world and with Helloween he played the biggest Festivals such as Wacken Open Air, Earthshaker and Sweden Rock. In 2005 he played on the Krokus Album “Hellraiser”, which reached number 2 in the Swiss album charts and earned him a gold record. With THOMSEN Stefan’s amazing drum work can be heard on „Stand Up And Shout“ und „You And Me“
JAN S. ECKERT
Jan was born on 4th Dec 1965 in Quickborn Germany and is well known for his bass work with Iron Saviour and Masterplan.
With THOMSEN Jan plays on the titles „Time Again“, „Blind Your Eyes“ und „Bang Your Head“ & on the hymn "Heaven & Hell"
INGO POWITZER
Ingo is a session player who has worked with various artists and arranged the acoustic version of the Scorpions hit „Rock You Like A Hurricane“ and is also the guitar tech of Matthias Jabs (Scorpions).
You can hear Ingo on the THOMSEN titles “Heaven & Hell“ und „Bang Your Head“