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Hermann Schwartz

YOU MESS WITH THE BEST YOU DIE LIKE THE REST

About Me

Guitar hero since 1975

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Hermann Schwartz
Prise de tête
Published September 2006
If you think electro-punk is dead, you dont know Hermann Schwartz, the guitar player in the French group Métal Urbain. Hermanns guitar playing and his punk politics have made him a legend in his own time.
Schwartz outclasses them all, and here he ups the ante even more by sampling the great thinkers of history and putting them in their rightful places.
Check out those groovy dropcaps he designed! And contribute now to the Hermann Schwartz canonization fund : buy this book NOW !
Richard Dailey, 2006

HERMANN SCHWARTZ (guitar god)
member of METAL URBAIN, 1977 -1980, 1984-1987, 2003-now
member of DOCTOR MIX & THE REMIX from 1979 to 1980
member of the METAL BOYS, 1979

member of DESPERADOS 1980
member of WOLFGANG, 1994-2001
Also successful SOLO ARTIST

Hermann Schwartz was born in 1954, and joined METAL URBAIN in early 1977, six months after their first gig, replacing, with his brother Pat Lger, then guitarist Rikky Darling.

Since then, Hermann as been identified as one of France greatest guitar heroes, with a sound so distinctive you will recognise it instantly after hearing it once. His secret he pretty much simple : he never uses a pick. It's all in the fingers !

Hermann also was guitarist for Doctor Mix & The Remix, the legendary short lived rock'n'roll band Desperados, and hard hitting rockabilly band Wolfgang.

His no compromise attitude, that he sticked to for the last 30 years, as made him one of France's most respected guitar player. As soon as he steps on stage, people in the audience screams his name, which might tell you the degree of popularity he has achieved.

The two tracks above are unmastered demo recordings, for an upcoming solo single, to be issued soon on Seventeen Records, and were produced by Eric Debris (Metal Urbain).

His legendary session with Patti Smith, recorded in Paris in 1976, remains unreleased to this day.

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Member Since: 3/31/2006
Band Website: metalurbain.com
Band Members: All five still in function.
Sounds Like: Hermann Schwartz
Type of Label: None

My Blog

1978 diary last entry

The show must go on Cette entrée était écrite directement en anglais dans les dernières pages de mon agenda de 1978. Il s'agit d'un brouillon de lettre écrite à une amie anglaise. 27 ans après, je tro...
Posted by Hermann Schwartz on Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:37:00 PST