Guitars

Plays in Helloween since 2002 till now


A young guitarist who wasn't afraid to step into the position of his legendary predecessors. He integrated into the band nicely both as a guitar player and as a songwriter. Gerstner confidently passed the endurance test the 'Rabbits on the Run' world tour of 2003-2004 was, with its long set-lists of both new and old songs of the band.

"In my opinion, a guitarsolo just makes sence if it's short and special... whatever special means for some people... But i think in a good song, a guitarsolo isn't necessary. I can live without solos..."

Career timeline:

date	event
april 2nd, 1977	Sascha Getstner was born in Stuttgart (Germany)
1977	Sascha moved to Fuerth in Bavaria
1983	got his first musical instrument, Bontempi-Organ, as a gift
1990	influenced by his uncle, he began to play the electric guitar. His uncle also gave him records of such bands as Dokken, Pretty Maids, Michael Schenker, Pink Cream 69, Queensryche and others
1991	Sascha started seriously studying music
1992	Sascha met Sven Amon, whose uncle, Friedl Amon (by the way, he's the keyboardist playing for Helloween since the end of 2004!!!) began to involve Sascha in his projects
1995	Sascha tried himself as a singer
1995-1997	played in various cover bands
1997	at one of the shows he got noticed by Chris Bay and Daniel Zimmermann
1999	Sascha got an invitation from Dan and Chris to join their new band, Freedom Call
2001	after the second album of the band, ‘Crystal Empire’, Sacha left due to creative reasons and went back to playing in cover bands
2002	Sascha was recommended to Helloween by Charlie Bauerfeind and was invited to a jamming session
august 2002	after several weeks' worth of rehearsing on Tenerife Sascha was accepted into the band (for further info, see Helloween timeline)

Discography:

Freedom Call (Stairway to Fairyland, Taragon, Crystal Empire)

Helloween (Rabbit Don't Come Easy)

Guest appearances:

Victor Smolski (Majesty & Passion)

Solo-projects:

none