Kai Hansen

Kai Hansen

Kai Michael Hansen

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In the collection

4 records
Walls Of Jericho Helloween, 1985 Keeper Of The Seven Keys (Part I) Helloween, 1987 Live In The U.K. Helloween, 1989 Treasure Chest Helloween, 2002

Played with

Helloween 4 records together Markus Grosskopf 4 records together Ingo Schwichtenberg 4 records together Michael Weikath 4 records together Michael Kiske 3 records together Tommy Hansen 2 records together

About

Kai Michael Hansen (born January 17, 1963, in Hamburg, West Germany) is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.

Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray, and the co-founder of German metal band Helloween who he rejoined in 2017 to tour with, having originally left in 1988.

He is a prominent figure in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide. He is regarded as “the grandfather of power metal”, having founded two seminal bands in the genre.