Dirk Steffens (born May 20, 1950) is a

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musician,

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, and

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Early musical career

Steffens studied

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and

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at the Hamburg Conservatory.E. Gallus"Die Band-Family Tree-Dirk Steffens"-Birth Control-the legend lives on-http://www.birth-control.de/en_index.htm, 2010 As well, he played in the group Beathovens between 1969 and 1971. In 1971, he began his own group Pennywonder, which also consisted of Thomas Kuckuck, Jurgen Ehlert, and Enrico Lombardi.E. Gallus"Die Band-Family Tree-Dirk Steffens"-Birth Control-the legend lives on-http://www.birth-control.de/en_index.htm 2010 In July, 1973, he joined the group Birth Control, and for family concerns, he left the group in Jan. of 1974. He then worked as a guitar instructor and studio musician. In the fall of 1975, Dirk Steffens began work on his first solo album, "The Seventh Step",in which he played guitar, and with help from musician Ian Cussick from Scotland, who was a member of

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for a short time, and musician

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, who was from

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, and part of the group To Be. "The Seventh Step" was finished and released in 1976 by Nova, and a second solo album entitled "Tollhouse" was completed and released by Nova in 1978, also with Dirk Steffens on guitar, and featuring Cussick and Kohler, as well as guest guitarist Peter Wiehe."Rolf Kohler Productions"-Rolf Kohler Voice & Music-http://www.talkingforever.com/systemsinblue/rolfproductions.htm, retrieved on Nov. 13th, 2010 A lot of both solo record's song titles were referring to personal things from Steffens' own life.

Solo album reissues and discography

In 1995, "The Seventh Step" was issued on compact disc on Second Battle, and "Tollhouse" was issued on CD in 1998. Discography Penny Wonder-"Come On-Angel"(single)-1971 Birth Control-Rebirth-LP-1973 Solo- The Seventh Step-LP-1976 and Tollhouse-LP-1978 Compilations, 2010 Birth Control-The Best of Birth Control Vol. 2-1978 Birth Control-Definitive Collection-1996

Record production credits

From the late 1970s and onwards, Dirk Steffens was an active and record producer in the Germany area, and this is a list of artists and recordings he produced. *

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-(Here Is The) Nightlife (single)-1979 * Accept-

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-1981 *Cats TV-Killer Automat (single)-1981 *Tabu-Tanz Intim-1982 *Cats TV-Es Tut Mir Leid/Koxhafen-(maxi-single)-1982 *Allein Various-Das Neue Deutsche Tanzcafe 11-1982 *Inner System-ABC (electric)-1983 *Insisters-I'm The Witch-1983 *Accept-Metal Masters-1984 *Dance Connection-Break It Up/Marimba Walk *Florin-She Is An Angel-1984 *Break It Up (various)-1984 First Affair-Stay (Don't Hide Away)-1985 Accept-Hungry Years-1987 Mad Max-Night Of Passion-1987 Running Wild-Under Jolly Roger-1987 China-China-1988

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-Pink Cream 69]1989 Pink Cream 69-49-8"-1991 Velvet Viper-Velvet Viper-1991 Rubbermaids-Twisted Chords-1991 Pink Cream 69- One Size Fits All (Pink Cream 69 album), One Size Fits All-1991 Pink Cream 69-Games People Play-1993 Gagu-Lauter-1996 Sinner-Danger Zone-1984 and Touch Of Sin-1985 Compilations Zed Yago-The Best Of Zed Yago-2002 Various Elaste Volume 3-Super Motown Disco-2010 Jutta Weinhold-In The Deepest Night(12")

Technical credits

The following is a list of artists and recordings in which Mr. Steffens was involved as an audio engineer or technician: *

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(mixing)- Walls Of Jericho *Inner System-ABC-1983 *Dance Connection-1984 *Break It Up (various)-1984 *V2-V2-1988 *Helloween - Pumpkin Tracks-1989 *Pink Cream 69-Pink Cream 69-1989 *Helloween-Kids Of The Century-1991 *Helloween-

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-1991 *Pink Cream 69-49-1991 *Velvet Viper-Velvet Viper-1991 *Rubbermaids-Twisted Chords-1991 *Pink Cream 69-One Size Fits All-1991 *Pink Cream 69-Games People Play-1993 *Gagu-Lauter-1996 *Sinner-Danger Zone-1984 and Touch Of Sin-1985http://www.cduniverse.com/, 1996-2010 *"Sinner-Danger Zone/Touch Of Sin"-Cd Universe-

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