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8 facts about the Toten Hosen

31/08/2017 written by Carlotta Henggeler
In the summer, the Düsseldorfers rocked two Swiss festival stages, now there's a double encore with "Laune der Natour". A few fun facts for fans as a warm-up.

Cannes

Campino makes his film debut in 2008 as photographer Finn in Wim Wenders' film "Palermo Shooting". The film is also shown in Cannes, but comes away empty-handed. Critics are divided about his first screen attempts.

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Nicknames


What do you do when you form a band and three members have the same name? That's what happened with Die Toten Hosen. When the band was founded in the early 80s, Andreas Frege became Campino, Andreas von Holst was henceforth known as Kuddel, and Andreas Maurer was the only one allowed to remain Andi.

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Stinksauer


On the well-known BR talk show "3 nach 9" in 1997, actress Maria Schell insulted Campino as a useless teenager and asked: "Do you have dead pants?" Too much for the singer with the colorful knitted sweater, he left the TV studio in a rage. You can watch the clip on YouTube under "Campino leaves talk show".

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Soccer


The punk rockers love their local football club Fortuna 95, but despite its name, the traditional club has not always fared well. In 2001, the music combo stepped in as main sponsor with one million marks. In order to support the club, Campino and his football-mad men cooperated with a brewery. In 2012, the pants were made honorary members as a token of gratitude.

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Mini soccer


Tipp-Kick, a type of table football, is a favorite game of the Toten Hosen. Among the prominent Tipp-Kick fans are Uli and Dieter Hoeness.

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Social


The pants are also socially committed and support organizations such as Pro Asyl, Oxfam and Kein Bock auf Nazis. Breiti in particular keeps in touch with these organizations.

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Merkel gossip


When the CDU leaders played "Tage wie diese" to celebrate their victory in 2013, the band was annoyed. Campino spoke out and was "not amused". A few days later, there was an unusual phone call: "The Chancellor would like to speak to Campino. How can you arrange that?" someone from the chancellor's office wanted to know. Campino thought the request was a joke. But Merkel really was on the phone.

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Love affairs


Whether model, actress or ex-beauty queen - Campino likes beautiful women with brains and makes no secret of it. He has a son, Lenny (10), with German actress Karina Krawczyk. He also had a love affair with ex-Miss Switzerland Melanie Winiger in 2013, and the two are still good friends today. He has been in steady hands for two years and is thinking about getting married.

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