Sascha Waack
Independent

www.saschawaack.com

Sascha started his musical career at the age of 7, when his parents sent him to piano lessons. At the age of 9 he and a friend were watching a music program when, all of a sudden he saw Eric Carr performing “I love it loud” with "Kiss". From that point on Sascha was hooked on drums. Sascha started drumming on anything he could get in his hands, until a relative gave him a bass drum and a 12” tom to practise with. Straight away he started playing along with his parents records and cassettes. As cymbals he used parts of his mom’s oven.

Very quickly Sascha started playing in local bands and became the youngest drummer in his area. He got into his first professional engagement at the age of 19. Until then he had played with almost every known band in his area. He started drumming with Nicole (’81 Grand Prix winner) and her band. Soon after that he got the offer to tour Canada and the US as a replacement for Bodo Schopf (The Sweet, Falco, MSG, etc.) with the band Juicy Lucy.

When Sascha came back home from the tour, he was offered a european tour with the broadway musical “Hair." Sascha was 22 years old at that point and soon the press got interested in the young drummer and have been following him ever since. He stayed with the tour for about 3 years until he got the offer for the European tour with the original West End musical production of the “Rocky Horror Show,” which he played for about 5 years.

Sascha recalls his time playing musicals as “the most important time in his life” as a professional drummer. Working on such big productions with older and much more experienced musicians, and having the weight of responsibility for a whole show on his shoulders turned him into a real professional.

During all the extensive touring –usually 10 month a year– Sascha also found the time to play for various records, gigs and workshops like the "Frankfurt Music Fair" in 1999 and 2003. At the moment, Sascha is working as a free lance musician, recording and touring with various artists such as "Lance Keltner" (Rod Steward) and Storm-Warrior. He is also working on different projects of his own. In 2002 he formed the "House of Musical Company," a musical project which he will be touring with around Europe soon.