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Andi

Andi's questionary

1. Childhood hero?
Pipi Longstocking.

2. What did you want to grow up to be?
Photographer.

3. What do you associate with the word "Home"?
Rain.

4. What was the first record you ever bought?
The Beatles - the red album.

5. The first concert you ever saw?
Uriah Heep in the Philipshalle, Duesseldorf.

6. Your first band?
Die Toten Hosen.

7. Your first time: What was she called? How was it?
Gerber. Terrible.

8. Your first car (that you paid for yourself)?
An Opel Commodore C.

9. Who are you?
Andreas Meurer.

10. Which character traits have you inherited from your parents?
The travel bug, from my mother.

11. Which living person do you admire the most?
"Ärzte ohne Grenzen".

12. Which natural gift or talent would you like to have?
Perfect pitch.

13. Your favourite pastime?
Touring. Living.

14. Do you have a motto?
No.

15. What is your favourite method of wasting time?
I prefer not to waste any time at all.

16. Would you rather have 500 or 5,000 sound carriers at home?
At the last count there were definitely over 1,000. That was a quite a while ago.

17. Do you ever record cassettes for other people?
Yes, but nowadays I do compilations on CD.

18. What would you describe as the most personal object in your flat?
Particular photographs.

19. What calms you down the most?
Camp fires.

20. Your secret passion?
I think that secret passions ought to remain secret.

21. Which polite gestures are you particularly good at?
French kissing.

22. Define your utopia in regard to relationships between human beings?
That we leave future generations a bit of the world as we know it. Doesn't look much like it's going to happen though...

23. Which person would you like never to have to meet again?
The video director Markus Nispel, a right arsehole.

24. When was the last time you cried and why?
At Jenny Frege's funeral.

25. What do you consider to be the worst thing that could ever befall you?
If something were to happen to any of my friends or family.

26. Where would you like to live (that is, where would you prefer to live other than Germany)?
In the following order: Duesseldorf, Sydney, New York.

27. What would you miss about Duesseldorf if you were elsewhere?
My friends in the town, the Rhine and the obligatory Bratwurst at Fortuna Duesseldorf.

28. Which male characteristics do you value the most?
Honesty

29. Which female characteristics do you value the most?
Honesty

30. Your worst flaw?
To fall for the idea of answering these questions for the Internet.

31. Your favourite colours?
Red and blue.

32. Your favourite flower?
Orchids

33. Your favourite beach?
The beach on the Rhine.

34. Your favourite food?
Thai food and pasta (always works).

35. The best dish you prepared yourself?
Tagliatelle with Steinpilzen (boletus edulis).

36. Your favourite drug?
That all depends on when.

37. Your favourite writers?
T.C. Boyle, Nick Hornby, Rocko Schamoni.

38. Your favourite films?
Taxi Driver, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Buena Vista Social Club, Pulp Fiction, Brazil.

39. Which TV programme do you never miss?
I almost never watch TV.

40. Your favourite historical figures?
Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Buddha.

41. Can you recite a verse from a poem?
Yes.

42. Your favourite painters?
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ulli Maier.

43. Your favourite composers?
Strummer/ Jones

44. Your greatest fear?
The prospect of having to answer just as many questions.

45. Your neighbour goes on holiday. He asks you to look after the hamster. After three days it's lying dead in its cage. What do you do?
I don't pet-sit.

46. To what extent are the Hosen different from other bands?
None of us can read music, let alone write it.

47. Is it pleasing to think that someone might cry over a Hosen song?
If it's because the music is bad, then no.

48. What is the worst record that you have been in part responsible for?
Battle of the Bands

49. The best piece of heckling from an audience?
The fans in Argentina singing their own songs.

What's it really like backstage?
Deadly boring. Apart from table tennis tournaments, for which we bring along a table especially, nothing much happens.

51. Have you ever felt lonely whilst on a big tour?
No. Practically all of my friends are there anyway.

52. Which other occupation other than musician would you consider?
Photographer.

53. Do rock stars ever grow up?
I hope not.

54. The high point of your career so far?
The 1,000^th concert.

55. And the low point?
The 1,000^th concert.

56. Do you feel you've been at it for a long time?
19 years is an awfully long time, but it's a nice feeling, to think that it has managed to work for such a long time.

57. Is it conceivable that you might suddenly quit the band and that you'll never be seen or heard of again?
No, I can't imagine leaving suddenly.

58. Name the 10 most influential records in your life:
Ramones/ It's Alive
The Clash/ The Clash
The Clash/ London Calling
AC/DC/ Highway to Hell
Faith No More/ King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime
Red Hot Chili Peppers/ Californication
Nirvana/ Nevermind
Rage against the Machine/ Rage against the Machine
Iggy Pop/ Lust for Life
Sex Pistols/ Never Mind the Bollocks

59. Name the top five concerts you've ever been to:
Ramones, River Plate Stadium
The Clash, Los Angeles
The Birthday Party, ?
Faith No More, Dortmund
Einstürzende Neubauten, Zeche Bochum

60. What music would you have playing at your funeral?
You'll never walk alone.

61. Your current state of mind?
Stable.

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