Udo Lindenberg

Udo Lindenberg (born 17 May 1946 in Gronau) is a German

Udo Lindenberg
singer, drummer, rock musician and composer.

Contents
Career
Singles
Albums
Literature
References
External links

Career
Lindenberg in 2014
Lindenberg started his musical career as a drummer. In 1969,
Born Udo Gerhard Lindenberg
he founded his first band Free Orbit and also appeared as a
17 May 1946
studio and guest musician (with Michael Naura, Knut
Gronau (Westf.),
Kiesewetter). In 1970 he collaborated as a drummer with jazz
Germany
saxophonist Klaus Doldinger in Munich. In 1971 Passport, a
band founded by Doldinger, released its first album, with Nationality German
Lindenberg on drums. He also played drums for the theme Occupation singer, drummer, rock
music for the German TV series Tatort.[1] The first LP by the musician, composer,
Jazz rock group Emergency was released in 1971 but met with painter
little commercial success.

The LP Lindenberg (also 1971, sung in English, already with Steffi Stephan on bass) was likewise
unsuccessful. In the following year, the first LP in German was released: Daumen im Wind (produced by
Lindenberg and Thomas Kukuck, who also co-produced Lindenberg's next five albums), featuring the
single "Hoch im Norden", which became a radio hit in northern Germany. The year 1973 brought a
breakthrough with the album Andrea Doria and the singles "Alles klar auf der Andrea Doria" and
"Cello". With over 100,000 copies sold, Lindenberg quickly received the largest record deal of any
German-language musician up to that time. Lindenberg was earning a special place in the new German-
language music of the 70s, finding a niche between internationally oriented Krautrock and mainstream
pop music of the Schlager variety. German-language rock had previously been confined to predominantly
political message bands whose music was directed at a narrow audience.

Lindenberg's brash style, everyday subject matter ("Bei Onkel Pö…") and his feel for language were an
unprecedented combination in German-language music. His pioneering work helped other artists such as
Stefan Waggershausen and Marius Müller-Westernhagen get record deals of their own. In 1973
Lindenberg first went on tour with his Panikorchester (Panic Orchestra).

1976 was one of Udo Lindenberg's most productive years. Besides the LP Galaxo Gang he also released
a record under the name Das Waldemar Wunderbar Syndicat (I make you feel good), a first Best of Panik
Udo and the first in a series of foreign-language releases,No Panic, on which Lindenberg translated his
songs into English. In the same year (and on another LP: Sister King Kong) with the song "Rock ’n’ Roll
Arena in Jena", Lindenberg first mentioned a Panic Orchestra tour of the GDR. In 1976, Lindenberg
discovered Ulla Meinecke and produced her first two albums. She was a guest artist and co-author of the
1977 LP Panische Nächte (Panic Nights) and the 1978 Dröhnland Symphonie. On Lindenbergs Rock
Revue (1978), Lindenberg and Horst Königstein "Germanized" rock classics from Little Richard to The
Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and went on a big tour. The number 1 hit "We Gotta Get out of This
Place" was also released with German lyrics.

The subsequent Dröhnland-Symphonie-Tour was staged by Peter Zadek as a big multimedia stage show
with a plethora of costumed extras. The result was Lindenberg's first live album Livehaftig. In 1979, Der
Detektiv was the second Rock Revue, in which more international hits such as "Candle in the Wind" by
Elton John, "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf, "My Little Town" and "As Time Goes By" (from the film
Casablanca) were "Germanized". Also 1997 was published "Belcanto - Udo Lindenberg & das Deutsche
Filmorchester Babelsberg" which included hits like "Horizont", "Bis ans Ende der Welt" along with a
song by Bertold Brecht and Udo's own interpretation of The Windmills of Your Mind - "Under the
drunkard moon" ("Unterm Säufermond")[2] (Lyrics: Udo Lindenberg, Horst Königstein).

One of his most famous songs is "Sonderzug nach Pankow" (Special train service to Pankow), an
adaptation of Chattanooga Choo Choo, released as a single on 2 February 1983. It originated from the
refusal of eastern German authorities to allow Lindenberg to perform in the GDR. In September 1987, he
presented a custom Ibanez guitar to the then East German leader, Erich Honecker, during his visit to the
West German city of Wuppertal.

