Peter "Peavy" Wagner is a German heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 musician. He is best known for being singer and bassist of the band Rage

Rage (band)

Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...

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Biography

Peter Wagner was born in Herne

Herne, Germany

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 as the second of four children. His parents, both passionate amateur musicians, tried to inspire their kids for music since childhood. Eventually Peter Wagner learned his first instrument, the classical guitar. He started to play on the electrical guitar a few years later and, inspired by Lemmy from Motörhead, finally switched to the electric bass in the early '80s.

In 1983 Wagner founded together with the two guitar players Jochen Schroeder and Alf Meyerratken the heavy metal band called Avenger. In 1986 the band's name was changed to Rage

Rage (band)

Rage are a German heavy metal band, formed in 1984. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s, along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild and Blind Guardian.-Background:...

. He is the only member of the band to have stayed in it throughout its history. He currently performs as the band's bassist and singer.

He also participated in Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta (band)

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's two first albums, appeared on Axel Rudi Pell

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's Black Moon Pyramid

Black Moon Pyramid

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as a guest bass player and participated in Markus Grosskopf

Markus Grosskopf

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's project Bassinvaders

Bassinvaders

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Discography

• 2010: Strings to a Web
• 2008: Carved in Stone
• 2006: Speak of the Dead
• 2004: From the Cradle to the Stage: Live
• 2003: Soundchaser
• 2002: Unity
• 2001: Welcome to the Other Side
• 1999: Ghosts
• 1998: In Vein: Rage in Acoustic
• 1998: XIII
• 1997: Live From the Vault
• 1997: End of All Days
  End of All Days
  End of All Days is the twelfth studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage.-Track listing:# "Under Control" - 4:07# "Higher Than the Sky" - 4:17...
  
  
• 1996: Lingua Mortis
• 1995: Black in Mind
• 1993: The Missing Link
• 1992: Trapped!
• 1990: Reflections of a Shadow
• 1989: Secrets in a Weird World
• 1988: Perfect Man
• 1987: Execution Guaranteed
• 1986: Reign of Fear
• 1985: Depraved to Black (Avenger)
• 1985: Prayer Of Steel (Avenger)

External links

• Official site