Alive '95 (Anniversary Edition - Remastered) Gamma Ray
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- 1 Land of the Free (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 05:28
- 2 Man On A Mission (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 05:53
- 3 Rebellion In Dreamland (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 08:23
- 4 Space Eater (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 04:44
- 5 Fairytale (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 00:46
- 6 Tribute To The Past (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 04:46
- 7 Heal Me (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 07:27
- 8 The Saviour (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 01:31
- 9 Abyss Of The Void (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 05:53
- 10 Ride The Sky (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 05:46
- 11 Future World (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 07:29
- 12 Heavy Metal Mania (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 06:26
- 13 Lust For Life (Live 1995 - Remastered 2017) 06:17
- 14 No Return (Live 1993 - Remastered 2017) 04:01
- 15 Changes (Live 1993 - Remastered 2017) 05:23
- 16 Insanity And Genius (Live 1993 - Remastered 2017) 04:09
- 17 Last Before The Storm (Live 1993 - Remastered 2017) 04:11
- 18 Future Madhouse (Live 1993 - Remastered 2017) 04:09
- 19 Heading For Tomorrow (Live 1993 - Remastered 2017) 08:19
Info for Alive '95 (Anniversary Edition - Remastered)
25 years of Gamma Ray – 25 years of heavy metal from Hamburg: what started out in spring 1990 with the release of their debut album “Heading For Tomorrow” has achieved international fame a quarter of a century later. Tours around the globe with sold-out shows in the US, Canada, South America, Asia and the whole of Europe plus appearances at the most renowned festivals worldwide – vocalist/guitarist Kai Hansen’s band has long taken the world by storm.
In view of this impressive stocktaking on the occasion of their anniversary, there’s a special reason to rejoice for their international fan community: the band’s full back catalogue will be rereleased over the course of these years.
To cut a long story short: Gamma Ray are continuing celebrating their anniversary in style, and all their fans are invited!
“Alive '95“ was the first live album by GammaRay. It was released on May 1996, following the live concerts in Milano, Paris, Madrid, Pamplona and Erlangen, during the band's "Men on a Tour" European tour. This 2CD premium-quality digipak includes such classics as “Man on a Mission” and “Rebellion in Dreamland” as well as two classic Helloween tracks composed by Kai Hansen himself. The 2017 anniversary re-release of Alive '95 contains a bonus CD including material recorded with Ralf Scheepers in 1993 who provides an impressive evidence of his insane vocal range on tracks like "Future Madhouse","Insanity and Genius" and "Heading for Tomorrow".
Kai Hansen, vocals
Ralf Scheepers, vocals
Kai Hansen, guitar
Dirk Schlächterm, guitar, keyboards
Jan Rubach, bass
Thomas Nack, drums
Recorded Live at Milano, Paris, Madrid, Pamplona and Erlangen
Digitally remastered
Gamma Ray
Kai Hansen formed Gamma Ray after leaving Helloween in 1989. Originally just a project involving Hansen, Ralf Scheepers and some guest musicians, Gamma Ray soon evolved into a full-time band.
In 1994, Ralf Scheepers left Gamma Ray as a result of living too far away from the base camp, so Kai Hansen took over the singing just like on the first Helloween album. It has also been suggested that Scheepers left hoping to join Judas Priest, who were looking to replace Rob Halford around that time, and when that didn't work out he formed his own band with Mat Sinner, Primal Fear.
Dirk Schlächter, though originally a bass player, joined as a guitarist, then switched to bass seven years later.
Following line-up instability in the band's early days, the Somewhere Out in Space line-up of Hansen, Schlächter, Richter and Zimmermann assembled in 1997 and stayed together for 15 years until Zimmermann left the band for a more settled lifestyle in 2012.
In 2006, Henjo Richter was injured in a fall and replaced on tour by Kasperi Heikkinen of the Finnish Gamma Ray tribute band Guardians of Mankind, whose keyboard player Eero Kaukomies was already part of the Gamma Ray touring line-up. Eero was also drafted in as a temporary live member of Freedom Call around the same time, whose ex-keyboard player Nils Neumann had also been a live member of Gamma Ray.
Henning Basse filled in as vocalist on January 17th and 18th of 2008 when Kai Hansen was suffering from flu. Kai still performed in his role as guitarist.
Frank Beck first joined as a live member in 2014, singing several songs. He was inducted as a band member on Halloween 2015 to ease Kai Hansen's touring duties and "give the band a new dimension sound-wise".
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