Peavy Wagner

Peter "Peavy" Wagner (born 22 December 1964) is a German musician. He is the lead singer, bassist and main songwriter of the heavy metal band Rage and also a member of the bass guitar-focused side project Bassinvaders.[1] He is a former member of the thrash metal band Mekong Delta.

Peavy Wagner
Wagner in 2013
Wagner in 2013
Background information
Birth namePeter Wagner
Born (1964-12-22) 22 December 1964
Herne, West Germany
GenresHeavy metal, speed metal, power metal, progressive metal
OccupationsMusician, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals, bass
Years active1980–present
Member ofRage, Bassinvaders
Formerly ofMekong Delta
Wagner in 2013

Biography

Wagner was born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, the second of four children. His parents, both passionate amateur musicians, tried to inspire their kids for music since childhood. Eventually, Wagner learned his first instrument, the classical guitar. He started to play on the electrical guitar a few years later and, inspired by Lemmy from Motörhead, finally switched to the electric bass in the early 1980s.

In 1983, Wagner founded together with the two guitar players Jochen Schroeder and Alf Meyerratken the heavy metal band Avenger. In 1986, the band's name was changed to Rage. Wagner is the only member of the band to have stayed in it throughout its history. He currently performs as the band's bassist and singer.

Wagner also participated in Mekong Delta's two first albums, appeared on Axel Rudi Pell's Black Moon Pyramid as a guest bass player, and participated in Markus Grosskopf's project Bassinvaders.

Discography

Rage

X-Mas Project
  • X-Mas Project (1986)

Bassinvaders

Lingua Mortis Orchestra
  • Cleansed By Fire (Single) (2013)
  • LMO (2013)

Guest appearances
  • "Condemnation" – Words of Paranoid (Demo) (1991) - vocals on "Graves in the Darkness"
  • Sodom - Live in der Zeche Carl (1994) – guitars on "Shellshock (Tank cover)" and vocals on "The Trooper (Iron Maiden cover)"
  • Axel Rudi Pell – Black Moon Pyramid (1996) – bass on "Gettin' Dangerous"
  • Onkel Tom Angelripper – Ein schöner Tag... (1996) – Vocals (Choirs)
  • "Casus Belli" – Promo One (Demo) (1998) - vocals on the first two tracks "Graves in the Dark" and "Future World (Pretty Maids cover)
  • "Powergod" – Evilution Part II - Back to Attack (2000) - Vocals (Choirs)
  • "GB Arts" – The Lake (2000) – vocals on the first two tracks "Shadows of Faces" and "The Darkness Is Over"
  • Victor Smolski - The Heretic (2000) – Vocals, Bass, Narration
  • Mob Rules – Hollowed Be Thy Name (2002) – vocals on "How the Gypsy Was Born"
  • "Victor Smolski" – Majesty & Passion (2004) – bass on "Concert for 2 Violins With Orchestra: Chapter 1"
  • Destruction – Inventor of Evil (2005) – vocals on "The Alliance of Hellhoundz"
  • DarkSun – El Lado Oscuro (2006) – vocals on "Prisoners of Fate"
  • Nuclear Blast All-Stars – Into the Light (2007) – bass and vocals on "Terrified"
  • "DarkSun" – The Dark Side (2007) – vocals on "Prisoners of Fate"
  • The Arrow – Lady Nite (2008) – vocals on "Keeper of Souls"
  • Destruction – The Curse of the Antichrist: Live in Agony (2009) – vocals on "The Alliance of Hellhoundz"
  • "Destruction" - A Savage Symphony - The History of Annihilation (2010) - vocals on "The Alliance of Hellhoundz"
  • "The Flames still burns" – song on "Ballroom Hamburg — A Decade of Rock" compilation (2010)
  • "DarkSun" – Memento Mori (2012) – vocals on "Broken Dreams"
  • "CrowMatic" - 13th Room (2014) - vocals on "Legacy - Lost in Time"
  • "Mob Rules" - Timekeeper (20th Anniversary Box) (2014) - vocals on "How the Gypsy Was Born (Remastered)"
  • Subsignal - The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime (2015) - vocals on "Tempest"
  • "Overwind" - Level Complete (2015) - vocals on "Million Miles Away"
  • "DarkSun" - Chronicles of Aravan (2016) - vocals on "Broken Dreams"
  • "Maskhera" - Maskhovers (EP) (2017) - vocals on "Breaking the Law"
  • Emerald Sun - Under the Curse of Silence (2018) - vocals on "Blast"
  • Brainstorm - Escape the Silence (2021) - vocals on "Escape the Silence"
  • "Brainstorm" - Wall of Skulls (2021) - vocals on "Escape the Silence"
  • "Victor Smolski" – Guitar Force (2023) - bass on "Unity"
  • Powerwolf - Communio Lupatum II (Interludium) (2023) - vocals on "Call of the Wild" (Rage)

Filmography

Actor
  • Rage: Alive But Dead (Short 1995) - Himself (as Peter Peavy Wagner)
  • Rage: Deepin The Blackest Hole (Short 1996) - Himself (as Peter Peavy Wagner)

Soundtrack
  • Der Schuh des Manitu (2001) (writer: "Straight to Hell')

Self
  • Headbangers Ball (TV Series 1995) - Himself - Rage (as Peter Peavy Wagner)
  • Wacken Metal Overdrive (Video 2003) - Himself (as Peter Peavy Wagner)
  • Rage: From the Cradle to the Stage - 20th Anniversary (Video 2004) - Himself (as Peter 'Peavy' Wagner)
  • Rage: Full Moon in St. Petersburg (Video 2007) - Himself
  • Destruction: A Savage Symphony - The History of Annihilation (Video 2010) - Himself (as Peter Peavy Wagner)
  • Rage: Strings to a Web - Official Festival Bootleg (Video 2010) - Himself
  • Saxon: Heavy Metal Thunder (2010) - Himself

References
  1. Prato, Greg. "Biography: Rage". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
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