Bodo Staiger
Bodo Staiger (born October 27, 1949 in Düsseldorf ; † December 4, 2019 ) was a German musician and producer .
biography
At the age of 18, Staiger played together with Marius Müller-Westernhagen in the rock 'n' roll band Harakiri Whoom . Then he founded the jazz rock formation Sinus together with Karl Bartos . From the mid-1970s he played an album with the rock band Lilac Angels . But then he became known as the singer of the NDW band Rheingold , which he founded in 1980, influenced by bands such as Kraftwerk and La Düsseldorf . With the band he released three albums and several commercially successful singles such as Dreiklangsdimimen between 1980 and 1984 .
In 1982 Staiger played the pop star R. in the German horror film Der Fan , who is murdered and consumed after a fleeting night of love with a female fan. For the 1984 German comedy film Jagger und Spaghetti he was responsible for the film music .
Most recently Staiger worked as a producer and sound engineer in Düsseldorf . In 1997 he worked on the production of a solo album by the former Kraftwerk musician Wolfgang Flür , which was released under the project name Yamo .
Filmography
- 1982: The Fan (feature film), (actor)
- 1984: Jagger and Spaghetti (feature film), (film music)
- 2009: Who Is Highlife? (Documentary), (participation)
literature
- Rüdiger Esch : Electri_City. Electronic music from Düsseldorf 1970–1986. Suhrkamp, Berlin, 2014, ISBN 978-3-51846464-9 .
- Sven-André Dreyer , Michael Wenzel, Thomas Stelzmann: No breathing space - music from Düsseldorf. Droste, Düsseldorf 2018, ISBN 978-3-7700-2067-6 .
Web links
- 3klangrecords music studio in Düsseldorf
- Bodo Staiger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bodo Staiger at Discogs (English)
- Bodo Staiger at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Official Facebook page of the band Rheingold. In: facebook . December 10, 2019, accessed December 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Christoph Dallach: "Dreiklangsdimimen": Bodo Staiger from Rheingold is dead. In: Spiegel Online . December 10, 2019, accessed December 10, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staiger, Bodo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 2019 |