Viennese Musician

Music legend Falco the unique mixture of eccentricity, scandals, excesses and shine make an immortal legend Falco. “Around the world, the Viennese pop star with his hits like Rock Me Amadeus wrote” or Jeanny “story. But at the end of this success brought him to the case. The online Department store shopping.de reported the dazzling star. Falco was born as Johannes Holzel in Vienna in 1957.

He is until today the only Austrian musician, the fame gained. His mixture of rap, punk and his bored-sounding voice was just right for the shrill music of the 1980s. 1981 plate boss offered Markus seal an agreement of three solo albums. “” His first hit the Commissioner “was released after one year, followed by Rock Me Amadeus”. The song Jeanny”1986 caused uproar.

The song about a girl kidnapped and PTS has been criticized as violence-glorifying. Still, it was the top-selling record of the year. Hard times came this wave of success. Again and again sank Falco in the swamp of the drug and had difficulty to build on its previous successes. He withdrew so in the Dominican Republic, where he was preparing his comeback. However, on 6 February 1998, he died in a car accident. His album out of the dark”was released posthumously. More information: press / contact: Lisa Neumann University first media GmbH barefoot streets 12 04109 Leipzig Tel: + 49/341/49288-240 fax: + 49/341/49288-59