Funny van Dannen (born Franz-Josef Hagmanns in 1958 in Tüddern, Germany) is a singer, songwriter, author, and painter. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert In music a singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ...

He sings about politics, society, sexuality, religion, and many other topics, usually in a humorous way. He accompanies his songs with the guitar, sometimes with the harmonica. He founded the band Lassie Singers. Since 1978 he has lived in Berlin. He is married and has four children. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Politics Look up Politics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Politics (disambiguation) Democracy History of democracy List of democracy and elections-related topics List of years in politics List of politics by country articles Political corruption Political economy Political movement Political parties of... ... Look up Sex on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sex is one of two specimen categories of species that recombine their genetic material in order to reproduce, a process called genetic recombination. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... A harmonica A harmonica is a very common free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ, French harp,tin sandwhich, blues harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at one end over an airway slot... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Marriage is a relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies. ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ...

The punk band Die Toten Hosen interpreted some of his songs, notably Trauriges Arschloch, Bayern, Frauen dieser Welt, and Lesbische schwarze Behinderte. Die Schröders, another punk rock band, made his song "Saufen" more famous. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. ...

As of 2005 van Dannen had published nine albums; except for Info 3, Herzscheiße and Nebelmaschine all were recorded live. 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ...

Discography

• • Clubsongs (1995)
  • Basics (1996)
  • Info3 (1997)
  • Uruguay (1998)
  • Melody Star (2000)
  • Groooveman (2002)
  • Herzscheiße (2003)
  • Nebelmaschine (2005)
  • Authentic Trip (2005)

Books

• • Spurt ins Glück (1991)
  • Jubel des Lebens (1993)
  • Am Wegesrand (1996)
  • Komm in meine Arme (1996)
  • Der Tag als Rosi kam (1997)
  • Neues von Gott (2004)

External link

• Official Site