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{{Short description|German hard rock/heavy metal band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Pink Cream 69
| image               = PinkCream69 Wallduern.jpg
| caption             = Pink Cream 69 in 2003
| image_upright       = 1.2
| alias               =
| origin              = [[Karlsruhe]], Germany
| genre               = {{hlist|[[Hard rock]]|[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[power metal]]|[[glam metal]]|[[post-grunge]] (1995–1997)}}
| years_active        = 1987–present
| label               = {{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Massacre Records|Massacre]]|[[Frontiers Records|Frontiers]]}}
| associated_acts     = {{hlist|[[Helloween]]|[[Adagio (band)|Adagio]]|[[Missa Mercuria]]|[[Place Vendome (band)|Place Vendome]]|[[Sunstorm (band)|Sunstorm]]|[[Voodoo Circle]]|[[Unisonic (band)|Unisonic]]|[[D.&nbsp;C. Cooper]]|Andersen/Laine/Readman|[[Room Experience]]|Almanac}}
| website             = {{URL|pinkcream69.com}}
| current_members     = Alfred Koffler<br />[[David Readman]]<br />Chris Schmidt<br />Roman Beselt<br />Marco Wriedt
| past_members        = [[Dennis Ward (musician)|Dennis Ward]]<br />[[Kosta Zafiriou]]<br />[[Andi Deris]]<br />Uwe Reitenauer
}}
'''Pink Cream 69''' is a German [[hard rock]]/[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band founded in 1987 in [[Karlsruhe]] by [[Andi Deris]], [[Dennis Ward (musician)|Dennis Ward]], [[Kosta Zafiriou]] and Alfred Koffler. The band gained their first contract by winning music magazine ''[[Metal Hammer]]''{{'}}s newcomer competition in [[Ludwigsburg]] one year after forming. In 1994, Andi Deris left the band to join German [[power metal]] band [[Helloween]]. He was replaced by British singer [[David Readman]] in August 1994.
The band, often referred to as ''The Pinkies'', became a five-piece in 2003, when Uwe Reitenauer was hired to support [[neuropathic]] guitar player Alfred Koffler.
On 5 March 2012 it was announced that drummer Kosta Zafiriou had left the band, due to his various activities as a manager at the company Bottom Row and as the drummer and manager of the new band [[Unisonic (band)|Unisonic]]. He was replaced by Chris Schmidt.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=170701 |title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET - PINK CREAM 69 Parts Ways with Drummer, Announces R… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713163954/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=170701 |archive-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2019 and 2020, respectively, bassist Dennis Ward and guitarist Uwe Reitenauer announced their departure from the band. They were replaced by Roman Beselt (from the band Sons of Sounds) and Marco Wriedt (from the bands 21 Octayne, Arc of Light, [[Axxis]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PinkCream69Official/posts/1229115807286616|title=Pink Cream 69|website=Facebook.com|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
== Members ==
=== Current members ===
*Alfred Koffler – guitars, backing vocals (1987–present): keyboards (2007)
*[[David Readman]] – lead vocals (1994–present)
*Chris Schmidt – drums (2012–present)
*Marco Wriedt – guitars, backing vocals (2020–present)
*Roman Beselt – bass, backing vocals (2020–present)
=== Past members ===
*[[Dennis Ward (musician)|Dennis Ward]] – bass, keyboards, backing vocals (1987–2019)
*[[Andi Deris]] – lead vocals, occasional guitar (1987–1994)
*[[Kosta Zafiriou]] – drums, backing vocals (1987–2012): keyboards (1989)
*Uwe Reitenauer – guitars, backing vocals (2003–2020)
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== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
* 1989: ''[[Pink Cream 69 (album)|Pink Cream 69]]''
* 1991: ''[[One Size Fits All (Pink Cream 69 album)|One Size Fits All]]''
* 1993: ''[[Games People Play (album)|Games People Play]]''
* 1995: ''[[Change (Pink Cream 69 album)|Change]]''
* 1997: ''[[Food for Thought (Pink Cream 69 album)|Food for Thought]]''
* 1998: ''[[Electrified (Pink Cream 69 album)|Electrified]]''
* 2000: ''[[Sonic Dynamite]]''
* 2001: ''[[Endangered (album)|Endangered]]''
* 2004: ''[[Thunderdome (album)|Thunderdome]]''
* 2007: ''[[In10sity]]''
* 2013: ''[[Ceremonial (Pink Cream 69 album)|Ceremonial]]''
* 2017: ''Headstrong''
=== Live albums ===
* 1997: ''Live''
* 2009: ''Live in Karlsruhe''
=== EPs ===
* 1991: ''49°/8°''
* 1991: ''36°/140°''
* 2000: ''[[Mixery]]''
=== Maxi-singles ===
* 1993: ''Face In The Mirror''
* 1995: ''20th Century Boy''
=== VHS ===
* 1992: ''Size It Up – Live In Japan '92''
=== DVD ===
* 2009: ''Past & Present''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Cream-69-Past-Present-/release/4426112|title=Pink Cream 69 – Past & Present|website=Discogs.com|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.pinkcream69.com}}
* {{allmusic}}
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[[Category:1987 establishments in West Germany]]
[[Category:Epic Records artists]]
[[Category:German hard rock musical groups]]
[[Category:German heavy metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1987]]
[[Category:German musical quartets]]
[[Category:Frontiers Records artists]]
[[Category:Massacre Records artists]]