Kevin Richard Russell (born 12 January 1964) is an English singer and one of the three founding members of the rock band Böhse Onkelz. Despite singing exclusively in German he does not hold German citizenship.
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 Russell in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kevin Richard Russell |
| Born | 12 January 1964 Hamburg, West Germany |
| Genres | After 1985: hard rock Before 1985: punk, street punk, Oi!, hardcore punk |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Rule23 Recordings |
| Member of | Böhse Onkelz |
Biography
editHis father is British, his mother is German. He was the band's lead singer from 1980 until the group broke up in 2005. Since 2012, he is the lead singer of the new band Veritas Maximus. In 2014, Böhse Onkelz reunited with Russell as their lead singer again.
In October 2010, Russell was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for his role as driver in a hit-and-run accident near Frankfurt, driving under the influence of drugs and seriously injuring two people.[1][2]
Since 1986 Russell works as a tattoo artist.[3] For example, the tattoo illustration on the cover of the 1992 album The Madman's Return of the German Eurodance group Snap! came from him.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Böhse Onkelz singer jailed for hit-and-run accident on drugs". thelocal.de. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Did drugs cause horror motorway crash - Police arrest German rocker Kevin Russell". Bild. 11 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Böhse Onkelz: Kevin Russell". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ The Snap!-Album The Madman's Return at discogs. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
External links
edit Media related to Kevin Russell at Wikimedia Commons
- Kevin Russell discography at MusicBrainz