Curt Cress

Curtis "Curt" Cress (born August 11, 1952, in Brachttal, Germany) is a German drummer and composer.

Life and work

Curt Cress began his career in 1965 in Hanau with the band Load. Later he also played in Hanau near the bands' inspiration Six and most recently Orange Peel, which was officially disbanded again the very next year, but comes together for occasional appearances. He has published about 12,000 photographs and his records have sold at least 400 million copies. He worked as a member of several bands including Klaus Doldinger's Passport, Atlantis, Spliff, Milli Vanilli and Snowball, Curt Cress Clan, and as a guest on numerous studio recordings and live performances with German and international artists, e.g. Falco, Peter Maffay, Rick Springfield, SAGA and Tina Turner.

Cress was also known as a producer, most notably for Uwe Ochsenknecht, Claudia Cane, Heiner Pudelko, Nena, Nina Hagen and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He continued to work as a studio musician, as for Boney M., Hubert Kah, Michael Cretu, Scorpions, Alphaville, BAP, Inga and Annette Humpe, Peter Cornelius, Marianne Rosenberg, Stefan Waggershausen, Udo Lindenberg, Meat Loaf and Freddie Mercury (Mr. Bad Guy).