Andy B. Franck

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Andy B. Franck (born February 20, 1971 in Germany ) is the singer of the German band Brainstorm .

Career

After a classical training on the clarinet, Franck joined the band "Lighting" at the age of 14. After three demo recordings , many concerts and other bands (including the metal band Whisper and the rock band Crash'n'Crisis), he joined the band Ivanhoe in 1992 . The first release was the participation in the then Peace Eater sampler (1993) with the title Rebellion and Indecision and brought the band a recording deal with WMMS Records. Between 1994 and 1997 Franck released three albums with the band, played a. a. Tours in support of Sabbat , Enchant and Iced Earth and Nevermore .

In 1998 Andy B. Franck left the band and founded the band Symphorce with new musicians, where he signed a contract with the Berlin label Noise Records . Shortly after the release of the first album Truth to Promises and during the tour with the band Mercyful Fate , Franck received a request from the band Brainstorm whether he would like to work as a singer with them. Already with their first album, Ambiguity (2000 - Metal Blade Rec.), The new duo Franck / Ihlenfeld showed themselves to be a harmonious couple, as well as on the following albums Metus Mortis , Soul Temptation up to the last album Firesoul (2014 - AFM Records).

Tours with Symphorce in the opening act for bands like Kamelot , Grave Digger or Slayer were successful. In 2011 Andy B. Franck decided to break up the band after seven successful albums.

Andy has been touring with Brainstorm since 1999 with bands such as Armored Saint , Edguy , Grave Digger , Primal Fear , and most recently Alestorm . Since their breakthrough with Soul Temptation , the band has released other internationally successful albums.

Publications

Sound carrier

With Ivanhoe

  • 1994 - Visions and Reality
  • 1995 - Symbols of Time
  • 1997 - Polarized

With Symphorce

  • 1999 - Truth to Promises
  • 2001 - Sinctuary
  • 2002 - phorcefulAhead
  • 2004 - Twice Second
  • 2005 - GodSpeed
  • 2007 - Become Death
  • 2010 - Unrestricted

With brainstorm

  • 2000 - Ambiguity
  • 2001 - Metus Mortis
  • 2003 - Soul Temptation
  • 2005 - Liquid Monster
  • 2007 - Honey from the B's (DVD)
  • 2008 - downburst
  • 2009 - Memorial Roots
  • 2009 - Just Highs No Lows. 12 Years of Persistence (compilation)
  • 2011 - On the Spur of the Moment
  • 2014 - Firesoul
  • 2016 - Scary Creatures
  • 2018 - Midnight Ghost

With almanac

  • 2016 - Tsar

Books

  • 2006 - Pro Secrets of Heavy Rock Singing (feat. Bruce Dickinson, Andy B. Franck, Tim Owens, Geoff Tate)
  • 2007 Heavy Metal A History (w / Brainstorm)

Videos

With Ivanhoe

  • 1994 - Deeper Ground
  • 1995 - Silent Ceremony
  • 1995 - By a Feeling

With Symphorce

  • 2004 - Cause of Laughter

With brainstorm

  • 2003 - Highs Without Lows
  • 2003 - Doorway to Survive
  • 2005 - All Those Words
  • 2008 - Fire Walk with Me
  • 2011 - Temple of Stone
  • 2014 - Firesoul
  • 2014 - And I Wonder

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Franck, Andy B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer; Member of the bands Brainstorm and Symphorce
DATE OF BIRTH 20th February 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Germany