- Henjo Richter
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Name = Henjo Richter
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Henjo Oliver Richter
Born = Birth date and age|1963|11|24Hamburg ,West Germany
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Occupation =Musician ,Songwriter
Genre =Power metal , Heavy metal
Instrument =Guitar , Keyboard
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Associated_acts = Gamma RayAvantasia Helloween
URL =Henjo Oliver Richter, (born
November 24 ,1963 ) inHamburg ,West Germany , is aguitarist andkeyboardist in Gamma Ray, the Germanpower metal band formed byKai Hansen .Biography
Henjo is a self-taught musician and started playing at the age of 13. He is a veteran of the German heavy metal scene, but Gamma Ray is his first major band. He joined them as a replacement for guitarist
Dirk Schlächter (who had switched instrument to bass) onSomewhere Out In Space ( [1997] ).In
2001 Henjo was hired byTobias Sammet to play guitar on hisAvantasia project. He is also rumoured to have offered his services to Hansen's former bandHelloween for their albumRabbit Don't Come Easy following the departure of their guitaristRoland Grapow .In
2005 he was forced to miss part of Gamma Ray's tour for their album Majestic after injuring himself falling down a set of stairs on the ferry going betweenStockholm andFinland .Discography
With Gamma Ray
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Somewhere Out in Space " (1997)
*"Power Plant" (1999)
*"No World Order" (2001)
*"Majestic" (2005)
*"Land of the Free II " (2007)With Avantasia
*"
The Metal Opera " (2000)
*"The Metal Opera Part II " (2002)
*"The Scarecrow" (2008) - guestExternal links
* [http://www.gammaray.org/henjo.php Profile on official Gamma Ray website]
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