We are ToJa

Born in December 1992, Max Rudolph, known as “Sethlein”, started beating up his mother's cooking pots from an early age and then his first drum kit at the tender age of 7.

He learned the drummer's trade from scratch. His first stop was the “Mainbrass Music and Showband” in Offenbach, where he was taught all the skills that he constantly refined himself.

His rock and metal drumming also contains elements of jazz. Thanks to various marching drumming techniques, there are no limits to his playing freedom. As a multiple Hessen champion and most recently German runner-up, his path led him through the bands “Silent Wallbreak”, “Terminated”, ‘Meet My Fist’ to ‘ToJa’. The collaboration with “Snow White Blood” has now ended.

His motto: It doesn't work, it doesn't exist. Never stop learning, then there are no limits.

Since the age of 14 Thomas is used to be on the stage as a rock singer. He was born in 1958 and raised in Mühlheim on Main/Germany. Tommy, like friends call him, fronted bands like APRIL, DEEP THROAT and SYDER.

This brought attention outside the Frankfurt area where they played different venues like open air concerts but even Hafenbahn or Batschkapp supporting Sinner and other pro-bands.

An absolute highlight was to play „Frankfurt Alte Oper“ in front of 1500 people as part of a beneficial event set up to support the local „LOBBY“, an organisation to help and support the “poor and homeless people in Frankfurt”.

Tommy said farewell to stage-life in 1997.

His pipes still provide 4 Octaves and where developed in the “Scuola del Belcanto” by Maestro Appiani. Beside his “big love” singing he loves to play bass and guitar sometimes which can be heard on the album as well in places.

His roots lie in the ‘70s and ‘80s - Uriah Heep, Pink Floyd, Saxon, Judas Priest and especially Rob Halford are his favorites.

In the recent past also bands like Edguy, Nightwish and Cornerstone were given a listen once time allowed.

Since November 2002 Tommy is married to Sabine and lives in Mühlheim together with his sons Tommy jr. and Andreas.

His slogan: Keep on rocking .. just take me the way I am – I won’t change

Born near Frankfurt am Main in 1966, Jan, known as “JJ”, came to Syder from school and cover bands.
The trained sound engineer and multi-instrumentalist played keyboards, guitar and backing vocals. In addition to these instruments, he also plays violin and drums. This is also where he met Tommy Rinn. His musical roots lie in the 70's and 80's, groups like Deep Purple, Ozzy Osbourne, Gillan etc. are at the top of his hit list.

Unfortunately, he was also forced to leave the band and take his leave of the stage for professional and family reasons. This happened around the same time as Tommy, and the two decided to launch the studio project ToJA together with Andy Ecker, simply so as not to lose touch with the music completely.

In 2013, Andy had already left the project, they returned to the stage with ToJa and the album “(Sad) Songs Of Hope” in their bag. In the meantime, he switched from guitar to bass.

JJ is married to his wife Syke and is the proud father of two daughters named Zoe and Luna.

His slogan for Rock'nRoll is: "Life is too short to hang around! Make your way, discover life, make the best of it.

Born in Frankfurt in 1999, Till picked up the guitar at the tender age of 5.

Inspired and supported by his father, he took guitar lessons from the age of 7. His playing is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughn, Randy Rhodes and Gary Moore. He also took piano and drum lessons. Iron Maiden then got him on the heavy metal track. He ran into Max in the rehearsal rooms in Frankfurt and that's how he found his way to ToJa in March 2018. He also plays with “Firestorm” and “Snow White Blood”.

His philosophy: No matter what style of music, it has to be fun