| Mike Tramp | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Trempenau |
| Born | January 14, 1961 |
| Origin | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Genres | Glam metal Hard rock |
| Occupations | Singer Songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Labels | Atlantic Records Frontiers Records |
| Associated acts | Mabel White Lion Freak of Nature |
| Website | http://www.miketramp.com/ |
Mike Tramp (Born Michael Trempenau January 14, 1961) is a Danish singer and songwriter who is best known for his work with the hard rock bands White Lion[1] and Freak of Nature. He has released 15 albums, including six solo albums.
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Michael Trempenau was born in Denmark, and grew up in Vesterbro with his mother, Doris, who died April 2010 at the age of 80, and two brothers, Dennis and Kim. Mike started his musical career singing in a youth group club in Copenhagen called Vesterbro Ungdomsgård, and appears on their first album: Vi lever på Vesterbro (1974). Later, he joined the pop band Mabel, as the lead singer. They recorded four albums and were very popular in Denmark and Spain, with Mike receiving "teen idol" status. In 1978 Mabel won the Danish Song Contest with the song Boom Boom and represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. Mabel moved to New York City in the late 1970s, but soon broke up. After the demise of Mabel, Tramp met Vito Bratta and formed White Lion in 1983, the band became very successful in the mid 80's to early 90's.
After the demise of White Lion in 1992, Mike formed the rock band Freak of Nature, with whom he released three albums betwween 1992 and 1998. Freak of Nature had played a few gigs with Helloween and Dio in Europe in 1993. Following Freak of Nature Tramp released four studio albums and one live album as a solo artist: Capricorn, Recovering the Wasted Years, More To Life Than This, and Songs I Left Behind as studio efforts, with Rock n' Roll Alive as a live album. Tramp also reformed White Lion with a new line up under the name "Tramp's White Lion" (aka White Lion II) due to legal issues with former members. The band played and re-recorded White Lion songs. TWL toured during 2005 and released a double-live CD entitled Rocking the USA.
In 2006 Tramp's White Lion toured Europe in November and December with British band Crimes of Passion. In 2007 a White Lion compilation The Definitive Rock Collection was released and the band was set for a summer tour with Poison and Ratt only to be dropped by the tour promoter after ex-White Lion guitarist Vito Bratta threatened to take legal action over the band name. Eventually Tramp was able to use the band name again.
White Lion recorded a new studio album called Return of the Pride, which was released on March 14, 2008. The band was now once again simply known as White Lion.
In October 2009, Mike Tramp released a new solo studio album called Mike Tramp and the Rock'n'Roll Circuz and hit the IFPI, Denmark's official top 40 hitlist albums' at number 16.[2] On November 13, 2010, Mike Tramp and the Rock'n'Roll Circuz released a new song called "Hymn To Ronnie," a tribute song to former Heaven & Hell and Black Sabbath vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who died on May 16, 2010 after a six-month long battle with stomach cancer. It will not be released on any studio album, but is available for free download at Eddie Trunk's website. Freak of Nature had played a few gigs with Dio in Europe in 1993.
The latest album Mike Tramp and the Rock'n'Roll Circuz - Stand Your Ground was released in April 2011.
Tramp is married to Indonesian actress Ayu Azhari, with whom he has two children: Isabelle and Lennon. Tramp also has a third child, his son Dylan, from a previous relationship with Fleur Thiemeyer. Dylan resides in Australia with his mother.
| Year | Title | Album |
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| 1997 | "Better Off" | Capricorn |
| "Already Gone" | ||
| 1998 | "If I Live Tommorow" | |
| 2002 | "Living a Lie" | Recovering the Wasted Years |
| 2003 | "More to Life Than This" | More to Life Than This |
| 2009 | "All of My Life" | The Rock 'n' Roll Circuz |
| 2011 | "Distance" | Stand Your Ground |
| "Hymn To Ronnie" |
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| Preceded by Ulla Pia with Stop - mens legen er go' |
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978 |
Succeeded by Tommy Seebach with Disco Tango |