On 3 June 2011, Lindenberg performed at Kampnagel unplugged. The recording was later released as an
album within the MTV Unplugged series. Lindenberg was the 8th German artist in that series. The album
became the second No.1 album for Lindenberg, awarded platinum status for 200,000 units sold after two
weeks.[3] The second single from the album "Cello" (feat. Clueso) went to No. 4, giving Lindenberg the
highest chart position in German singles charts ever.[4]

Lindenberg has worked collaboratively with various local and international recording artists such as (Eric
Burdon, Helen Schneider, David Bowie, Tom Robinson, Keith Forsey, Gianna Nannini, Ellen ten
Damme and Nena) on a number of projects. He currently lives in Hamburg in the Hotel Atlantic (for
several years now). His somewhat hoarse voice is the result of too much liquor and cigarettes. In 1989,
he survived a heart attack. In 2010, he designed two postage stamps, based on his songs "Andrea Doria"
and "Sonderzug nach Pankow", for the Deutsche Post.

For 2014 he announced his first Stadium Tour[5] in Germany.

From 1 February to 2 April 2015 an exhibition entitled "Porsche.Panic.Power" took place in the Porsche
Museum in Zuffenhausen and showed numerous exhibits from Lindenbergs private collection.
Lindenberg opened the exhibition with a concert in the museum.[6]

Singles
 Year Single D A CH

"Wozu sind Kriege da?"1 18 — —

1981
"Berlin" — — —
1983 "Sonderzug nach Pankow" 5 3 —
"Horizont" 18 — —
1987
"Der Generalsekretär" 60 — —
1988 "Ich lieb' dich überhaupt nicht mehr" 33 3 —
1989 "Airport (Dich wiederseh'n ...)" 49 — —
"Ein Herz kann man nicht reparieren" 29 — —
1991 "Geh nicht weg" 90 — —
"Club der Millionäre" 39 — —
1992 "Panik-Panther" 84 — —

1999 "You Can't Run Away"2 74 — —

2003 "Wunder geschehen"3 9 — —

2005 "Hallo Angie, das merkel ich mir" 100 — —

"Wenn du durchhängst" 10 41 67
2008 "Ganz anders" 28 — —
"Was hat die Zeit mit uns gemacht?" 52 — —

"Ein Herz kann man nicht reparieren (unplugged)"4 11 65 —

2011
"Cello"5 4 52 53

"Reeperbahn 2011 (What It’s Like) (Unplugged)"6 37 — —

2012
"Nimm Dir das Leben und lass es nicht mehr los" 45 — —
"Durch die schweren Zeiten" 26 — —
2016
"Stärker als die Zeit" 90 — —
2018 "Wir ziehen in den Frieden (MTV Unplugged)" 77 — —

D: Germany, A: Austria, CH: Switzerland

1Udo Lindenberg & Pascal
2Freundeskreisfeat. Udo Lindenberg
3Nena & Friends (Udo Lindenberg, Sasha, Ben, ...)
4Udo Lindenberg feat. Inga Humpe
5Udo Lindenberg feat. Clueso
6Udo Lindenberg feat. Jan Delay

