Biography Pendulum of Fortune



Bodo Schopf
has been playing music since his fifth birthday, and has been composing music since his eighth year.

At the age of seventeen, he began his career as a touring drummer and played with acts such as Michael Schenker, Falco, The Sweet, Eloy and many more, playing over 300 albums and composing over 500 songs for publishers like EMI, BMG, Universal, Sonoton, Mediaphon Madacy ... He is involved as a cowriter in songs for Michael Schenker and the Sweet and composed the music for the film Golem.

Meanwhile, Bodo plays more than 20 instruments and is constantly working on new compositions in his studio in Sardinia. In 2014, he founded his band Pendulum of Fortune, the new album "searching for the god inside" will be released in 2017.

Pendulum of Fortune
and there album "Searching For The God Inside" - is made of eleven songs that are as exciting, unique and diverse jus as the careers of each individual musician.

The founder and mastermind of the band, is no less than the exceptional German drummer Bodo Schopf, who for many years was an integral part of the legendary prog rock band ELOY. Through out his career he was playing drums for greats like Michael Schenker, Eric Burdon, Falco, Udo Lindenberg, Jack Bruce and many more. Not to mention his time with the iconic Glam-Rockers The Sweet.

He met there singer, David Readman (Pink Cream 69, Almanac and Tank) on a tour in 2014. He played the Englishman some of his freshly composed songs, and Readman was so enthusiastic he said right away that he wanted to sing on the album, All said and done. With bassplayer Franky R. Schopf got a good old friend on board with whom he had played together with in the Michael Schenker Group. He had also worked with such great artists and bands like Ronnie James Dio, Motörhead, Kingdom Come, Lancelot, Shortino, Vanden Plas, Devil´s Train and many more.

Soon after that, guitarist Vladimir Shevyakov, a studio musician (And studied classical guitar player) from Moscow was found and the quartet was now perfect.

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