Biography
Herbert Grönemeyer tells of his beginnings.
Herbert Arthur Wiglev Clamor Grönemeyer (born April 12, 1956 in Göttingen) is a German musician and actor and is very popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot, but later concentrated on his musical career. His fifth album 4630 Bochum (1984) was the best-selling German language record of all time. In 2002 he achieved his first number one single with "Mensch" from the album of the same name, which was strongly influenced by the 1998 deaths of his wife Anna and brother Wilhelm (both dying within one week). His other brother Dietrich is a distinguished professor of medicine. Apart from "Das Boot" Grönemeyer only acted in few other movies, for example in "Spring Symphony" about the composer Robert Schumann.
Herbert's forays into the English language have met with very little success as his typical lyrics, full of wordplay, proved impossible to translate well. He remains mostly unknown outside the German language countries.
Time Magazine awarded him the title of "European Hero" in 2005 for his humanitarian work.
Discography
1978 Ocean Orchestra
1979 Grönemeyer
1980 Zwo
1982 Total egal
1983 Gemischte Gefühle
1984 4630 Bochum
1986 Sprünge
1988 Ö
1988 What's all this
1990 Luxus
1991 Luxus (English)
1992 So gut
1993 Chaos
1994 Cosmic Chaos
1995 Unplugged
1995 Live
1996 Chaos (English)
1998 Bleibt alles anders
2000 Stand der Dinge (Double DVD/CD)
2002 Mensch
2003 Mensch live (Double DVD)
