Udo Dirkschneider, born in Wuppertal in 1952, is one of the German metal musicians who was internationally known early, alongside the Scorpions and Doro Pesch. His band Accept gets talked about especially in the eighties, their album “Balls To The Walls” sells like hotcakes.

Udo Dirkschneider becomes a genre icon due to his grater voice and his compact stature. In 1987 he leaves Accept in Friendship and founds the band UDO, where he is the only constant. Also with UDO lives Dirkschneider his love for classical heavy metal and is traveling internationally with the band.