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A German guitarist and vocalist who first found success as the co-founder of power metal greats <a href="spotify:artist:4pQN0GB0fNEEOfQCaWotsY">Helloween</a>, Kai Hansen was born in 1963 in Hamburg, West Germany. He began his musical career in 1978 alongside Iron Saviour co-founder and producer Piet Sielck in a group called Gentry. He formed <a href="spotify:artist:4pQN0GB0fNEEOfQCaWotsY">Helloween</a> in 1983 with guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:5NSTHLCvSgi8ueQuW3tY5U">Michael Weikath</a>, and stayed with the band until 1989, appearing on an EP and three full-length albums, including the group's landmark Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pts. 1-2. After leaving <a href="spotify:artist:4pQN0GB0fNEEOfQCaWotsY">Helloween</a>, Hansen formed his own power metal group, <a href="spotify:artist:6LZE884lDIsCSLHuTplfGp">Gamma Ray</a>, which became one of the most prominent and prolific acts in the German metal scene. He has appeared with and performed on albums with a myriad of like-minded artists, including <a href="spotify:artist:7jxJ25p0pPjk0MStloN6o6">Blind Guardian</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7IAXZaLTb6nkJr8RmVPn5y">Angra</a>, ex-<a href="spotify:artist:4pQN0GB0fNEEOfQCaWotsY">Helloween</a> vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:0gCtlB8zAb5lkus3e4X1ET">Michael Kiske</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2o18h28enlHxj887tATc58">Hammerfall</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5HU7OcgioAzw0hzxbeLD1C">Storm Warrior</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:3DDcmHnwKjM4sQ8qm34JMU">Unisonic.</a> In 2016 he released his first solo album, XXX: Three Decades in Metal, followed by the concert LP/DVD Thank You Wacken in 2017. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
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