I'm just a fan who wants to share my madness about Edguy with all the fans :) Here is their biography :
1992 : Tobias Sammet (keyboards, vocals), Jens Ludwig (lead guitar), Dirk Sauer (rhythm guitar) and Dominik Storch (drums) start the band Edguy and play their first gigs.
1993 : Tobias quits playing keyboards and starts to play bass as it's better to have a bass guitarist in your band than a keyboard player.
1994 : Edguy release their first demo tapes "Evil Minded" and "Children Of Steel".
1995 : Edguy release their self-produced Demo-CD "Savage Poetry".
1996 : Edguy sign their record deal with a small German label called AFM Records.
1997 : In January, the official debut album "Kingdom Of Madness" gets released. Edguy play a few live shows only and get first press reviews. Dominik Storch leaves the band and is replaced by Frank Lindenthal for just one studio record before skinsman Felix Bohnke joins in permanently. Tobias quits playing bass to focus on vocals only and Tobias "Eggi" Exxel joins the band on bass guitar.
1998 : In January Edguy's Vain Glory Opera album gets released. Mixed by Timo Tolkki of Stratovarius, featuring guest vocalist Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian and followed up by a five week European support tour the album receives great press reactions all over the world. For the first time Edguy plays the prestigious Wacken Open Air, being the opening act on the smallest stage.
1999 : "Theater Of Salvation" gets released in January and for the first time Edguy show up in Germany's official album charts. The band tours for almost three months all over Europe, supporting Hammerfall, then Gamma Ray and then Angra in France. Edguy plays Wacken again, being the opening act on the main stage.
2000 : In summer Edguy release a re-recorded version of their unofficial debut called "The Savage Poetry". The album hits the charts again. This summer Edguy just focus on making festival appearances instead of a tour, a.o. sharing the bill with Iron Maiden for some of their "Metal 2000" stadium shows.
2001 : In January, Tobias Sammet releases his first solo project "Avantasia The Metal Opera part 1" which unexpectedly becomes a big hit and even gets Edguy the recognition amongst press and fans alike, the band had deserved for years. In September the new Edguy album "Mandrake" goes straight to number 19 in the German album charts upon its release and the band embarks on the first ever world tour of their own.
2002 : The second leg of the Mandrake tour climaxes in a prime time show at Wacken Open Air's main stage in front of more than 40.000 fans. In late summer Tobias Sammet's second Avantasia album "The Metal Opera 2" gets released and climbs up to #17 of the official album charts in Germany.
2003 : With the double live album "Burning Down The Opera" Edguy part ways with their long time record label AFM records and sign with giant label Nuclear Blast Records.
2004 : Edguy's newest album "Hellfire Club" gets released on NB-records. It's their biggest and heaviest album to that point, featuring the German Film-orchestra Babelsberg and containing two single hits "King Of Fools" and "Lavatory Love Machine". "Hellfire Club" rockets to the charts world wide and makes the band embark to another very successful headlining tour featuring more than 80 shows around the globe, climaxing in festival appearances at "Rock am Ring" and "Rock im Park".
2005 : The band plays the second leg of the "Worldwide Hellfire Tour", that gets them over to the USA for the third time to play their first extended coast-to-coast US tour. In autumn Edguy release their EP / DVD "Superheroes".
2006 : In January the album "Rocket Ride" is being released and hits the charts all over the world again, peaking at #8 in Germany and Sweden. Edguy set off for their third consecutive world tour, their biggest to date; both: in terms of attendance figures and show elements.
2008 : Edguy are currently preparing to hit the studio to work on the successor of their recent album "Rocket Ride". Edguy have entered the Gate Studios in Wolfsburg. The new album will be produced by Sascha Paeth and is scheduled to be released in November 2008. The album will be entitled "Tinnitus Sanctus"
Furthermore Edguy will be touring the USA and Canada as special guest of Kamelot in October.
Taken from www.edguy.net
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www.bebo.com/edguy
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www.tobiassammet.com
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www.myspace.com/tobiassammet_fansite
www.myspace.com/dangerdirk
www.felixbohnke.com
www.myspace.com/felixedguy
www.alexkuehr.com
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www.myspace.com/edguysavageunion
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