2023-11-30 02:11:00
The “Peppermint Prince” is stuck to him. “Freedom” also remains associated with his name. Marius Müller-Westernhagen represents the snotty rocker as well as blues in the bar or ballads that have been sung a thousand times. The long life of an artist gets a new number. The German musician and actor turns 75 on December 6th. Before that, the album box “Westernhagen 75” will be released on Friday with 75 songs from 1974 to 2023.
The son of the actor Hans Müller-Westernhagen was born on December 6, 1948 in Düsseldorf. His father belongs to the ensemble of the municipal theaters there under Gustaf Gründgens, and “Marius” by Marcel Pagnol is also on the program. Marius Müller-Westernhagen discovered acting before music.
By the end of the 80s there would be dozens of productions. He is best known as a long-distance Ruhrpott joker in “Theo Against the Rest of the World” (1980). The musical steps begin in the second half of the 1960s. Müller-Westernhagen later describes the beginnings in the song “At 18”: “The guitars were out of tune, but it got off to a great start, we thought we were geniuses.”
“Freedom” with tens of thousands
The debut album “The First Time” had little success in 1975. That changes three years later, “With Peppermint I’m Your Prince” forms the basis for a long career. With “Sekt or Selters” and “Stinker” he proves his qualities in text and music. Without the Müller of the double name, the musician becomes a superstar with albums like “Westernhagen”, “Hallelujah”, “JaJa”, “Affentheater” and “Radio Maria”. It was the time in the 90s when he was the first artist in Germany to fill football stadiums, with tens of thousands singing “Freedom” with him. The pressure to succeed increased. “I felt like I was losing myself.” Müller-Westernhagen is taking some time out to “think and reflect.”
In private life, too, there are not only highs. “Life is a series of mistakes.” It is important to learn from it, reflect, face it and grow. “I always tried to stay within myself,” says Müller-Westernhagen. His second marriage is to the American singer Lindiwe Suttle. The couple lives in Berlin.
Müller-Westernhagen wants to stay with music for a while even following he turns 75. “I work very hard, also physically, to keep myself fit, and I also try to keep myself mentally fit – and I’m lucky that that’s still working at the moment,” says the musician. “But you don’t know what will happen in two years, what will happen in three years.” Next year there will be a tour, with around 20 concerts scheduled from May onwards.
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