Herwig Mitteregger

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
No courage - no girl
  DE 48 01/30/1984 (6 weeks)
Always more
  DE 46 December 23, 1985 (9 weeks)
Like in life
  DE 87 06/22/1992 (2 weeks)
Singles
April
  DE 67 06/22/1992 (4 weeks)

Herwig Rudolf Mitteregger (born September 6, 1953 in Mautern in Styria ) is an Austrian drummer, singer, composer and producer.

Youth and education

Herwig Mitteregger was born in Austria, but his family moved to Ratingen at an early age , where he attended the city center high school. After school, he studied drums and piano at the Duisburg Institute of the Folkwang University (today Folkwang University of the Arts ) from 1972 and from 1974 at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Hamburg (today Hamburg University of Music and Drama ).

Musical work

In 1976 he joined the Berlin band Lokomotive Kreuzberg as a drummer and percussionist. After their dissolution the following year, he recorded two German-language, internationally successful albums with the Nina Hagen Band in 1978 and 1979 . Since the four musicians (Herwig Mitteregger, Reinhold Heil , Manfred Praeker and Bernhard Potschka ) fell out with the singer Nina Hagen , the contractually agreed second album Unbehagen was initially recorded instrumentally. Then Hagen's singing was recorded in the absence of the musicians.

After the final break with Nina Hagen, the four musicians founded the West Berlin rock band Spliff (synonymous for joint ), in which Mitteregger wrote songs, played drums and sang. Spliff published from 1980 to 1984 four albums, including a rock opera listed The Spliff Radio Show with Alf Klimek , Rik De Lisle and two other singers; also the album 85555 named after its order number , which brought Spliff Germany-wide success and was also published in English. The album Congratulations followed .

Even before the band split up, Mitteregger released his first solo album Kein Mut - kein Mädchen in 1983 , which he composed, written, produced, recorded and sung in. With the band, the soundtrack for the film Baby by Uwe Friesner, the music for Schimanski - Tatort Zweierlei Blut and the fourth album Black on White were recorded. A fifth spliff LP planned for 1986 was discarded due to solo projects; the four members separated after the farewell tour in late 1984, although the split of the band was never officially announced. Since then, Mitteregger, who soon settled in Spain and set up a recording studio there, published five more albums by 1997, on which various musicians played. In 1985 the single was more and more successful.

In the days of Spliff, the multi-instrumentalist had started producing other artists as well. Since 1980 he has been responsible for albums by Ulla Meinecke , Manfred Maurenbrecher , Sternhagel , Michael Fitz and Cosa Rosa and played a major role as a musician.

In 1986, along with numerous other artists, he took the stage free of charge at the Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival against the planned Wackersdorf reprocessing plant . Since 1999, two comeback attempts with Spliff failed in advance.

After 1997 Mitteregger worked mainly as a composer in Spain, performed only rarely in Germany and started a family. In 1999 he became the father of a son. Since 2006 he has lived with his wife and son in Hamburg, where he is again actively working on his own projects.

At the end of May 2008, the album Insolito was released on his own label Manoscrito Music , with which he developed his style from the phase in the mid-1990s. In June 2009 the album Fandango followed , which also contained a new version of the spliff song Emergency Exit. And after eight years, the album Sol Mayor was released in January 2017 .

Discography

Solo albums

  • 1983: no courage, no girl
  • 1985: More and more
  • 1987: every time
  • 1990: Mitteregger
  • 1992: As in life
  • 1993. The best songs 1983–1993 (Digipak) (CD)
  • 1997: Out of silence
  • 2008: Insolito
  • 2009: FanDango
  • 2017: Sol Mayor

