Sulla Bratke
Sulla Bratke (* 1955 as Jürgen Bratke; † August 8, 1987 in Reutlingen ) was a German drummer .
Bratke didn't start playing drums until 1971 at the age of 16. In the following years he was active in the bands Eibons Book, Gartenweg Blues Band, Repent Walpurgis, Epilog and Grachmaschine . Bratke was known as a womanizer , from which his nickname "Sulla" (derived from the French "sous la femme") came about.
In the mid-1970s, Sulla Bratke studied theology for seven semesters in Tübingen . However, he gave up his studies and in 1979 became a founding member of the Schwobarockgruppe Schwoißfuaß , in which he held the position on drums until 1983. Bratke was best known for his sometimes eccentric stage appearances, where he mostly wore Indian headdresses.
In 1983 he left Schwoißfauß because he no longer met the musical demands of the other band members. Bratke's play was limited , among other things, by a polio illness suffered in childhood . After leaving, he worked for the sister band of Schwoissfuaß Grachmusikoff for a short time . In the medium term, however, he planned to switch from music to theater .
Before he could realize the plans, Sulla Bratke died in 1987 in an apartment fire in Reutlingen caused by cigarette burns. Bratke's life and death were sung by Schwoißfuaß on their last album Rattakarma ("Rattenkarma") from 1996 with the title Dr Sulla leabt no ("Sulla is still alive").
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ German Rock eV , accessed on February 2, 2020.
- ↑ last.fm , accessed on February 2, 2020.
- ↑ Entry on Facebook for Sulla Bratke , accessed on February 2, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bratke, Sulla |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bratke, Jürgen (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1987 |
| Place of death | Reutlingen |