Stephan Weidner

Stephan Weidner (* May 29, 1963 in Alsfeld ), artist name, The W, is a German music producer, bassist, singer and songwriter. He became known as the bassist and lyricist of the band Böhse Onkelz.

• 3.1 Studio albums
• 3.2 Singles / EPs
• 3.3 Live albums

Life

Weidner initially grew up in Frankfurt am Main, until his father left the family in 1966. In 1976, the father with him in the 50 km east Hoesbach located in Lower Franconia, where he earned but not finished school. In Hoesbach Weidner, Kevin Russell and Peter Schorowsky met. Weidner is married and has a son. He lives in Dublin and Ibiza.

Musical career

Böhse Onkelz

In 1980, Weidner, together with Kevin Russell and Peter Schorowsky the Böhse Onkelz. First, he played electric guitar. After Matthias " Gonzo " Roehr 1981, the band joined in, he took over the bass. In summer 2005, the band broke up, announced in January 2014, however, for June 2014, a comeback concert at.

Northrend anti Stars

On 15 May 2006 he published together with other artists (including Daniel Wirtz of Sub7even ) under the band name Northrend anti Stars the pieces Our stadium - our rules and profits can be any as stadium anthems for the World Cup 2006.

Solo career

On 18 April 2008 Weidner published under the name of The W, the single story haters from his seven days later released first solo album Faster, Higher, Weidner. Some songs for it, he took up along with the American band Pro-Pain. The debut single story haters debuted at number 38 of the single charts and improved in the following week to # 19

Weidner's past as a band member of the band Böhse Onkelz is always in focus. So writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung that he deliberately flirting with texts and symbolism of Nazism. Weidner's solo album was released on 20 March 2009 in a limited edition of 2000 pieces on a double vinyl LP. The record also contains three bonus tracks.

From March to April 2009 Weidner went on tour in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As the opening act came on the Danish rock band DAD, the American metal band Pro-Pain and the German hard rock band Skew Siskin. To his live band included Rupert Keplinger, Dirk Czuya, Henning Menke and JC Dwyer.

It followed from May 2009 to August 2009 appearances at various festivals such as Wacken Open Air 2009 Wacken Rocks South and the offshoots, Wacken Rocks Seaside and Wacken Rocks Berlin, and the Open Air With Full Force, Woodstage and Rockhead. He was also in December 2009 as a support for Motorhead at their Germany tour on stage, where he picked up the guitar after leaving Rupert Keplingers.

To tour a tour film, and a live recording of the concert at the Berlin Columbia Halle ( 23 April 2009) was released as a double DVD entitled From A to W on November 13, 2009. The DVD is also a live CD. It rose from 0 to 6 in the German album charts.

On 3 December 2010 his second album was released, entitled autonomy! . He received support from singer Yen ( YEN ) and Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee. About his lyrics, Stephan Weidner spoke in an interview with Pressure Magazine as follows: " I see myself simply as someone who thinks about himself, about his life and what he sees and tells. What people then do with my lyrics, that's entirely up to them. I see myself not as a warning voice, nor do I have the ambition to improve the world, but I simply just live as I believe it is right and could imagine that one or other of the interested. "

On October 19, 2012 appeared Weidner's third solo album III.

Guest appearances on other bands

Weidner played for the 1992 Dance 2 Trance Items Remember Exxon Valdez ( Album: Moon Spirits ) a the guitar riffs. With Pro -Pain, he took 2004 for the album Fistful of Hate the song Godspeed and 2008 Hour of the time for the album No end in sight to, in which he sings the chorus. In 2005 he wrote for Peter Maffay the text to the song Earlier, later on his album Loud and soft.

In the 2006 released album LOVECHAINSNROCKETS of Sub7even he took over the background vocals in the song F *** About.

Furthermore, Weidner, is represented on the plate published in 2009 Eschenbach of the same band that he produced also in the songs black holes, Take care and keep out as a singer and second vocalist.

Producer

Having already produced a large part of the Onkelz records and the label Rule23 Recordings founded, in 2000 he was the first time worked for another band and produced for the band Suprasod their eponymous debut album. With Sub7even that occurred with the Onkelz in 2001, he produced their third album LoveChainsNRockets, which was released on 26 May 2006. Also in 2006, he produced the above-mentioned single Our ​​stadium - our rules. Since 2008, Weidner produced the band Eschenbach around the singer Riitchy black. The first CD named Eschenbach appeared on 13 November 2009, the same day as DVD Weidner From A to W, on the Nina C. Alice, who participated by Skew Siskin and YEN Ben Tewaag.

Away from the music

After Weidner already established with his band Böhse Onkelz various social projects to life and had supported (including concerts for the victims of right-wing violence and relief operations in Peru and Afghanistan), he shall continue even after the end of the tape. Together with the Bremer sociologists Cornelius Peltz he founded in July 2008, the project Voice vs. Violence, which has set itself the aim of giving young people that violence and hatred pave wrong ways.

In February 2008, Weidner founded his own fashion label W Couture, which he sold T -shirts and sweatshirts.

Discography

Studio albums

• 2008: Faster, Higher, Weidner
• 2010: autonomy!
• 2012: III

Singles / EPs

• 2008: History haters
• 2010: Star
• 2011: What's going on here is not (EP)
• 2012: Murder Ballads
• 2012: Kafka Dreams

Live albums

• 2009: From A to W ( Double DVD & CD)
• 2011: Autournomie / Live (DVD / BluRay & Double CD)

Awards

Golden Record

• Germany Germany 2011: for the Album Faster, Higher, Weidner