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Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of
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band
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. He is also one of the co-founders of metal band
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, which he rejoined in 2016. He is a prominent figure in power metal and has sold millions of albums worldwide. He is regarded as "the godfather of power metal", having founded two seminal bands in the genre. In 2011, he joined the band Unisonic featuring former Helloween vocalist
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. Hansen and Kiske reunited with Helloween in 2017 for a world tour with all current members, celebrating the 30-year anniversary of release of the albums ''
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'' Parts I and II.


Early life

Kai Hansen was born in
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in 1963. At the age of ten, Kai got interested in music and started playing wash-drums. His parents however, didn't like the noise and bought him an
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instead. He took a six-months course in
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and following it, formed his first band with his classmates after he bought an
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, a white
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Les Paul.


Career

Hansen's musical career started in 1978 in a band called Gentry, alongside
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's co-founder and producer
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. In 1983, he and Michael Weikath founded
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, where he was guitarist and singer until
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took over the microphone for the albums '' Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part I'' and '' Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II''. Hansen left the band due to the extensive touring in 1988–89 and went on to form his own power metal band
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. Hansen also joined
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as guitarist in 1997, but quit after a few years to focus his efforts on Gamma Ray. He has now forged a very successful career with Gamma Ray, releasing several albums and playing sold-out tours across the globe. Hansen participated in a large number of other projects. He appeared as a guest vocalist on
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'' and ''
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''. Around the same time, he and fellow Gamma Ray bandmate
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collaborated on Angra's first full-length album '' Angels Cry'', both playing guitar solos in the song "Never Understand". He also collaborated on Angra's album ''
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'' released in 2004 doing vocals for the song "The Temple of Hate". With ANGRA He participated as a guest guitarist on Michael Kiske's debut solo album ''
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''. Together with
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he recorded a cover version of Helloween's " I Want Out". Hansen played the role of Regrin the dwarf in
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's Metal Opera albums by
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. Later he was featured in the album '' The Scarecrow'' playing guitar in the song "Shelter from the Rain". He was also one of the guest musicians in Avantasia's 2010 world tour, which have put him to play live together with fellow ex-bandmate Michael Kiske, after more than twenty years since he left Helloween. After this tour it was announced, via Michael Kiske's official website, that Hansen would join his new band Unisonic, as they "instantly felt the magic of Helloween years again and had a lot of fun together on and off stage". In 2005, he toured with the young German power/Viking metal band Stormwarrior from his home town of Hamburg as lead singer, playing material from his classic Helloween debut album '' Walls of Jericho'' – the favorite album and greatest influence of Stormwarrior. "Stormwarrior featuring Kai Hansen" returned in 2007 to play at the
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in
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and at the
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Festival. In 2008, Hansen played with Stormwarrior at Sweden Rock Festival 2008. In 2011, Hansen joined the hard-rock band Unisonic, as second guitarist and reunited with old friend and ex-Helloween vocalist
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, who formed the band in 2009. The band released its debut album, '' Unisonic'' in 2012 and embarked on its first world tour. Hansen stated in an interview that despite being a member of Unisonic, he will not have less focus on Gamma Ray, and that the next Gamma Ray album should arrive in 2013. Unisonic's second album, '' Light Of Dawn'', was released in 2014 and a European and Japanese tour followed. In 2015, following the Best of the Best Party Tour, Hansen hired Frank Beck as their second vocalist for the Gamma Ray. In 2016, Hansen released his first solo album titled ''XXX – Three Decades in Metal''. The album was released via earMUSIC on September 16 of the same year. In 2017 Kai Hansen played minitour - four shows in Slovakia and Czech republic with the band
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, with special set for Ravenclaw 15-Years Anniversary - Ravenclaw feat. Kai Hansen. On November 14, 2016, was announced the Pumpkins United World Tour - a concert tour of the
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band
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. Former members
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and Kai Hansen joined the current members for this tour for 2017, 2018 and 2019.


Singing style

During his earlier years Hansen's singing style was reminiscent of many
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vocalists. Rather than using a smooth and clear style (like his successor Kiske) Hansen sang with a raspy sound, interluded by high-pitched screams for dramatic effect. Kiske was brought in as a singer, originally because Hansen had trouble singing and playing the guitar simultaneously, though later in his career he seems to have overcome these problems. Beginning from 1995 onward, Hansen has provided the vocals for his current band
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. Around that time, Hansen's vocal style became more melodic and slightly clearer, more in the traditional
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sense, while still retaining the slight nasal tone and rasp of his early years.


Equipment

For almost 20 years, Hansen has played
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. He first started using them during his days with
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after hearing testimonials of ESP from artists such as George Lynch and
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of
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. Before Helloween, he had owned a white
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guitar, and a
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, then saved up for a
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amplifier by delivering newspapers. His main ESPs are red and pink ESP Custom guitars based on Jackson's Randy Rhoads model and two custom V models based on the classic
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shape. During the early 1990s, Hansen had used
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models. On his autobiography on the Gamma Ray website, he claims his first electric guitar was a white Ibanez Les Paul copy On the recent tour with Gamma Ray he has been seen using a Korina Epiphone flying V with EMG pickups. Hansen has used, and still uses, Engl amplifiers since the recording sessions of '' Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II''.


