Kevin Russell (musician) explained

Kevin Russell
Birth Date:1964 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Hamburg, West Germany
Birth Name:Kevin Richard Russell
Genre:After 1985: hard rock
Before 1985: punk, street punk, Oi!, hardcore punk
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1980–present
Label:Rule23 Recordings
Associated Acts:Böhse Onkelz

Kevin Richard Russell (born 12 January 1964) is an English singer and one of the three founding members of the rock band Böhse Onkelz. Despite singing exclusively in German he does not hold German citizenship.

Biography

His father is British, his mother is German. He was the band's lead singer from 1980 until the group broke up in 2005. Since 2012, he is the lead singer of the new band Veritas Maximus. In 2014, Böhse Onkelz reunited with Russell as their lead singer again.

In October 2010, Russell was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for his role as driver in a hit-and-run accident near Frankfurt, driving under the influence of drugs and seriously injuring two people.[1] [2]

Since 1986 Russell works as a tattoo artist.[3] For example, the tattoo illustration on the cover of the 1992 album The Madman's Return of the German Eurodance group Snap! came from him.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 4 October 2010. Böhse Onkelz singer jailed for hit-and-run accident on drugs. 2021-02-24. thelocal.de.
  2. Web site: Did drugs cause horror motorway crash - Police arrest German rocker Kevin Russell. 11 February 2010 . 2021-02-24. Bild.
  3. Web site: 24 September 2010. Böhse Onkelz: Kevin Russell. 2022-11-24. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.
  4. https://www.discogs.com/de/master/70568-Snap-The-Madmans-Return The Snap!-Album The Madman's Return