Dirkschneider

After Udo Dirkschneider split from Accept in 1987, he founded his own band. With the two former Warlock musicians Peter Szigeti and Frank Rittel as well as the former Gravestone and Sinner guitarists Mathias "Don" Dieth and Thomas Franke, he presented the new line-up shortly after the split. Rittel and Szigetti did not stay long and shortly afterwards they set up their own venture with Coracko. Andy Susemihl and Dieter Rubach joined U.D.O. as successors.