Klaus Lage

Klaus Lage is definitely a German musician whose combination of guitar-based pop/rock and roll and singer/songwriter compositions in the liedermacher custom became immensely well-known in the 1980s. His biggest strike solitary, 1984’s “1000 und 1 Nacht (Focus!)” (1000 and 1 Night time), can be a staple of vintage compilations and celebrations, but Lage has already established more strikes afterward, composing and performing tracks for feature movies and musicals, as well as creating the state German variations of Randy Newman’s Plaything Story music. Lage was created on June 16, 1950, in Soltau. He’s a learned industrial clerk. After he transferred to Berlin in the first ’70s, he became an educator, a public employee. As the vocalist and guitarist from the Berliner Rock and roll Outfit (BRE), he toured Germany in the middle-’70s, as well as bandmembers Gregor Schaetz (electric guitar, vocals), Alex Cremer (bass, vocals), Martin Cremer (drums, percussion), and Ralph Billmann (keyboards). With an early on single discharge in 1978 (“Alle Ham’s Geschafft Außer Mir” — Everybody MANAGED TO GET But Me) and a self-titled record in 1980, Lage attempted to determine himself being a single musician. Klaus Lage (occasionally also described under the name Musikmaschine) featured many humorous pop/rock and roll songs, some more critical monitors, and four worldwide music which Lage translated into German — included in this a literal translation from the Beatles’ “I’m the Walrus” and a intentionally silly edition of Squeeze’s “Great for Felines.” Though still an unequal work, Klaus Lage was a appealing debut that was a fascinating precursor to his afterwards work. Lage’s following two albums, Positiv (1982) and Stadtstreicher (1983), solidified his reputation and showcased his even more assured songwriting abilities with many melodic pop/rock and roll tracks which were alternately witty, critical, funny, and understanding. The one “Komm Halt Mich Fest” (1982) (Arrive and Keep Me) proclaimed his first significant strike. At age 34, Lage finally broke through and stormed the graphs with his 4th single record, the Wolf Maahn-produced Schweissperlen (1984). It continuing Lage’s penchant for storytelling and created three strike singles: “1000 und 1 Nacht (Move!),” the storyplot of an extended friendship that abruptly converted into a romantic relationship, which became among Germany’s biggest pop singles from the ’80s, accompanied by the one “Wieder Zuhaus” (BACK) as well as the socially minded “Monopoli.” In 1985, Lage released a fresh record, Heisse Spuren, and although it wasn’t as effective as its forerunner, it included the strike solitary “Faust auf Faust,” which Lage published for the theatrical feature Schimanski, a spin-off of the favorite German Television series Tatort starring Götz George. Lage published another song because of its sequel, Zabou, that was sung by Joe Cocker (“GIVEN THAT You’re Eliminated”), as well as played a little component in the film. After his 1986 live recording Mit Meinen Augen, Lage continuing to record songs throughout the remaining 10 years and in the 1st half from the ’90s, but despite the fact that several singles had been released to differing success, none from the albums captured along the way his 1984 smash strike Schweissperlen got. The albums released during this time period are Amtlich (1987), Rauhe Bilder (1989), Lieben & Lügen (1991), Ein Lachen in Reserve (1992), and Katz & Maus (1994). A duet one through the latter record, “Weil Du Anders Bist,” sung with Irene Grandi, moved into the graphs. 1990 also found the release of the compilation including Lage’s one strikes. In 1995, Lage was employed to generate the German variations of Randy Newman’s tracks for the film Toy Tale. A year afterwards, he performed the lead function in the musical Superstars, compiled by Dieter Dehm, who got already co-written many of Lage’s strike tracks. The musical was proven from early to middle-1996 and became effective during its whole run. Lately, Lage has continuing to create and record music and tour, relocating a far more acoustic path instead of the rock-based strategy of his previously years. In 1999, he released a live recording documented with collaborator Bo Center, Live zu Zweit. 2000 noticed the discharge of a fresh studio recording, Mensch Bleiben, made by Lage and his guitarist Peter Wölpls, who also done its follow-up, 2003’s Die Welt Ist Schön! In 2007, Lage released Zug um Zug and toured with Center, presenting his fresh songs aswell as older tunes in unusual plans — included in this an a cappella edition of “1000 and 1 Nacht (Focus!)”