Paul Speckmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American musician
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1963
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession: musician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Paul Speckmann
- Paul Speckmann (born September 28, 1963) is an American bassist and singer from Chicago, Illinois.
- He currently lives in Uherské Hradište, Czech Republic.
- His first band was War Cry, founded in 1982.
- In 1983 he started the band Master as a death metal band.
- Due to internal problems it was put on hold and Speckmann started another band, called Death Strike for which he recorded one demo.
- which was later released on Nuclear Blast with additional tracks as an album.
- After obtaining a deal for Abomination on Nuclear Blast, Master was approached at the same time and Master re-surfaced to record a full-length CD as well.
- The band subsequently broke up in the original form two days after the recording.
- They were replaced shortly afterward by Aaron Nickeas on drums, and Jim Martinelli on guitars.
- This period was followed by the Fleische tour with Master as headliner, Abomination as support, and Pungent Stench in the middle of both acts.
- Nickeas and Speckmann played in both groups for 26 dates on this tour.
- Speckmann recorded the self-titled debut album, which was really the Master songs re-recorded with Martinelli and Nickeas.
- Nuclear Blast turned this down, and decided to remix the original recording with Schmidt and Mittelbrun.
- The recording with Martinelli and Nickeas was then released as the Speckmann Project.
- Speckmann also played, and wrote all the songs for a band called, Abomination and recorded two albums with them.
- Currently he is playing bass guitar in the Czech death metal band Krabathor, as well as keeping Master alive.
- He also played in the Master-Krabathor side-project Martyr and released one album with them.
- The band Krabathor split up in 2004 and Master was reformed with guitarist Alex Nejezchleba and drummer Zdenek Pradlovsky.
- Master has been recording and touring Europe extensively for the last several years.
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