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3 unusual facts about Martin Gerschwitz


Martin Gerschwitz

In late 1999, he was asked to be the keyboardist for Eric Burdon & the New Animals, after Neal Morse and Ryo Okumoto (both Spock's Beard) left the band.

In 1972 he got his first big success: He won the "Battle of the bands" in Solingen, where he met Dieter Rubach (amongst other members of the popular heavy metal band Accept), but turned down to play with them as he got the opportunity to play with German entertainer Howard Carpendale, from 1974-1977.

Ryo Okumoto

After Neal Morse left, he also played the keyboards for hard rock/heavy metal band Eric Burdon & The New Animals in 1998, before Martin Gerschwitz (now Iron Butterfly) joined them.



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