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 Ghost of a Chance is an acoustic and folk band fronted by German singer-songwriter Tobias Heiland accompanied by a varying number of musicians.

History
The name Ghost of a Chance is said to originate from William S. Burroughs’ short story by the same title. When asked about this in a radio interview, Heiland explained that the reasoning for the name was that he felt he should pick an alias because his songs are sometimes narrated from “a perspective other than [his] own”. Heiland also said that he had been playing in bands and writing material since he was around the age of 15, even though he was predominantly playing metal and hardcore at the time. It was not until 2006 that he started writing material for his solo-project.

Ghost of a Chance has played his first show in Solingen on February 3rd 2008, opening for Metroshifter and since then has been opening for several other acts such as Jonah Matranga, The Black Atlantic, and Chuck Ragan

Band members

 * Tobias Heiland – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica.

Other members
The following musicians have appeared as recording artists on the not yet released debut-album as backing musicians.


 * Arkadi Zaslavski- percussion, piano, programming, backing vocals.
 * Max Nicklas- Accordion, backing vocals.
 * Anja Troschau - backing vocals.