Jan Gorkow

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Jan Gorkow (born September 1987 in Neubrandenburg ), better known by his nickname Monchi , is the singer of the punk band Feine Sahne Fischfilet .

Life

Jan Gorkow grew up in Jarmen , a West Pomeranian country town near Greifswald , as the son of a building contractor and a dentist. From his youth he was an enthusiastic fan of Hansa Rostock and initially moved in hooligan and ultra circles. At the age of 19 he set fire to a police car in Stendal and was given a suspended sentence for it. His nickname "Monchi" came from the fact that in the eyes of his friends at the time his plump face and dark hair reminded him of a Monchhichi .

At the age of 20, he and school friends founded the punk band Feine Sahne Fischfilet. Since he did not play an instrument, he was hired as a singer by chance. He was politically left and anti-fascist. During this time he first broke with Hansa Rostock, but returned to his love for his football club on the band's later albums.

His band developed from a DIY band that was observed by the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Office for the Protection of the Constitution because of alleged left-wing extremist statements , to a very successful German band that now plays in stadiums. Gorkow became a figurehead of the left scene, which was ensured by both his political orientation and his imposing appearance.

In 2017, Gorkow was accused of throwing chairs at a group of right-wing extremists on the sidelines of a counter-demonstration against a right-wing extremist event. A subsequent charge of trespassing ended with an acquittal by the Güstrow district court .

In 2013 Gorkow took part in the project 16 × Germany by the actor and director Charly Hübner . A little later, the plan arose to make a documentary about fine cream fish fillet, which in the end was mainly about Gorkow and his life story. The film Wildes Herz was released in German cinemas on April 12, 2017.

Together with Sido , Gorkow released the single Life Before Death on August 2, 2019 . The song reached number 22 in the German charts on August 9, 2019.

Others

In 2019 Gorkow appeared in an extra role in the television film Polizeiruf 110: Kindwohl .

Jan Gorkow is involved in the "MV for Kobane" initiative.

In October 2016 was Jan Gorkow in the Pro 7 telecast applause and out! of the stand-up comedian Oliver Polak .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Life Before Death ( Sido feat. Monchi)
  DE 22nd 08/09/2019 (14 weeks)
  AT 34 08/16/2019 (2 weeks)
  CH 12 08/11/2019 (17 weeks)

Guest Posts

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Jan Gorkow  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Wild Heart" without a story
  2. ↑ Der Spiegel , No. 43, October 20, 2018: "Fine cream fish fillet: The necessary explosive" Report by Arno Frank. Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg. P. 134
  3. ↑ Punk rock solid. Ostsee-Zeitung , October 25, 2017, accessed on August 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Documentary premiere about Feine Sahne Fischfilet front man. Ostsee Zeitung , April 6, 2018, accessed on August 14, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Ulrike Nimz: Jan "Monchi" Gorkow: Punk rocker who also plays where only AfD posters are stuck. Süddeutsche Zeitung , October 23, 2018, accessed on August 9, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Punk band Feine Sahne Fischfilet: "We are not violence freaks". RP Online , December 20, 2018, accessed August 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Music from the terraces - Interview with Feine Sahne Fischfilet
  8. ↑ "This is our time right now" - Interview with singer Jan "Monchi" Gorkow from "Feine Sahne Fischfilet". Schwäbisches Tagblatt , November 15, 2018, accessed on August 9, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Feine Sahne Fischfilet: Does this band just want to play or is it a danger? December 7, 2018, accessed August 17, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Germany's left whipping boy. In: Dresdner Latest News . Retrieved August 17, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Güstrow: District court acquits fish fillet singers. Ostsee-Zeitung , December 19, 2017, accessed on August 9, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Oliver Götz: Feine Sahne Fischfilets "Wildes Herz" -Doku is much closer to you than you think. Musikexpress , September 4, 2018, accessed August 9, 2019 .
  13. ^ "Monchi" as a guest star in the Rostock crime thriller. Stern.de , April 7, 2019, accessed on August 9, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Helpers from MV are doing well
  15. ↑ Helpers back from Suruc ( Memento from July 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland
personal data
SURNAME Gorkow, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monchi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Neubrandenburg