Guitar Ibanez Roland Grapow

Roland Grapow, born August 30, 1959 in Hamburg, Germany is a professional guitarist. Roland is most well known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, who he played with for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Hansen. Roland played on the albums Pink Bubbles Go Ape, Chameleon, Master of the Rings, The Time of the Oath, High Live, Better Than Raw, Metal Jukebox, and The Dark Ride. During his time with Helloween Roland also formed a solo project. The first release, The Four Seasons of Life, featured members of Helloween playing backup, with Roland trying his hand at singing in addition to guitar playing. On the second album, Kaleidoscope, current and former members of Yngwie Malmsteen's band were utilised. In 2001, Roland and bandmate Uli Kusch were fired from Helloween due to musical and personal differences. The side project they had been planning, Masterplan, instead became their new full-time band. Roland Grapow is a producer and main songwriter of Masterplan Name: Roland Grapow Birthday: August 30, 1959 Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany Height: 1,80 m Weight: 85 kg Eyes: Green Hair: Blond Marital Status: Married Favourite Drink: Coffee Favorite Food: Greek, Muesli, Indian and Fast-Food First Band: Rampage (1980 - 1982) Second Band: Helloween (1988 - 2001) Current Band: Masterplan (2001 - Present) Wife: Silvia Grapow Parents: Wilhelm and Ilse Grapow Siblings: Rainer (RIP), Didi and Edchen Grapow Dogs: Tammy and Jana Cats: Oskar (RIP) and Felix

Musical Influences: Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Michael Schenker, Steve Lukather (TOTO), Uli Roth, Foreigner, Journey and Kansas Favorite Bands Today: Skunk Anansie, Dream Theater, Guano Apes and Rammstein Favorite Musicians: Beatles, Sting and Led Zeppelin Favorite Singers: Tony Martin, Glenn Hughes, Mark Farner and Michael Vescera Favorite Guitarists: Richie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, Uli Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen and Stevie Vaughan Favorite Bass Players: Mel Schacher, Barry Sparks and Markus Grosskopf Favorite Drummers: Mike Terrana, Don Brewer and Cozy Powell Favorite Keyboard Players: Jens Johansson, Ferdy Doernberg, Don Airey and Jon Lord Occupation That Would Like To Have If He Wasn't On Music: Car mechanic Career Highlights: The period with Helloween, his current band and the solo projects First Albums Bought: "Cosmos Factory" by Credence Clearwater Revival and "Live Album" by Grand Funk Railroad, both released in 1970 Favorite Solo Songs Written: "The Winner" from the "The Four Seasons Of Life" album and all the songs from the "Kaleidoscope" album Favorite Helloween Songs Written: "The Chance" from the "Pink Bubbles Go Ape" album, "I Don't Wanna Cry No More" from the "Chameleon" album, "Mr. Ego (Take Me Down)" and "Still We Go" from the "Master Of The Rings" album, "The Time Of The Oath" from the "The Time Of The Oath" album and the b-side "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001 (In D-Doll)" Most Important Thing: "Enjoy my life and respect people and animals." Greatest Fear: "Being very sick and feel too much pain." People Admired: "Many, but no one in special because I can learn something about life with anyone." Life Philosophy: "Don't waste my time and use my life to create something really big (create music or something like that). But doesn't matter what you do, because if you do it with joy and fun you should be proud of yourself." Impossible Ambition: "Live forever and try to change the world to something better." Best Day: "All days are equally important." Animal That Would Like To Be: "A cat, because they do what they want to, have a perfect body and have nine lives (That's what people say!)." About The Fans: "They are wonderful. They are the most important thing to all of my bands, and if I didn't had any, I wouldn't sell albums and the bands wouldn't exist."