Ingo Schwichtenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German musician
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Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
About Ingo Schwichtenberg
- Ingo "Mr.
- Smile" Schwichtenberg (18 May 1965 – 8 March 1995) was a German drummer and one of the founding members of German power metal band Helloween.
- Schwichtenberg was famous for his high-energy drumming. His Helloween bandmates gave him the nickname, "Mr.
- Smile", because he often appeared to be cheerful and smiling. Schwichtenberg was fired from the band in 1993 during the tour of the album Chameleon.
- Schwichtenberg was apparently somewhat dissatisfied with the direction of the band as well, even going as far as to refer to their song from the Chameleon album "Windmill", as "Shitmill". After his ejection from the band, Schwichtenberg slid further and further into his schizophrenic episodes, culminating in his suicide in 1995 by jumping in front of an S-train.
- Schwichtenberg's replacement in the band was Uli Kusch. Helloween dedicated him the album The Time of the Oath.
- His friend Kai Hansen had dedicated the song "Afterlife", from Gamma Ray's Land of the Free to him.
- As well, Michael Kiske made a tribute to Schwichtenberg with the track "Always", from his first solo album Instant Clarity.
- Also the song Step Out of Hell from Helloween album Chameleon is written by Roland Grapow about Schwichtenberg's problems with alcohol and other drugs.Schwichtenberg used Sonor drums and Paiste cymbals during his time in Helloween: Drums: Sonor signature heavy bubinga in glassy red finish: 22"x18" bass drums (x2) 14"x8" snare 10"x10" rack 12"x12" rack 14"x14" rack 15"x15" rack 18"x16" floorCymbals: Paiste (favored the 2000 and 3000 series) 2000 13" sound reflections crash 2000 14" sound reflections hi-hats 2000 16" sound reflections crash 2000 8" splash 3000 10" reflector splash 3000 17" reflector crash 2000 20" crash 3000 18" reflector crash 2000 18" china type 2000 22" sound reflections power ride
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