Albums with other artists

Singles

  • 1977: Locomotive Kreuzberg - "Unemployed / Teddy Tex"
  • 1978: Nina Hagen Band - "Aufm Bahnhof Zoo / Der Spinner"
  • 1979: Nina Hagen Band - "Natural Tears / Hot"
  • 1979: Nina Hagen Band - "TV-Glotzer (White punks on dope) / Hot"
  • 1979: Nina Hagen Band - "Indescribably feminine / The crazy"
  • 1979: Nina Hagen Band - "African Reggae / We're still alive ... still" (various editions and B-sides; also as maxi )
  • 1980: Nina Hagen Band - "Auf'm Hagen / If I were a boy"
  • 1980: Nina Hagen Band - "Herrmann was his name / Wau wau"
  • 1980: Nina Hagen Band - "My way / Alptraum / No way" (also as Maxi)
  • 1980: Nina Hagen Band - "My way / Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo / Superboy" (also as Maxi)
  • 1980: Spliff - "Jet set star / Cheap chicks" (also as Maxi)
  • 1981: Spliff - "Rock'n'Roll refugee / Tooled fool"
  • 1982: Spliff - "Tonight / Emergency Exit" (also as Maxi)
  • 1982: Spliff - "Déjà vu / Müller / Jerusalem (live)" (also as Maxi)
  • 1982: Spliff - "Carbonara / duet complete" (also as a maxi)
  • 1982: Spliff - "Das Blech / Tag nach Tag" (also as Maxi)
  • 1982: Sternhagel - "Fahrrad fahr'n / Eskimo"
  • 1983: Spliff - "Congratulations / Die Maurer" (also as Maxi)
  • 1983: Spliff - " Close your eyes / It's time" (also as Maxi)
  • 1983: "Cold as a stone / You and me" (also as Maxi)
  • 1983: "One way or another / Rudi"
  • 1983: "Rudi (12 ″ Special Mix) / Ocean" (as Maxi)
  • 1984: Spliff - "Telephone Terror / Bahnhofshotel" (also as Maxi)
  • 1984: Spliff - "Labyrinth" (also called Maxi)
  • 1984: Spliff - "Radio / The Clan" (also as Maxi)
  • 1985: "More and more (maxi version) / Somehow in love / My piano" (as maxi)
  • 1987: "Blind Passenger (Extended Version) / Blind Passenger Reprise / Blind Passenger (Single Version)" (as maxi)
  • 1987: "Wo (Megamaniac Mix) / As on the first day / Wo (Single Mix)" (as Maxi)
  • 1990: Spliff - "Déjà Vu (Remix '90) / Déjà Vu (Mosaic-Mix '90) / Déjà Vu (Original Version)" (CD-Maxi)
  • 1990: Spliff - "Carbonara (Remix) / Herzlichen Glückwunsch (RAF Mix) / Carbonara Remix (Radio Edit) / Carbonara (Original Version)" (CD-Maxi)
  • 1990: "Weg ins Glück (Extended Version) / Blues / Weg ins Glück (Radio Version)" (CD single)
  • 1990: "Albatros (Extended Version) / Niederhein / Albatros (Single Edit)" (CD Single)
  • 1990: "Orkan (Extended Version) / Once more / Orkan (Single Version)" (CD Single)
  • 1992: "Party (I think it's going to start) / Where's the Money (Radio Edit) / The Night" (CD single)
  • 1992: "April (Single Version) / Regen / April (Extended Version)" (CD Single)
  • 1992: "Where is the money (radio edit) / Where is the money (blood + sweat + tear mix) / Nothing going on" (CD single)
  • 1993: "Beautiful women / Sunday afternoon" (CD single)
  • 1993: "Unterwegs (Radio Edit) / Kalt wie'n Stein / As on the first day" (CD single)
  • 1997: "Na-Nana-Na (Beat 4 Feet Mix) / Na-Nana-Na (HM Mix) / Na-Nana-Na (Album Version)" (CD single)
  • 1997: "Can Be" (CD single)
  • 2005: With Knutson - "Marie-Johanna" (cover version of "Carbonara")
  • 2008: "Leicht" (radio single)

Video albums

  • 2012: Nina Hagen Band - "Live At Rockpalast" (contains the performances: Rockpalast December 9, 1978 and Nina Hagen Rockpalast August 28, 1999)
  • 2012: Spliff - "Live At Rockpalast" (contains the performances: Rockpalast May 20, 1983 and Rockpop in Concert December 19, 1981)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Herwig Mitteregger in the German charts / chart data ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chartsurfer.de
  2. ↑ Mitteregger, Herwig - German Mugge. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Axel Fischbacher in the Ratinger Wochenblatt interview: Instinkt-Jazzer plays a concert with a string orchestra. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
Spliff
Studio albums

The Spliff Radio Show • 85555 • Congratulations! • Black on white

Remix albums

Spliff Remix

Compilation albums

All the best (Best Of) • Spliff and Friends • The Best Of • Cult - 30 years of Spliff

Video albums

Live at Rockpalast

Singles
NoDISPLAY
Spliff Radio Show
Spliff Radio Show • Jet Set Star • Rock'n'Roll Refugee
85555
Carbonara • Déjà vu • Tonight
Congratulations!
The sheet metal • Close your eyes • Congratulations
black on white
Radio • Telephone Terror • Maze
Spliff Remix
Déjà vu (remix)


personal data
SURNAME Mitteregger, Herwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitteregger, Herwig Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian drummer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Mautern in Styria , Austria