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Michael Ingo Joachim "Weiki" Weikath (born 7 August 1962) is German musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist, backing vocalist and founding member of the pioneer power metal band Helloween. Michael was born in Hamburg, Germany. He is one of the Helloween founding members, along with the musicians Kai Hansen (vocals/guitars), Markus Grosskopf (bass) and Ingo Schwichtenberg (drums). He is one of the only two remaining members still active in the band. Weikath integrated the first Helloween line up in 1982. In 1984, the band had signed a deal with Noise Records and recorded two songs for a Noise compilation record called Death Metal. In this album, he was responsible for the track "Oernst Of Life". Nowadays Michael Weikath lives in his home in Tenerife, Spain. In a 2002 interview with Chaotic Critiques webzine, Michael Weikath was asked if the band was somewhat spiritual, pointing out the occasional spiritual themes on songs such as "Hey Lord". Weikath replied that most of the band were Christian, except Uli Kusch.

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