Something you never heard before.or just something you think you may have heard before, but haven't yet.

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ROCK: Euro-Rock, ROCK: Adult Contemporary

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Martin Gerschwitz's formula for success is a fine blend of luck, a whole lot of struggle, and a strong belief that some day he'll be at the top.
At the age of 16 he already played with big german orchestras, but all classical music! Then in 1968, his older brother (who is a very successful Cello - player) gave him a record to listen to ("Five Bridges Suite" by The NICE, Keith Emersons first band), and Martin discovered RockânâRoll. Within 3 weeks, he put his first band together "THE AVENGERS".....

After several years playing on the german scene and being among other things the keyboardplayer for âPERCY SLEDGEâ ("When a man loves a woman") for a whole european tour, he finally in 1978 formed his own american-style Rockband "BREAKPOINT" (they recorded one album in 1981 called "First Serving") which toured very successfully all over the american Military Circuit in Europe. But that wasn't enough for Martin, he wanted to make it worldwide - so he gave up everything he had, sold his equipment very cheap, paid off his debts and went on his way to the USA!

So here he was - in 1985 - in the United States - without money, a band or equipment.....
For the first 2 months Martin worked for a messenger service to make some money to buy equipment again, and it didn't take long for him to put his aforementioned formula to work. After one audition âTIM BOGERTâ , ex - âVANILLA FUDGEâ bass player, asked him to join his band, and by the end of the year Martin Gerschwitz added âLOVERBOYâ and âEDDIE VAN HALENâ to the list of musicians which he's shared center stage with.

Over the next 20 years Martin performed at well over 5000 live events worldwide, from solo appearances with orchestras in Germany to European Rockfestivals, from the Russian Rhythm and Blues Festival to the Singapore Blues Festival, from a concert tour of the Persian Gulf countries to the Iceland Rock Festival, Martin Gerschwitz toured the U.S. and the world with such acts as âLITA FORDâ, âMEAT LOAFâ, âVANILLA FUDGEâ, âWALTER TROUT BANDâ, just to name a few. He also recorded many CD's as a result of these tours.

In 1996 he started his own project utilizing the classical knowledge he had, first with a flute player who he recorded 3 beautiful Flute and Piano CD's with, âDAN LEFLER and MARTIN GERSCHWITZ, Volume 1-3â, all available through Martinâs website www.martingerschwitz.com, then finally in 1998 he decided to do it all by himself, he basically went back to his roots.

As a result of that, Martin put out 2 more CD's, "Lazy Afternoon" (1999) and "Nobody knows me" (2000) - wonderful, relaxing all instrumental keyboard pieces of music with the exception of 2 vocal songs â again, both these CDâs are available through his website, too - a must have for every music fan!

In March of 1999, Martin got approached to join âERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALSâ as their permanent keyboard/violin player. Since then, Martin has been touring with them all over the world (Europe, North America, Hongkong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, etc.), actually - the band was touring constantly all over the world with more than 100 shows per year!

In the middle of all this touring the band (with Martin) made time to record 3 Live CD's, "Eric Burdon & The New Animals - Bootleg 2000" which was recorded at "Stephen Talkhouse" in Amagansett, NY - in 2002 "Eric Burdon & The New Animals - Live in Seattle" which was recorded at the "Experience Music Project" in Seattle, WA - and in December of 2004 âAthens Traffic Liveâ which was recorded in - you guessed it - Athens/Greece!

In the summer of 2003 Martin recorded yet another CD, this time with his own band âMARTIN GERSCHWITZ & FRIENDSâ, which amongst others featured his band mates of âThe Animalsâ as well), he then toured Europe several times with a mostly german line-up, and finally shot a concert DVD of his band in Frankfurt/Germany in November of 2004 (âMartin Gerschwitz & friendsâ - Live)!

As of December 2005, Martin is a proud member of âIRON BUTTERFLYâ â heâs their keyboardplayer/lead singer - and maybe at some point the violin will be part of the show again, tooâ¦..???

Finally - in May of 2007 Martin released a Re-issue of 2 of his earlier instrumental CDâs called âSomebody should know me by nowâ, and on Sept. 4th 2007 his brandnew âMartin Gerschwitz & friendsâ- CD called âBridge to Eternityâ !!!