Sascha Schmitz was born on January 5th of 1972. However, he is more widely known by his professional name “Sasha” as well as his alter-ego “Dick Brave”. In a nutshell, Sasha is a musician, singer-songwriter and periodic actor who was born and raised in Germany.
Schmitz is the senior of two kids of to whom Fritz Schmitz, a prior Bundeswehr soldier and later cook and his former spouse Ramona who is a nursery school health professional are parents. Brought up in a Christian house together with his brother Norman, Schmitz resided in Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, after his parents separated.
Nevertheless, his original music curiosity increased when he began his 1st school group, named “Bad to the Bone”. As he grew older, Schmitz’s initial professional group was known as Junk Food and patterned on groups like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana. Even though the group never was provided a recording deal, they performed live throughout their place, leading to periodic sessions with his buddy Benedict, along with whom he likewise carried out performances as the Hin und Hair Schmitz duet.
Once ’92 rolled around, Junk Food triumphed in a nearby talent competition which permitted them to capture demo tapes in the Click Music Studios in Werl alongside producers Stephan “Pomez Di Lorenzo” Baader and Michael “Grant Michael B.” Kersting. Although the group split up soon afterward, Di Lorenzo and Grant understood his vocal abilities and employed Schmitz as a back-up singer for many of their endeavors.
Throughout the subsequent years, Schmitz made his cash as a backdrop vocalist for a number of musicians, such as digital euro-dance jobs Sir Prize and H.I.M, whose tracks “Do not Go Away” and “Lookin’ Out 4 Luv” were launched in German-speaking Europe, yet triggered brief promo excursions in Tunisia.
In ’98, Schmitz finalized a solo deal with Warner Music. He worked alongside Pete Smith as well as Di Lorenzo and Grant on the bulk of his introduction record which was entitled “Dedicated to…” Its reggae-motivated introduction track “I am Still Waitin'” found him once again hooking up with Deenay. This track ended up reaching the top 20 of the music charts back in summer of ’98. The song was pursued by “If You Believe”, which would turn out to be Sasha’s highest-charting song thus far and attained the top 5 in Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Belgium and Austria. It also received 4 gold and 1 platinum disc.
In May of the year 2000, Schmitz unveiled his 2nd record entitled “…You” all through Central Europe. Despite the fact that neither its top tracks “Let Me Be the One,” or its follow-up songs “Owner of My Heart” and “Chemical Reaction” were able to get to the top 10 of the music charts ” …You” first showed in the top 5 of the charts in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, achieving a gold accreditation by the German and the Austrian legs of the IFPI.
Sasha’s 3rd record, “Surfin’ on a Backbeat”, premiered during October of 2001. The album climbed to the top 10 in Germany, but charted considerably under its forerunners through the remainder of Europe, attaining the top 40 in only Switzerland. However, it gain gold certification in Germany by selling in excess of 200K copies.
Once 2003 arrived, Schmitz began doing shows under the alias “Dick Brave”. Dick Brave was the front singer of the rockabilly group named “Dick Brave & The Backbeats”. Interestingly, the members of this group shared a deep-set history which was entirely and purposefully fictional.
In November of ’04, the task was ended, after a closing live performance at the Dortmunder Westfalenhalle on November 22nd of 2004.
After a 2 years-hiatus Sasha came back in the year 2006 with his 4th record entitled “Open Water”. Sascha was greatly active in the record’s authorship and generation procedure, for which he conferred with music artists Robin Grubert and Fabio Trentini. The record charted considerably better than its forerunner Surfin’ hitting #7 on the German Albums Chart as well as the top 40 in Switzerland and Austria. Despite these facts, “Open Water” is Sasha’s lowest-selling record, thus far.
Nevertheless, in autumn ’06, a Greatest Hits collection premiered which climbed to #6 within the German charts and was ultimately accredited platinum. During ’06, Sascha additionally made his silver screen introduction with a modest part in the German comedy flick entitled Goldene Zeiten.
In ’08, Sascha also made an appearance in the German film Ossi’s Eleven, during which he brought a couple of tunes to the soundtrack beneath the alias Nelson Rogers.
In ’09, his fifth studio recording Good News on a Bad Day premiered. The album was the biggest success since “…You”.
Once 2011 rolled around, Sascha Schmitz went back to his alter-ego and unveiled his 2nd record as Dick Brave entitled “Rock’n’Roll Therapy”.
