| Henjo Richter | |
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Henjo Richter performing live in 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Henjo Oliver Richter |
| Born | 24 November 1963 Hamburg, West Germany |
| Genres | Power metal, Heavy metal |
| Occupations | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, Keyboard |
| Associated acts | Gamma Ray Avantasia Helloween |
Henjo Oliver Richter, (born 24 November 1963 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a guitarist and keyboardist in Gamma Ray, the German power metal band formed by Kai Hansen.
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Henjo is a self-taught musician and started playing at the age of 13. He is a veteran of the German heavy metal scene, but Gamma Ray is his first major band. He joined them as a replacement for guitarist Dirk Schlächter (who had switched instrument to bass) on Somewhere Out In Space (1997). However, in the mid-1980s, Henjo was a member of the heavy metal band Rampage, replacing Roland Grapow.
In 2001 Henjo was hired by Tobias Sammet to play guitar on his Avantasia project. He is also rumoured to have offered his services to Hansen's former band Helloween for their album Rabbit Don't Come Easy following the departure of their guitarist Roland Grapow.
In 2005 he was forced to miss part of Gamma Ray's tour for their album Majestic after injuring himself falling down a set of stairs on the ferry going between Sweden and Finland.
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