Max Rieger (born 10 February 1993[1]) is a German singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He is the singer and guitarist of the post-punk noise-rock band Die Nerven [de] (English: "The nerves").

Max Rieger with Die Nerven [de] at the Kosmonaut Festival [de] in July 2019

Rieger comes from near Stuttgart and attended the Gymnasium Plochingen [de] and the Max-Eyth-Schule [de] in Stuttgart.[2] As a teenager, he taught himself to play the guitar. At the beginning of 2010, together with Julian Knoth, he founded the band Die Nerven [de] in Esslingen am Neckar. The band had its breakthrough in 2014. At the end of 2010, Rieger was involved in the founding of the electro-wave [de] band Die Selektion [de]. In 2012, he left the band to concentrate on Die Nerven. He has released five drone-, wave- and noise-oriented solo albums under the pseudonym All Diese Gewalt (Kein Punkt wird mehr fixiert (2014), Welt in Klammern (2016), Welt in Klammern (Addendum) (2017), Andere (2020) and Alles ist nur Übergang (2023)). Andere is his first solo project in collaboration with Glitterhouse Records. He is also part of the experimental trio Jauche and releases black metal under his pseudonym Obstler.[3] He also works as a music producer for various bands including Casper, Drangsal [de], Friends of Gas [de], Ilgen-Nur [de] and Karies [de].

Rieger lives in Berlin, after having lived in Leipzig for a while.[4]

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  1. ^ sebastiaan_j; simon_christian; Winterbay (2022-12-14) [2018-07-18]. "All diese Gewalt". last.fm. 9. Archived from the original on 2024-06-27. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  2. ^ Strache, Stephan (2022-07-08). "Edwin Rosen – Interview". Bedroomdisco (in German). Darmstadt, Germany: Dominik Schmidt. Archived from the original on 2023-12-05. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. ^ Uthoff, Jens (2020-12-04). "Max Rieger im Porträt: Die Tür zum Pop steht immer weit offen". Musik aus Berlin. tip-berlin.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  4. ^ Borcholte, Andreas (2020-11-12). "Indierock-Produzent Max Rieger: "Ich hätte gern, dass meine Mutter meine Musik versteht"". Musik. Spiegel Kultur (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-05-14. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
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