Dezperadoz

Dezperadoz
Origin	Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Genres	Heavy metal Southern metal Thrash metal
Years active	2000-present
Labels	Drakkar Records, AFM Records
Associated acts	Sodom Tom Angelripper Axel Rudi Pell Helloween Edguy Avantasia HammerFall Doro Therion Holy Moses
Website	Official website
Members
Alex Kraft Alex Weigand Markus Kullmann
Past members
Tom Angelripper Dennis Ward Volker Liebig Ferdy Doernberg Olli Lampertsdörfer Sascha Tilger

Dezperadoz (formerly Desperados) is a German "Western-metal" band and is the side-project of Tom Angelripper's guitarist Alex Kraft. The band plays heavy metal music that is heavily influenced by the soundtracks of the '60s and '70s Spaghetti western movies. They've released three albums, two on the German heavy metal record label AFM. They've also had guest appearances by many notable heavy metal musicians including Michael Weikath, Tobias Sammet, Joacim Cans, and Doro Pesch.^[1]

Members

Current members

• Alex Kraft - Vocals, guitar
• Alex Weigand - Bass guitar
• Nils Stuerzer - guitar
• Markus Kullmann - Drums

Former members

• Tom Angelripper - Vocals
• Dennis Ward - Guitar
• Volker Liebig - Bass guitar
• Ferdy Doernberg - Piano
• Olli Lampertsdörfer - Drums
• Sascha Tilger - Drums

Discography

• The Dawn of Dying - Full-length, 2000
• The Legend and the Truth - Full-length, 2006
• An Eye for an Eye - Full-length, 2008

External links

• Official website
• Official myspace

References

1. ^ Encyclopaedia Metallum page