Andreas Lill is a

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drummer. He is best known for his work as the drummer for the band

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Background

Andreas Lill was born November 3, 1965. As an early teenager he tried to learn to play

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, but at 15 he started learning

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

and the instrument stuck with him.Vanden Plas bio of Lill
He started a band called Exodus, and he recruited the now

singer and bandmate

Andy Kuntz Andy Kuntz (born 20 November 1962) is a German progressive metal singer best known for his work with the band Vanden Plas. He has also participated in a production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Background Kuntz was born in Kaiserslautern ...

for

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, and his brother

Stephan Lill Stephan Lill is a German guitarist best known for his work with the Progressive metal band Vanden Plas. Biography Stephan Lill was born on 30 November 1968 in Eitorf, Germany. His interest in music, and especially in playing guitar, was awake ...

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. The band, which has 3 live shows in Germany, evolved into the modern Vanden Plas, adding

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on bass and Günter Werno on keyboards. Away from Vanden Plas, Lill has been involved in many musicals, such as

Jesus Christ Superstar ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with ...

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, and others. He has also been involved in multiple side projects, such as

Missa Mercuria Missa Mercuria is a progressive metal project which involved members of the German bands Vanden Plas, Pink Cream 69 and Silent Force. The album released by the project is a rock opera based on an idea and story by Karin Forstner and issued thro ...

, Abydos, Section A, Winterlong, and Ian Parry's Visions. His favorite bands are

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and

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Discography

With Vanden Plas

Colour Temple ''Colour Temple'' is the first studio album by progressive metal band Vanden Plas, released in late 1994 through Limb Music and in June 1995 through Dream Circle Records; a two-disc edition was reissued in 2002 through Inside Out Music, which incl ...

-(1994) *

AcCult Vanden Plas is a German progressive metal band, based in Kaiserslautern and founded in the mid-1980s. History In 1991, Vanden Plas recorded the song "Keep On Running" as an anthem for the local national league football club FC Kaiserslautern, an ...

- (1996, acoustic EP) *

The God Thing ''The God Thing'' is the second full-length studio album by the German progressive metal band Vanden Plas. It was later re-released in 2004 as a special edition with two bonus tracks. Track listing Personnel *Andy Kuntz – vocals *Stephan Li ...

-(1997) *

Far Off Grace ''Far Off Grace'' is the third full-length album by the German progressive metal band Vanden Plas. It was later re-released in 2004 as a special edition with two bonus track and multimedia material. Track listing Personnel *Andy Kuntz – ...

-(1999) *

Spirit of Live ''Spirit of Live'' is the first live album by the progressive metal band Vanden Plas. The song "Kiss of Death" features Don Dokken as guest on lead vocals and "Rainmaker" features Patrick Rondat as guest on lead guitar. Track listing #"I Can ...

- (2000, live album) * Beyond Daylight -(2002) * Christ 0 -(2006) * The Seraphic Clockwork -(2010) * Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld (Path One) -(2014) * Chronicles of the Immortals: Netherworld II -(2015) * The Seraphic LiveWorks -(2017)

With Missa Mercuria

-(2002)

With Abydos

*Abydos: The Little Boy’s Heavy Metal Shadow Opera About The Inhabitants Of His Diary -(2004)

References

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