Born in 1972 thom. started his career with the successful rock band vivid in 1991. The band released 3 studio albums on virgin records. vivid won the important Echo award in 199 thom. released his first solo album in 2003. The critically acclaimed gods&monsters, was written and produced by thom. He also played all the instruments on the record. 2004 thom. wrote the song Principle Of Joy which was used in BMW´s world wide campaign for the new Series 1 model.