Stefan Alois Lee came as the son of a British father and a Swiss in Horgen (Zurich / Switzerland) to the world. Later, his family moved to Ticino, where he trained as a goldsmith. At age 12, he bought his first drum set. In 1988 he was drummer of the band "Forsale". In 1990 he founded, together with colleagues, the Swiss rock band "Krak", which was renamed shortly thereafter in "Gotthard". Lee was the lead singer in the band to this day successful national Switzerland and was acknowledged as its figurehead. Besides his work at Gotthard Steve Lee sang along with Bo Katzman and John Brack an a cover of the Beatles song "With a Little Help from My Friends" which placed in 1999 to 18th place of the Swiss single charts. He was also to listen to the published in 2008 album "01011001" of Ayreon, the progressive rock project of Arjen Lucassen as a guest singer. In 2009 he sang with in Zurich at "Jon Lord in Classic" at the Tonhalle. Lee saw himself as a "rocker with propriety" and never was on account of great scandals in the press, he was rather a sought talk show guest. Due to its British roots, his birthplace in the canton of Zurich and his later residence in Ticino said Steve Lee fluent in German, English , Italian and French. in addition, Lee was also involved in charitable and visited every year with his Harley-Davidson's Love Ride in Zurich. his last appearance was with Steve Lee Gotthard 25 September 2010 at the Miss Switzerland election. Ten days later, on 5 . October 2010 came Steve Lee in a traffic accident on a motorcycle tour on Interstate 15 near Mesquite in Nevada / USA killed. a truck went out of control and hurled five parked motorcycles through the air, one of the singer killed. Steve Lee yet died at the accident site. Steve Lee lived most recently in Porza (Ticino / Switzerland) and was with Brigitte Voss-Balzarini, the Miss Switzerland in 1981, romantically involved. He was posthumously awarded with the Swiss Music Awards 2011 with the "Tribute Award". Steve Lee was born in Horgen / Zurich / Switzerland, died in Mesquite / Nevada / USA and was buried in the cemetery of Porza near Lugano / Ticino / Switzerland ,

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