Marius Müller-Westernhagen
German singer and actor (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marius Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948) is a German musician and actor. He has been a feature in German rock music since the mid-1970s.[1] Müller-Westernhagen is known for his energetic public concerts, and his fans know his anthem-like songs by heart. Though written a few years earlier, his song "Freiheit" ("Freedom"[2]) is widely considered as an anthem of the German Reunification.
Marius Müller-Westernhagen | |
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Background information | |
Born | (1948-12-06) 6 December 1948 (age 75) Düsseldorf, Germany |
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Website | www |
While keeping away from the merely fashionable, Müller-Westernhagen has nevertheless managed to reinvent himself every few years, and is popular with multiple generations of Germans. As a result of his singing which almost exclusively in German language in a country where pop and rock are primarily performed in English, Westernhagen originally seemed destined for obscurity, but has managed to use this to his advantage, defining himself as a durable alternative to the perceivably manufactured English-language hits of the US and UK.
Müller-Westernhagen has also acted in films and in radio.