Onkel Tom Angelripper

Tom Angelripper was born in Gelsenkirchen on 19 February 1963, where he learned to play the bass guitar steadily while working in the coal mines. He then went on to be the founding member of the German thrash metal band Sodom, for whom he played bass and sang on every studio album. Angelripper founded a band called Onkel Tom Angelripper that plays metal versions of Schlagers, drinking songs and Christmas carols. He also plays in several other side projects, such as the bands Bassinvaders, Desperados and Die Knappen.