Name:
Alex Wenn
Date of birth:
18.11.1979
Nationality:
German
Instrument:
Drums
Married (yes/no):
yes - glaring outsider in the band ;-)
Children (yes-no):
No
Non-musical hobbies:
Cooking, cutting/editing films and concerts
Favourite drink:
Beer & wine
Favourite meal:
Pizza
Do you smoke?
No
5 favourite movies:
1. Sin City
2. The Crow
3. Donnie Darco
4. Almost Famous
5. Hatari
5 favourite books:
1. Fleisch ist mein Gemüse
2. A lot by Charles Bukowski
3. Anthology by the Beatles
4. Der Alte Mann und Mr. Smith by Sir Peter Ustinov
5. Sieben/Seven by Mark Frost
What kind of car do you drive?
Opel"Astra" Combi
What was your first self-bought record?
Nicki – that where "Ich bin ein bayrisches Cowgirl" can be found on or TKKG – "The blind clairvoyant". Sad but true. Real music came later... a lot later.
Your 20 all time favourite records:
1. Revolver – The Beatles
2. The Downward Spiral – NIN
3. The Fragil – NIN
4. With Teeth – NIN
5. Blood Sugar Sex Magic – Chillies
6. Nevermind – Nirvana
7. Absolution – Muse
8. Tribut to Jeff Porcaro – David Garfield and Friends
9. Greatest Hits – The Police
10. Chocolat Starfish – Limp Bizkit
11. Achtung Baby – U2
12. Falling Into Infinity – DT
13. Scenes From A Memory – DT
14. Schizophonic- Nuno
15. Abby Road – The Beatles
16. Sgt Pepper… - The Beatles
17. The White Album – The Beatles
18. The Slip - NIN
19. Runter mit den Spendierhosen Unsichtbarer – Die Ärzte
20. Kingdom of Desire - Toto
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Note: The order is variable)
Favourite bands:
The Beatles, Ärzte, Nine Inch Nails, Foo Fighters, RHCP, Muse, Incubus, Filter
Idols or favourite musicians on your instrument:
Jeff Porcaro, Marco Minnemann, Chad Smith, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Grohl,
Mike Portnoy, Simon Phillips, Josh Freeze & RINGO (of course) had the most rough influence on me ;-)
Favourite singers:
There's of course only “Gunter Gabriel” for me ;-)
Your 10 greatest concerts (you were in the audience!):
1. Planet Punk Tour – Die Ärzte in Minden
2. Unrockbar Tour – Die Ärzte in Minden – Vorband: Oomph !!!
3. Metropolis 2000 Tour – Dream Theater in Hannover
4. Reunion Tour von Toto in Hamburg
5. Viva Los Tioz Tour – Böhse Onkelz in Hannover
6. H-Blockx, Tito und Tarantula, Dog Eat Dog, Sugarplum Fairy in Stuckenbrock (Festival)
7. Mambo Kurt – Zeche Carl in Essen
8. ...
9. ...
10. ...
Your 10 greatest concerts (you were performing on stage!):
Every concert has been a cool event so far.
How old were you as you started makin' music?
(GERMAN): Mit 3 oder 4 Jahren hab ich auf Töpfen und Pfannen rumgehauen, mit 7 gabs dann das ultimative Rockinstrument: Blockpflöte. Mit 8 kamen dann Bongos – Zukunft war aber schon irgendwie erkennbar. Mit 11 gabs die Gitarre, mit 12 dann (endlich) das erste Schlagzeug (ich habs immer noch ;-). Dann ging das dann langsam in der Schulband los.
When did you stand on a stage for the first time?
(GERMAN): Das war irgendwann bei so nem tollen vorweihnachtlichen Konzert mit dem „ultimativen Rockinstrument“. Schlagzeug dann so 1991 in der Schule. Der 1. „richtige“ Gig war um 1997 rum mit ner Coverband „Stagefright“.
How would you describe the style of Rough Silk?
Loud and aggressive rock-music???
In what kind of different style would you like to record an album someday?
Hard to say. It only has to rock and groove a lot no matter which style of music it is.
Your favourite place to spend holidays:
What's holidays?
Do you do sports ? (If yes - what?)
Running and cycling
What do you like?
Music and life
What do you hate?
People who don't understand that, intollerance and unreasonableness
Would you describe yourself as an optimist or as a pessimist?
Rather optimist. Isn't a pessimist an optimist with life experience?
Are you religous?
Yes
Something you always wanted to tell the world:
Carpe Diem
