Campino (singer)

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Campino
Background information
Birth name	Andreas Frege
Born	(1962-06-22) 22 June 1962 (age 61) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Genres	Punk rock hard rock heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter actor
Years active	1978–present

Andreas Frege (born 22 June 1962), known professionally as Campino, is a German-British singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Die Toten Hosen, a German pop rock band.

Biography

Campino was born at 22 June in

He and the other band members are fans of soccer club Fortuna Düsseldorf. The band sponsored the team between 2001 and 2003. Campino also follows Liverpool F.C. and broke his foot when kicking a garbage can in frustration at a Liverpool loss. The band frequently sponsor social projects, which have included helping kids with homework, campaigning against racism in sport and helping asylum seekers afford legal representation.^[2] Campino has a son with German actress Karina Krawczyk.

Media appearances and acting

Campino has a high media presence, both as spokesman of Die Toten Hosen and as an individual. He has appeared on numerous television talk shows since the mid-1980s, commenting on a wide variety of social and religious issues. NDR television made a documentary of his life and beliefs that they screened within their weekly 'Gott und die Welt' (God and the world) show in 2001.

Campino has acted as a journalist on several occasions. In 1994 German magazine Der Spiegel printed his interview with then Youth Minister Angela Merkel in which he asked her about her experiences with drugs, alcohol and pop music. In 1993 he asked Paul McCartney similar questions. He interviewed Joe Strummer, singer of The Clash for SZ magazine in August 2001, one year before Strummer died.

Campino has performed as an actor on several occasions. In 1986 he played a significant role in the movie Losers [de] by Bernd Schadewald [de] and in 1990, he played a punk in the early evening television serial Der Fahnder. In 1992, he played the lead role in the comedy Langer Samstag by Hanns Christian Müller, alongside Gisela Schneeberger, Dieter Pfaff, Ottfried Fischer, Jochen Busse and others.

Apart from a small role in the play