- Snowy Shaw
Infobox musical artist
Name = Snowy Shaw
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Tommie Helgesson
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Born =1969
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Origin =Gothenburg ,Sweden
Instrument = drums,Guitar , Bass, keyboards, Vocals
Genre = Heavy metalBlack metal Glam metal Gothic metal Punk rock
Horror-shock metal
Occupation =Musician
Years_active =1989 -present
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Associated_acts = King Diamond,Loud N' Nasty ,Mercyful Fate ,Dream Evil , Therion, Cans, Notre Dame, Memento Mori,Illwill
URL = http://www.snowyshaw.com/
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Notable_instruments =Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in
1969 , is a Swedish heavy metalmusician (primarily adrummer ), based in the port city ofGothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond,Dream Evil ,Mercyful Fate ,IllWill , Notre Dame and Memento Mori. He is currently working solo, after a split fromDream Evil in January 2006. He will be drumming for Deathstars on the January/February 2008 European tour with Korn.Snowy is adept at playing
guitar as well as drums and laterally featured as a primarysongwriter in Dream Evil.In October 2006 Snowy joined the
symphonic metal band Therion, singing on the "Gothic Kabbalah " album and participating in the2007 tour together with already established singerMats Levén .Snowy also works as a photographer and designer for bands and artists, and has arranged promotional shoots for bands such as Falconer, Easy Action,
Engel ,Loud N´Nasty , Passenger, Therion, The Crown,Hellfueled ,Nightrage and Wolf.Timeline
*1989 - Snowy Shaw joined King Diamond, touring America and Europe.
*1992 - Formed the band Memento Mori withMike Wead andMessiah Marcolin .
*1993 - JoinedMercyful Fate , worked on solo project called Shamens and then Wakan Tanka.
*1994 - Quit all previous band involvements to focus onIllWill .
*1997 - Quit all previous band involvements to focus on his own band Notre Dame, where he did not play the drums but played guitar,bass, keyboards and sang. Another noted member of Notre Dame was "Vampirella", a supposed former girlfriend of Shaw's
*2000 - Was asked by producer and guitaristFredrik Nordström to join new power/melodic metal bandDream Evil . Refused, but agreed to do some session drumming for the band's first album Dragonslayer.
*2001 - Snowy is hired as session drummer for the solo album of former Europe and Easy Action guitaristKee Marcello
*2002 - Decided to joinDream Evil as a full member, and toured Europe and Japan with the band. Worked withThem Sluts! , as well as keeping up with his own band Notre Dame.
*2004 - Notre Dame was disbanded after one last show on Halloween
*2005 - QuitDream Evil to work solo. "CREEPSHOW FREAKSHOW PEEPSHOW", a live recording of Notre Dame in Göteborg (Gothenburg) in 2000 is released by Shaw's own indie label, White Trash Records.
*2006 - Produced and in general offered his help to his friends in the Swedish glam/sleaze bandLoud N´Nasty . He played drums on the recording and a few shows. Was hired as singer in Therion. Apart from his singing duties Snowy is hired to design and manufacture everything visual for the stage act and photo.
*2007 - Therion release Gothic Kabbalah and tour worldwide on their 20th anniversary.Discography
=With King Diamond=#"The Eye" (1990)
With
Mercyful Fate #"
In the Shadows " (1993) (Morten Nielsen recorded the drums, but had to leave; Snowy had just joined)
#"The Bell Witch EP " (1993)
#"Time" (1994)
=With Memento Mori=#"
Rhymes of Lunacy " (1993)
#"Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales " (1994)With
IllWill #"Evilution" (1999)
=With Notre Dame=#"Coming Soon to a Théatre Near you!!!" (1998)
#"Le Théâtre du Vampire" (1999)
#"Nightmare Before Christmas" (1999)
#"Abattoir, Abatoir du Noir" (2000)
#"Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You, The 2nd" (2002)
#"Demi Monde Bizarros" (2004)
#"Creepshow Freakshow Peepshow" (2005)With
Dream Evil #"Dragonslayer" (2002)
#"Evilized " (2003)
#"Children of the Night" (EP, 2003)
#"The Book of Heavy Metal " (2004)With
Loud 'N' Nasty #"No One Rocks Like You" (2007)
With
Therion #"
Gothic Kabbalah " (2007)With
XXX Currently Snowy Shaw works with the band XXX(read Triple X) making Glitter Rock.Their debut album,'Heaven,Hell or Hollywood' has been recorded,mixed and mastered by Andy LaRocque in the Sonic Train Studios. They have been signed by King Records/Japan-elsewhere not signed.For more info,go to [http://www.myspace.com/xxxsweden XXX's Myspace]
External links
* [http://www.snowyshaw.com/ Snowy Shaw Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/snowyshaw/ Snowy Shaw Official Myspace]
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