Purple Schulz

Rüdiger " Purple" Schulz ( born September 25, 1956 in Cologne ) is a German pop singer and songwriter. He had his greatest success in the 1980s with titles such as longing, lovers boys and small lakes.

Life

Schulz grew up in Cologne. Since the early 1990s, he lives with his wife Eri in Glessen in Cologne surrounding. The couple has three children.

Musical career

His stage name was given Schulz, 1970 in Cologne, as it is already 13 years old the seller with interpretations of the band Deep Purple fell into an organ business on my nerves. He made his stage debut on 31 March 1973 with the band " D'accord ". While the German New Wave Schulz was involved in the band New home project, whose first album The hardness appeared in 1982.

1983 published Schulz, Josef Piek, the guitarist from New home, and drummer Dieter Hoff as " Mark Schultz " the title longing of her until then was the greatest success and for which she received the Golden Europa. This song was well placed in the spring of 1985 and in other German-speaking countries in their charts. Numerous television appearances and tours to Italy followed. 1986 belonged to Purple Schulz addition to the Toten Hosen, Rio Reiser, BAP, Herbert Grönemeyer and others on the artists appearing at Germany's hitherto largest festival, the concert against the construction of the reprocessing plant Wacker village. After the following albums lovers boys and The State of Things Dieter Hoff left the band in early 1987. Albums for the lovers boys and The Singles 1983-1992 Purple Schulz received one gold record.

1989 and 1990 Mark Schultz was traveling as part of the "Rock Poets Tour " in the GDR, and also sang his biggest hit with the desire line of text I want to get out, which was in East Germany often referred to as " Hymn of people wanting to leave ." By the beginning of the new millennium Purple Schulz played for the most part in the new federal states.

1999 had a Purple Schulz and Josef Piek participate in the Night of the Proms, where they played the songs longing With his back to the wall and small lakes. As of 2001 occurred Schulz and Piek on as a duo. In summer 2004, organized Piek and Schulz to own cabaret series at the Cologne theater in Bauturm. Guests were Pe Werner, Stoppok, Manfred Maurenbrecher Ulla Meinecke, Jess Jochimsen, The Half Truth and Tommy Angel. The unusual combinations made ​​for such a high customer traffic, that it was decided to resume the series in 2006, this time with guests such as the Black Fööss, Wise Guys, Cologne voice imitator and talent samples presenter Linus and Heinz Rudolf Kunze.

From the meeting with Kunze a quartet that played as " common cause " from 2007 to 2010 was about 150 shows. Wolfgang mare and Schulz's longtime musical partner Josef Piek supplemented the two singers on cajon and guitar. The four musicians developed a program of hits and some forgotten songs and offered comedic deposits and parodies. 2005 Schulz and Piek were involved in the Cologne Stunksitzung and reinforced their house band Köbes Underground. Once a year they supported then the ensemble of a stink on the unplugged tour.

Together with his son Ben Schulz took Purple Schulz 2008, the single We all have something to say. In 2011 he joined forces with Tommy Angel on show in the Christmas angel. In November 2011, Piek and Schulz ended their musical collaboration. In October 2012 Mark Schultz his first studio album released after 15 years way and no other, in which he also served as producer for the first time.

Discography ( albums)

  • The hardness - 1982 (as Neue Heimat )
  • Closer - 1983 ( as a new home, later editions as Mark Schultz and the New Home )
  • Boys in love - 1985
  • The State of Things - 1987
  • [' Tsvai ] - 1988
  • Purple Schulz - 1990
  • Haha - 1992
  • The Singles 84-92
  • Jokes aside? - 1994
  • POP - 1997
  • Desire ( The Ballads 1984-1999 ) - 1999
  • Program change - 2003
  • Stunksitzung 2004/2005
  • 2012 - So and not otherwise
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