Kevin Russell (musician)

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Kevin Russell
Russell in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Kevin Richard Russell
Born	(1964-01-12) 12 January 1964 (age 57) Hamburg, West Germany
Genres	After 1985: hard rock Before 1985: punk, street punk, Oi!, hardcore punk
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Rule23 Recordings
Associated acts	Böhse Onkelz

Kevin Richard Russell (born 12 January 1964) is a German singer and one of the three founding members of the rock band Böhse Onkelz. His father is British, his mother is German. He was the band's lead singer from 1980 until the group broke up in 2005. Since 2012, he is the lead singer of the new band Veritas Maximus. In 2014, Böhse Onkelz reunited with Russell as their lead singer again.

In October 2010, Russell was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for his role as driver in a hit-and-run accident near Frankfurt, driving under the influence of drugs and seriously injuring two people.^[1][2]

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Media related to Kevin Russell at Wikimedia Commons

• Kevin Russell discography at MusicBrainz