Marius Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s.[1] Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know his anthem-like songs by heart. Though written a few years earlier, his song "Freiheit" ("Freedom"[2]) is widely considered as an anthem of the German Reunification.
Marius Müller-Westernhagen | |
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 Müller-Westernhagen in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 6 December 1948 Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Website | www |
While keeping away from the merely fashionable, Müller-Westernhagen has nevertheless managed to reinvent himself every few years, and is popular with multiple generations of Germans. As a result of his singing which almost exclusively in German language in a country where pop and rock are primarily performed in English, Westernhagen originally seemed destined for obscurity, but has managed to use this to his advantage, defining himself as a durable alternative to the perceivably manufactured English-language hits of the US and UK.
Müller-Westernhagen has also acted in films and in radio.
Discography
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- 1975: Das erste Mal
- 1976: Bittersüß
- 1977: Ganz allein krieg ich's nicht hin
- 1978: Mit Pfefferminz bin ich dein Prinz
- 1980: Sekt oder Selters
- 1981: Stinker
- 1982: Das Herz eines Boxers
- 1983: Geiler is' schon
- 1984: Die Sonne so rot
- 1985: Lass uns leben – 13 Balladen
- 1986: Lausige Zeiten
- 1987: Westernhagen
- 1989: Halleluja
- 1990: Live
- 1992: Jaja
- 1994: Affentheater
- 1996: Keine Zeit (Soundtrack of the motion picture Keine Zeit)
- 1998: Radio Maria
- 2000: So weit ... – Best of
- 2002: In den Wahnsinn
- 2005: Nahaufnahme
- 2009: Williamsburg
- 2011: Hottentottenmusik (Live)
- 2014: Alphatier
- 2016: MTV Unplugged
- 2019: Das Pfefferminz-Experiment
- 2022: Das eine Leben
- 2023: Westernhagen 75 - Best of
Selected filmography
edit- A Lost Life (1976), as Wenzel Sigorski
- Sladek oder Die schwarze Armee (1976, TV film), as Sladek
- Tatort: Transit ins Jenseits (1976, TV series episode), as Horst Bremer
- Invitation to the Dance (1977, TV film), as Theo Gromberg
- The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978), as Werner Wiedemann
- Der Tote bin ich (1979, TV film), as Stefan Schröder
- Theo Against the Rest of the World (1980), as Theo Gromberg
- Mosch (1980, TV film), as Arno
- The Man on the Wall (1982), as Arnulf Kabe
- The Snowman (1985), as Dorn
- The Madonna Man (1987), as Martin Graves
- Deshima (1987), as Patrick Goessler
References
edit- ^ Menge, Timon (6 December 2018). "Marius Müller-Westernhagen: Ein Porträt". uDiscover (in German). uDiscover Music. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ Westernhagen. "Diskografie". Westernhagen (in German). Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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