Albums
Year Album D A CH
1971 Lindenberg — — —
1972 Daumen im Wind — — —

1973 Alles klar auf der Andrea Doria1 23 — —

1974 Ball Pompös1 3 — —

1975 Votan Wahnwitz1 3 — —

Galaxo Gang1 4 — —

1976 Sister King Kong1 8 — —

Panik Udo1 34 — —

1977 Panische Nächte1 31 — —

Lindenbergs Rock-Revue1 15 — —
1978
Dröhnland-Symphonie1 15 — —

Livehaftig1 15 — —
1979
Der Detektiv1 22 — —

Panische Zeiten1 12 — —
1980
Meine Panik1 17 — —

1981 Udopia1 5 — —

Keule1 9 — —
1982
Intensivstationen1 16 — —

Odyssee1 3 8 —
1983
Lindstärke 101 21 — —

1984 Götterhämmerung1 3 — 10

Sündenknall1 11 — 22
1985
Radio Eriwahn präsentiert1 17 — —

Feuerland1 16 — —
1987
Phönix 26 — —
Gänsehaut 5 7 —
1988 Hermine 26 — —
Casa Nova 32 — —
1991 Ich will dich haben — — 23
Gustav 69 — —
1992 Unter die Haut 41 — —
Panik-Panther 24 — —
1993 Benjamin 49 — —
1995 Kosmos 44 — —
1996 Und ewig rauscht die Linde 39 — —
1997 29 — —
 Belcanto2
1998 Zeitmaschine 49 — —
2000 Der Exzessor 40 — —
Ich schwöre – Das volle Programm 80 — —
2001
Balladen 91 — —
2002 Atlantic Affairs 76 — —
2003 Der Panikpräsident 18 — —
2004 Absolut 65 — —
2008 Stark wie zwei 1 12 10
2011 MTV unplugged – Live aus dem Hotel Atlantic 1 6 6
2016 Stärker als die Zeit 1 7 2

D: Germany, A: Austria, CH: Switzerland

1 Udo Lindenberg & Panikorchester
2 Udo Lindenberg & Das Deutsche Filmorchester Babelsberg

Literature
Bundesbeauftragter für die Stasi-Unterlagen: Udo rocks for world peace. The concert 1983
in the Stasi files. Berlin 2013. – free download of the documentation (108 pages) as pdf (htt
p://www.bstu.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/20131023_udo_lindenberg_rockt.pdf?__
blob=publicationFile)
Holger Zürch: Panik pur 2. 40 Jahre Udo Lindenberg. 2007 bis 2011 – eine Bilanz.
Selbstpublikation über Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-86268-729-9.
Bernd Kauffmann: Sonderzug nach Pankow. Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-
942449-41-0.
Thomas Freitag: Udo Lindenberg und der Osten. Neues Leben, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-
355-01788-6
Herbert Schulze, Torsten Wahl: Udo Lindenberg „Wir wollen doch einfach nur zusammen
sein“. Eine deutsch-deutsche Rockromanze. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2011,
ISBN 978-3-89812-845-2.
Holger Zürch: Panik pur. 35 Jahre Udo Lindenberg – Die Bilanz. Mit einem Vorwort von
Heinz Rudolf Kunze. Leipzig 2007, ISBN 3-86703-318-8 sowie 2. Auflage als Taschenbuch-
Ausgabe, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 3-86901-522-5
Udo Lindenberg, Herbert Schnierle-Lutz (Hrsg.): Mein Hermann Hesse – Ein Lesebuch.
Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-46017-7
Udo Lindenberg: Rock’n’Roll und Rebellion – Ein panisches Panorama. Mit einem Vorwort
von Bazon Brock, EVA, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-434-50613-3 – Erstausgabe mit LP
1981
Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre, Moritz von Uslar: Am Trallafiti-Tresen; Das Werk von Udo
Lindenberg in seinen Texten. Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-434-
50617-1.

References
 "Udo Lindenberg" (http://www.whoswho.de/templ/te_bio.php?PID=696&RID=1). Who's
Who. The People-Lexicon (in German). rasscass Medien Content Verlag.
1. "Krautrock's Godfather" (https://web.archive.org/web/20140328010851/http://www.atlantic-ti
mes.com/archive_detail.php?recordID=1314). atlantic-times.com. Archived from the original
(http://www.atlantic-times.com/archive_detail.php?recordID=1314) on 28 March 2014.
Retrieved 27 March 2014.
2. "Discografie" (http://www.udo-lindenberg.de/belcanto_udo_lindenberg_das_deutsche_filmor
chester_babelsberg.58046.htm). Udo-Lindenberg.de. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
3. "News" (http://www.udo-lindenberg.de/neues_album_bereits_mit_platin_veredelt.96926.ht
m). Udo-Lindenberg.de. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
4. German Chart Blog (http://germanchartblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-german-releases-a
ppear.html) on 20 November 2011
5. Udo Lindenberg Tourdates (http://www.giga-music.de/udo-lindenberg-tour-konzerte-tickets/)
on 14 October 2013
6. Porsche. Panic. Power (http://newsroom.porsche.com/en/company/udo-lindenberg-exhibitio
n-porsche-museum-10019.html)

External links
Official website (http://www.udo-lindenberg.de/) (in German)
"Udo Lindenberg & more", Art gallery (http://www.galerie-europapassage.de/)
Udo Lindenberg (https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&que
ry=idn%3D118573179) in the German National Library catalogue
Udo Lindenberg (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0511665/) on IMDb

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