Alex Scholpp is a German guitarist born in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
, who is known above all for his activity in the band
Farmer Boys and
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half o ...
. He also composes/plays for the bands Tieflader and
Sinner. He is also a session guitar player and teaches the guitar in his own music school "Alex Scholpp's Guitar Camp" in Stuttgart.
In the middle of the 90s he was a founding Member of the band Farmer Boys, releasing 4 albums and touring Europe and is recording for various projects of mixed styles in the studio. 2003 he is founding his music- school "Alex Scholpp's Guitar- Camp" in Stuttgart. After more session guitar work (among others "
Die Fantastischen Vier") Alex Scholpp is working since 2007 with
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half o ...
(ex- Nightwish), playing live and recording on all her studio albums. Besides that he has his Metal- Band "Tieflader" and is playing for the German Hard Rock Band "Sinner" and had a project called "The Help" together with Flo Dauner and
Doug Wimbish. He worked as author for the German "guitar" magazine for two special issues "School of Metal".
Since 1999 Alex is playing exclusively
ESP Guitars, his model being custom variations of the M II- model. He is also an endorser of
Blackstar amps using mainly the "Artisan" and "Series One" Amps. For both Brands he is playing clinics and is recording demo- videos.
External links
* http://www.tarjaturunen.com
* http://www.guitar-camp.de
* http://www.ppvmedien.de/guitar-deluxe-1-schoeol-of-metal-III
* http://www.ppvmedien.de/guitar-deluxe-2-schoeol-of-metal-IV
Dacia & The WMDTiefladerFarmer BoysInterview with Alex for Tarja Fanclub
German rock guitarists
German male guitarists
Living people
Musicians from Stuttgart
Sinner (band) members
Year of birth missing (living people)
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