Death Of GOTTHARD Singer STEVE LEE: Post-Accident Photo Of Motorcycle Released

October 7, 2010

Swiss daily newspaper Blick has published a post-accident photo of the motorcycle that killed vocalist Steve Lee of Switzerland's hard rock veterans GOTTHARD on a rainy Nevada highway northeast of Las Vegas on Tuesday. The picture can also be seen in the YouTube clip below.

According to Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Joe Fackrell, Lee was in a group of motorcyclists — which also included Lee's girlfriend, Brigitte Voss-Balzarini, and GOTTHARD bassist Marc Lynn — that stopped on the side of northbound Interstate 15, about 50 miles north of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, to put on rain clothing at about 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.

A tractor-trailer swerved and slammed into the parked Harley-Davidson motorcycle that hit Lee.

Lee, who had a British father and Swiss mother, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 47 years old.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Lee had reportedly arrived in the States over the weekend and had begun a biking tour of the country with a group of friends.

Formed in 1990, GOTTHARD's last 11 albums all charted at No. 1 in Switzerland. The band's latest CD, "Need To Believe", was certified platinum in the group's home country for sales in excess of 30,000 copies.

GOTTHARD was presented with the platinum-award plaques on January 9, 2010 at the "Swiss Awards 2009", which also included the TV premiere of the band's radio single, "Don't Let Me Down".

"Need To Believe" was released on September 4, 2009 via Nuclear Blast Records.

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