Birth name Thomas Such Instruments Vocals, bass guitar Labels Steamhammer Role Songwriter | Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter Years active 1981–present Name Tom Angelripper | |
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Music groups Sodom (Since 1981), Dezperadoz (Since 2000), Bassinvaders Albums Ein Straus bunter Melodien, One Night in Bangkok, Agent Orange, M‑16, 'Til Death Do Us Unite | ||
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Thomas Such (born 19 February 1963), better known by his stage name Tom Angelripper, is the founding member and main songwriter of German thrash metal band Sodom.
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Onkel Tom Angelripper - Caramba, Caracho, ein Whisky
Biography
Tom Angelripper was born in Gelsenkirchen on 19 February 1963 from where he learnt to play bass guitar steadily whilst working in coal mines. He then went on to be the founding member of the German thrash metal band Sodom, for whom he has played bass and vocals on every studio release.
In Sodom, Tom Angelripper plays bass guitar and sings. Angelripper formed Sodom with guitarist Frank "Aggressor" Testegen and drummer Rainer "Bloody Monster" Focke in 1982, in a desperate bid to get out of work in the coal mines that the three had worked in.
Angelripper also founded a band called Onkel Tom Angelripper which plays metal versions of schlagers, drinking songs and Christmas carols. In addition, he worked with a side project of Sodom's touring guitarist Alex Kraft, called Desperados, which played spaghetti-western-themed heavy metal. The band later evolved independently under the name of Dezperadoz, but Angelripper still occasionally contributes.
He also plays in several other sideprojects, such as the German bands Bassinvaders and Die Knappen.
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles
DVDs
Songs
Ein Prosit der Gemutlichkeit
Ausgebombt
Gomorrah
Napalm in the Morning
Remember the Fallen
Trink - trink Bruderlein - trink
Agent Orange
M-16
The Art of Killing Poetry
Bon Scott hab' ich noch live gesehen
Knarrenheinz
Outbreak of Evil
Bombenhagel
Kein Schwanz ist so hart wie das Leben
Hey - Hey - Hey Rock 'n' Roll Star
Auf Kohle geboren
Among the Weirdcong
City of God
Sodomy and Lust
Warlike Conspiracy
Es gibt kein Bier auf Hawaii
Wochenendalkoholiker
Stalinorgel
Schnaps - das war sein letztes Wort
Die stumme Ursel
Persecution Mania
Blood on Your Lips
In War and Pieces
Tired and Red
Buried in the Justice Ground
Lead Injection
Epitome of Torture