Hollow Skai
Hollow Skai (born September 26, 1954 ; real name Holger Poscich ) is a German journalist , author and music producer .
Professional background
Hollow Skai studied German and politics in Hanover. His thesis on punk was published by Sounds Verlag and in 1980 he founded the punk label No Fun Records . From 1986 to 1989 he was editor-in-chief of the Hanover city magazine skull splitter .
From 1989 to 1994 he worked as a culture editor at Stern . The first band biography wrote Hollow Skai, who went to school with Michael Schenker , in 1992 about the Scorpions . He dealt with the life and work of Rio Reiser , wrote a biography about him and produced the best-of double album Unter Vultures for Sony Music . The Columbia Years of the Musician.
Hollow Skai now works as a freelance journalist and lecturer in Hamburg. In addition, Hollow Skai reviewed and edited the German translation of the non-fiction book Please Kill Me - The Uncensored History of Punk in 2004 , which deals with the development of American punk rock.
In 2010 he was nominated for an Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections in New Orleans for Alles nur dream , his book about the Neue Deutsche Welle .
Works (selection)
- 2000: In A Da Da Da Vida. Part 1, Hannibal, Höfen, ISBN 3-85445-208-X .
- 2002: In A Da Da Da Vida. Part 2, Hannibal, Höfen, ISBN 3-85445-185-7 .
- 2004: Red Gourmet Group: Cooking for rock stars . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne, ISBN 3-462-03397-2 .
- 2005: The wisdom of famous pop musicians. Humboldt, Baden-Baden, ISBN 3-89994-051-2 .
- 2006: All that and much more - Rio Reiser. Heyne, Munich, ISBN 3-453-12038-8 .
- 2007: Die Toten Hosen. Hannibal, Höfen, ISBN 978-3-85445-281-2 .
- 2008: Punk: attempting the artistic realization of a new way of life Archive of Youth Cultures Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-940213-41-9 .
- 2009: Everything was just a dream: a curse and a blessing on the Neue Deutsche Welle. Hannibal, Innsbruck, ISBN 978-3-85445-302-4 .
- 2011: Sex, Love & Rock 'n' Roll. Hannibal, Höfen, ISBN 978-3-85445-358-1 .
See also
Web links
- Official website
- Literature by and about Hollow Skai in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hollow Skai at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview Sounds 9/80
- ↑ 30 years of Hannibal. P. 10. ( Memento of November 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 3.0 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skai, hollow |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poscich, Holger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music journalist, editor and biographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1954 |