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Udo Dirkschneider
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Udo Dirkschneider
U.D.O. with Bundeswehr Musikkorps - Wacken Open Air 2015-0596.jpg
Dirkschneider live with U.D.O., 2015
Background information
Born 6 April 1952 (age 66)
Origin Wuppertal, West Germany
Genres Heavy metal, power metal
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1968–present
L… Moreabels Nuclear Blast, Epic/Sony, PolyGram
Associated acts Accept
U.D.O.
Lordi
HammerFall
Aria
Raven
Udo Dirkschneider (born 6 April 1952) is a German heavy metal singer who rose to fame with German heavy metal band Accept. After leaving Accept in 1987, he formed U.D.O., with whom he has enjoyed commercial success as well.

Contents
1 Biography
2 Discography
2.1 Accept
2.2 U.D.O.
2.3 U.D.O. (cont'd)
3 Duets
4 References
5 External links
Biography
Dirkschneider made a guest appearance on Eurovision Song Contest winner Lordi's 2006 album, The Arockalypse. Mr Lordi claims both "Don't Look Back" and "Blitz of Lightning" by U.D.O. as songs that changed his life in a Kerrang! magazine article. He also makes a guest appearance in the music video for the song "Shtil (Штиль)" by Russian heavy metal band Aria.

Dirkschneider recorded lead vocals with NWOBHM band Raven on their cover of "Born to Be Wild" on a 1983 single release. The song also appeared as B-side on "Break the Chain" from their album All for One. He is also famous for his duet rock ballad with Doro Pesch, "Dancing with an Angel". During Wacken 2008, he performed "They Only Come Out at Night" live with Lordi.

Dirkschneider's son, Sven, currently plays in the band Damaged, who supported U.D.O. on a date in Germany in November 2011.[1] In 2015, he became a permanent member of his father's band Less