Dragonforce Members

Herman Li Herman Li, was born on October 3, 1976 in Hong Kong China. He is the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and producer of the band. Herman draws influences from rock and video game music.
Sam Totman Sam Totman was born on August 8, 1974 in London, England. He is a guitarist and the main songwriter for the power metal band DragonForce. He began playing classical guitar at the age of nine, receiving formal training for many years.
Zp Theart ZP "Zippy" Theart was born on January 22, 1975 in Clanwilliam, South Africa and is the vocalist for British power metal band DragonForce. Theart joined the band after his bandmates Herman Li and Sam Totman saw his advertisement in Metal Hammer. Li said that "He was the first guy we met who could actually sing what he said he could."
Vadim Pruzhanov He was born in Ukraine, Soviet Union, to parents of Russian ethnicity and later moved to London, England. He first started playing piano at the age of 8. Pruzhanov then studied at a music school until he eventually got bored and quit three years later, and carried on as a self-taught player instead. It was at that time that Pruzhanov discovered rock music and decided to pursue it as a career. He got a Yamaha PSS-51 keyboard and started to create his own music at the age of 12 and has carried on since. Apart from playing the keyboard, Pruzhanov is also a capable guitar player, and owns an Ibanez guitar. He is known for his frantic head-banging and extremely fast techno/video game inspired keyboard solos.
Dave Mackintosh Dave "Compact Dynamo" Mackintosh was born on September 10th, 1977 in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the drummer and backup vocalist for the band DragonForce.
Frédéric Leclercq Frédéric Leclercq was born on June 23, 1978 in France, he is the bassist for the power metal band DragonForce and the main man in his own band, Maladaptive, where he plays guitar and sings. He is a multi-instrumentalist that plays bass, guitar, keyboards, and sings. He is a session musician for various other bands, including George Lynch's Souls of We, and Jaded Heart. He is also an ex-member of the French power metal band Heavenly and played several shows with Carnival in Coal in 2006. According to his profile on Dragonforce, Leclercq can speak "French, English, German, and some dirty words in almost every language."

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