Born Michael Trempenau in Copenhagen on January 14, 1961, he made his recording debut at 13 when he and his elder brother, billed as Dennis & Michael, cut a single for EMI. “From that moment on,” Tramp says “people started talking about Vito and I getting a band together.”Īt 21, Tramp was already a veteran of the music business. “I thought, Holy shit – we’re 10 years behind!” And Tramp wasn’t alone in thinking that he and Bratta would make a great team. Backstage, Tramp was amazed when he watched Bratta warming up by playing a note perfect version of Eddie Van Halen’s guitar show piece Eruption. Tramp’s Danish band Lion, having recently relocated to New York City, were playing second on the bill to Bratta’s group Dreamer at the famous rock club L’Amour in Brooklyn. It was in 1982 that Mike Tramp first met Vito Bratta. When the going was good, White Lion winning at the New York Music Awards, 1988 (Image credit: Getty Images)
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