Discography

;
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Helloween Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Wei ...
'' (1985) - EP *'' Walls of Jericho'' (1985) *''Judas'' (1986) - Single *'' Keeper of the Seven Keys Part 1'' (1987) *''
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'' (1988) *''
Live in the UK ''Live in the U.K.'' is the first live album released by the band Helloween. It was released in Japan as ''Keepers Live''. In the United States, it was released as ''I Want Out – Live'' without the track "Rise and Fall", and with a shorter ed ...
'' (1989) – Live album *''Pumpkins United'' (2017) – Single *'' United Alive in Madrid'' (2019) - Live album *''
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'' (2021) ;
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*'' Heading for Tomorrow'' (1990) *'' Sigh No More'' (1991) *'' Insanity and Genius'' (1993) *'' Land of the Free'' (1995) *'' Alive '95'' (1996) – Live album *''
Somewhere Out in Space ''Somewhere Out in Space'' is an album by German power metal band, Gamma Ray. It was released on 25 August 1997 and is the band's fifth studio album. Continuing in the tradition of the previous four albums, it contained yet another different li ...
'' (1997) *''The Karaoke Album'' (1997) –
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Compilation album *''
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(1999) *'' Blast from the Past'' (2000) – "Best of" Compilation album with re-recorded songs *'' No World Order'' (2001) *'' Skeletons in the Closet'' (2003) – Live album *'' Majestic'' (2005) *''
Land of the Free II ''Land of the Free II'' is the ninth full-length studio album by Gamma Ray. It was released 19 November in Europe, 21 November in Japan and January 15, 2008 for North America. To promote ''Land of the Free II'', Gamma Ray joined Helloween on the ...
'' (2007) *'' Hell yeah! – The Awesome Foursome – Live in Montreal'' (2008) - Live album *'' To the Metal!'' (2010) *'' Skeletons & Majesties'' (2011) – Compilation album *'' Skeletons & Majesties Live'' (2012) – Live album *'' Empire of the Undead'' (2014) ;
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*''
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'' (1997) *'' Unification'' (1998) *''
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'' (1999) - EP *''
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'' (2001) ; Unisonic *''
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'' (2012) - EP *'' Unisonic'' (2012) *'' For the Kingdom'' (2014) - EP *'' Light of Dawn'' (2014) *'' Live in Wacken'' (2017) - Live album ;Hansen & Friends *''XXX – Three Decades in Metal'' (2016) *''Thank You Wacken Live'' (2017) - Live album


Guest appearances

*With Rampage: **''Love Lights Up the Night'' – vocals on "Life" **Victims of Rock - vocals on "I Don't Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star" *With
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'' – vocals on "Valhalla", and guitar solo on "Hall of the King" **''
Tales from the Twilight World ''Tales from the Twilight World'' is the third studio album by German power metal band Blind Guardian, released on 2 October 1990. Track listing :a. Lyrical references * "Traveler in Time" is based on Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' * "Welc ...
'' – vocals on "Lost in the Twilight Hall," guitar solo on "The Last Candle" **''
Somewhere Far Beyond ''Somewhere Far Beyond'' is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was released in 1992 and produced by Kalle Trapp. The cover artwork was created by Andreas Marschall, who also drew the artwork for other Blind Gu ...
'' – lead guitar on "The Quest for Tanelorn" *With Angra: **'' Angels Cry'' – guitar solo on "Never Understand" **''
Temple of Shadows ''Temple of Shadows'' is the fifth studio and a concept album by the power metal band Angra and was released in 2004 by Paradoxx Music in Brazil and SPV label Steamhammer in the rest of the world. SPV also released a limited edition containing ...
'' – vocals on "The Temple of Hate" *With
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: **''
Instant Clarity '' Instant Clarity'' is the first solo album of vocalist Michael Kiske, formerly of Helloween. The album was released 1996 and features guest appearances by Kai Hansen, formerly of Helloween, Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden, and compositions with ...
'' – guitars on "Be True To Yourself", "The Calling", "New Horizons", "Thanx A Lot" *With Primal Fear: **'' Primal Fear – guitar solo on "Formula One", "Dollars", "Speedking" *With
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: **'' I Want Out EP'' – vocals on "I Want Out" and backing vocals on "Man on the Silver Mountain" *With
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: **''
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'' – as "Regrin the Dwarf" he has vocal parts in "Inside" and "Sign of the Cross" **''
The Metal Opera Part II ''The Metal Opera Pt. II'' is the second full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German supergroup project, Avantasia. It is a concept album and a rock opera. The songs carry on the story begun in ''The Metal Opera'', with the same characters. Bot ...
'' – he reprises his role and has vocal parts in "The Seven Angels" and "Chalice of Agony" **'' The Scarecrow'' – lead guitar on "Shelter from the Rain" **''
The Flying Opera ''The Flying Opera'' is a boxed set containing two DVDs and two CDs by the German power metal band Avantasia, released in March 2011. Avantasia evolved from being a side-project of Edguy vocalist Tobias Sammet to a full-fledged band touring all o ...
(live album)'' – vocals on "The Toy Master" *With Heavenly: **'' Coming from the Sky'' – vocals on "Time machine" *With Stormwarrior: **''Stormwarrior'' – vocals & guitar on "Chains of Slavery" and "Heavy Metal is the Law" and narration on "Iron Prayers" **''Northern Rage'' – additional vocals on "Heroic Deathe" and guitar solo on "Welcome Thy Rite" *With Headhunter: **''Parody of Life'' – guest appearance on "Cursed" *With Heavenwood: **''Swallow'' – vocals & guitar on "Luna", and vocal on "Downcast" *With Place Vendome: **'' Close to the Sun'' – guitar solo on "Across The Times" and "Riding The Ghost" *With Tragedian: **''Unholy Divine'' – guest appearance on "Over The Edge", project / production consultant


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