Andrew McDermott

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Andrew McDermott (center) as a member of Threshold , 2007

Andrew "Mac" McDermott (born January 26, 1966 - August 3, 2011 in England ) was a British rock singer. He was best known as a member of the British progressive metal band Threshold , with whom he recorded five studio albums from 1998 to 2007 and was also featured on several fan club CDs and live albums . Both his predecessor and successor as Threshold singer was Damian Wilson.

Early in his career he played with various bands in clubs in his home country, but moved to Germany in the early 1990s to join the band Sargant Fury . With this he recorded three albums and after their dissolution joined his compatriots Threshold . During his career he was also the singer of the German bands Galloglass , Yargos and PowerWorld. With PowerWorld he recorded the album Human Parasite in 2010 , but left the band in June 2011 due to "serious health problems". McDermott died on August 3, 2011 of kidney failure , most recently he was a member of the band SwampFreaks .

Discography (selection)

With threshold
  • 1998: Clone
  • 2001: Hypothetical
  • 2002: Critical Mass
  • 2004: Subsurface
  • 2007: Dead Reckoning
With Sargant Fury
With PowerWorld
  • 2010: Human Parasite

With yargos

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Former Threshold singer Andrew 'Mac' McDermott passes away . Website of the band Threshold . Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c d Former THRESHOLD Singer ANDREW 'MAC' MCDERMOTT Dies . Website of the news portal blabbermouth.net . Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  3. ↑ Daniel Böhm: Andrew “Mac” McDermott: RIP ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Rocks magazine website . Retrieved August 8, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rocks-magazin.de
personal data
SURNAME McDermott, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McDermott, Andrew Mac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1966
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 2011
Place of death England