Ostrogoth (band) explained

Ostrogoth
Origin:	Ghent, Belgium
Genre:	Heavy metal, power metal
Years Active:	1980–1988, 2002, 2010–present
Label:	Mausoleum Records, Ultraprime Records, Empire Records
Website:	Official website
Current Members:	Mario "Grizzly" Pauwels Josey Hindrix Fré Ost Bram Engelen Gerry Verstreken
Past Members:	See below

Ostrogoth is a Belgian heavy metal band, formed in 1980 in Ghent.^[1]

The group is influenced by other successful European metal bands such as Scorpions and Accept. After an EP and two albums, Full Moon's Eyes, Ecstasy and Danger and Too Hot, the band went through a major line-up change for 1987's Feelings of Fury, following which the band disbanded.^[2] Over these years, they shared the stage with amongst others Def Leppard, Manowar, Vandenberg, Loudness, Uriah Heep and Gary Moore.^[3] 2002 saw Ostrogoth reuniting for a string of Belgian shows featuring both Marc 'Red Star' De Brauwer and Peter De Wint on vocals, each representing the material of their time with the band. In 2010, Ostrogoth briefly reunited with singer Marc De Brauwer, who was soon to be replaced by Josey Hindrix. Several years later the band started working on new material and recorded the EP, Last Tribe Standing, which was released in 2015. Another major line-up change happened in 2018.

Members

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Current members

• Mario "Grizzly" Pauwels – drums (1980–1988, 2002, 2010–present)
• Josey Hindrix – vocals (2012–present)
• Gerry Verstreken - bass (2018-present)
• Fré Ost - guitars (2018-present)
• Bram Engelen - guitars (2020-present)

Former members

• Marnix "Bronco" van de Kauter – bass (1980–1986, 2002, 2010–2013)
• Jean-Pierre "Pierke" Dekeghel – guitars (1980–1981, died 2014)
• Luc Minne – vocals (1980–1982)
• Hans "Sphinx" van de Kerckhove – guitars (1980–1986, died 1989)
• Rudy "WhiteShark" Vercruysse – guitars (1980–1988, 2002, 2010–2014, died 2015)
• Marc "Red Star" de Brauwer – vocals (1982–1986, 2002, 2010–2011)
• Sylvain Cherotti – bass (1987–1988)
• Junao Martins – guitars (1987–1988, 2002)
• Chris Taerwe –keyboards (1987–1988)
• Peter De Wint – vocals (1987–1988, 2002)
• Pierre Villafranca – bass (1986–1987)
• Geert Annys – guitars (2014-2016)
• Dario Frodo - guitars (2011-2017)
• Stripe - bass (2014-2017)
• Tom Tas - guitars (2016-2017)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Ecstasy and Danger (1984)
• Too Hot (1985)
• Feelings of Fury (1987)

EP

• Full Moon's Eyes (1983)
• Last Tribe Standing (2015)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: BIO. Ostrogoth. January 8, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303132026/http://www.ostrogothofficial.com/bio/. March 3, 2017. dead.
2. Book: The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Guinness Publishing. 1992. First. 0-85112-939-0. 1878/9.
3. Web site: Ostrogoth - Biography. Eduardo. Rivadavia. AllMusic. May 26, 2015.
4. Web site: BAND. Ostrogoth. January 6, 2016.
5. Web site: OSTROGOTH To Release 'Last Tribe Standing' First Release Since 1987. MelodicRock.com. December 9, 2014. January 8, 2015.