Snowy Shaw

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Snowy Shaw

Background information
Birth name	Tommie Helgesson
Born	1969
Origin	Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre(s)	Heavy Metal black/ glam/ goth/ punk/ horror-shock metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums, Guitar, Bass, Vocals
Years active	1989-present
Associated acts	King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Dream Evil, Therion, Cans, Notre Dame, Memento Mori, Illwill
Website	http://www.snowyshaw.com/

Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 1969, is a Swedish Heavy Metal musician (primarily a drummer), based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, Illwill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori. He is currently working solo, after a split from Dream Evil in January 2006.

Snowy is adept at playing guitar as well as drums and laterally featured as a primary songwriter in Dream Evil.

In October 2006 Snowy joined the Symphonic Metal band Therion, singing on the Gothic Kabbalah album and participating in the 2007 tour together with already established singer Mats Levén.

Snowy also works as a photographer and designer for bands and artists, and has arranged promotional shoots for bands such as Falconer, Easy Action, Engel, Loud N´Nasty, Passenger, Therion, The Crown, Hellfueled , Nightrage and Wolf.

[edit] Timeline

1989 - Snowy Shaw joined King Diamond, touring America and Europe.

1992 - Formed the band Memento Mori with Mike Wead and the Messiah Marcolin.

1993 - Joined Mercyful Fate, worked on solo project called Shamens and then Wakan Tanka.

1994 - Quit all previous band involvements to focus on Illwill.

1997 - Quit all previous band involvements to focus on his own band Notre Dame, where he did not play the drums but played guitar,bass, keyboards and sang. Another noted member of Notre Dame was Vampirella, a supposed former girlfriend of Shaw's

2000 - Was asked by producer and guitarist Fredrik Nordström to join new power/melodic metal band Dream Evil. Refused, but agreed to do some session drumming for the band's first album Dragonslayer.

2001 - Snowy is hired as session drummer for the solo album of former Europe and Easy Action guitarist Kee Marcello

2002 - Decided to join Dream Evil as a full member, and toured Europe and Japan with the band. Worked with Them Sluts!, as well as keeping up with his own band Notre Dame.

2004 - Notre Dame was disbanded after one last show on Halloween

2005 - Quit Dream Evil to work solo. CREEPSHOW FREAKSHOW PEEPSHOW, a live recording of Notre Dame in Göteborg (Gothenburg) in 2000 is released by Shaw's own indie label, White Trash Records.

2006 - Produced and in general offered his help to his friends in the swedish glam/sleaze band Loud N´Nasty. He played drums on the recording and a few shows. Was hired as singer in Therion. Apart from his singing duties Snowy is hired to design and manufacture everything visual for the stage act and photo.

2007 - Therion release Gothic Kabbalah and tour worldwide on their 20th anniversary.