Thomas Bredahl

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Thomas Bredahl
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Thomas Bredahl at Roskilde Festival 2009
Background information
Born (1980-11-02) November 2, 1980 (age 42)
Herning, Denmark
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Manager
  • guitarist
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Years active1996–present
Formerly of
  • Volbeat
  • Gob Squad
  • Heartbeat Management

Thomas Bredahl (born 2 November 1980) is a Danish music manager, former guitarist and singer. He was lead guitarist of Volbeat and is now the guitarist of Gob Squad. Bredahl joined Volbeat in 2006, and the band announced his departure on November 28, 2011. He was the successor of Franz Gottschalk, who was fired by Volbeat after the recording of their second album Rock the Rebel / Metal the Devil was completed.

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After Volbeat he worked again with Gob Squad, where he was the lead singer. In present, he is partner and manager at Heartbeat Management. [1]

Discography

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References

  1. "Backstage with artist manager: Thomas Bredahl". Good because Danish. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.