Ingo "Mr. Smile" Schwichtenberg (18 May 1965 - 8 March 1995) was a German drummer and one of the founding members of German power metal band Helloween.
Live in the U.K. is the first live album released by the band Helloween.
The single featured the full song, as well as an edit of one of the songs from Prophet of the Last Eclipse and an edit of one of the songs from King of the Nordic Twilight, two original songs, and a cover of the Helloween track "I'm Alive".
"Forever and One (Neverland)" is a song and a single made by German power metal band Helloween taken from the album The Time of the Oath and composed by Andi Deris, lead vocalist of Helloween.
"I Don't Wanna Cry No More", song and single by the German power metal band Helloween from their album Chameleon
He left the band in 2002 to join the new supergroup formed in by former Helloween members Roland Grapow and Uli Kusch, with Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande (former member of bands Ark and Beyond Twilight), called Masterplan.
The venue has hosted concerts for rock bands like Metallica, Slayer, Alice Cooper, Europe (band), Joe Bonamassa, Manowar, Jethro Tull, In Flames, Hammerfall, Kent, Motörhead, Nightwish, Helloween, Hardcore Superstar and Bullet for My Valentine.
It was covered by Rabbitt on their 1975 album Boys Will Be Boys, by Italo-disco outfit Cat Gang in 1983, by W.A.S.P. on the reissue of their 1989 album The Headless Children (as a bonus track), Styx on their 2005 album Big Bang Theory, and Helloween on their 1999 album Metal Jukebox.
He is currently working with a new band formed in by Dennis Ward and Kosta Zafiriou (from Pink Cream 69), with Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween) and Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray / ex-Helloween) which is called Unisonic.
His playing style has also expanded on one of Helloween's more recent albums Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy, where many more bass solos and lead parts are heard, like "Invisible Man", "Light the Universe" and even some slap bass on the first single "Mrs. God", as well as "Goin' Home" from Pink Bubbles Go Ape, where one can hear slap for the first time in Helloween's discography.
The featured guest list on A Lethal Dose of Truth includes Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Rob Caggiano (Anthrax, Volbeat), Brendon Small (Dethklok), Andy LaRocque (King Diamond), and Gene Hoglan (Testament), with nearly a dozen other current and former members of Iced Earth, Jag Panzer, Cynic, Helloween, Halford, Chimaira, Death, contributing as well.
The album is known as a turning point in Helloween's career, as it marks the band's return to their power metal roots after a commercial failure in their previous album, the progressive rock and pop-influenced Chameleon.
Weikath integrated the first Helloween line up in 1982.
In 2001, Uli and fellow bandmember Roland Grapow were fired from Helloween, following an e-mail from Michael Weikath.
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Helloween recorded Better Than Raw the same year, followed by the band's album of covers Metal Jukebox in 1999.