1. Alexander Hacke is a German guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, musician, record producer, writer and filmmaker.
11 Facts About Alexander Hacke
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Alexander Hacke is primarily known as a longtime member of the influential German industrial music group Einsturzende Neubauten.
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In 1980, at the age of fifteen, Alexander Hacke joined Einsturzende Neubauten, which had been formed earlier the same year.
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Alexander Hacke played guitar and worked with the band's sound until the mid 1990s.
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In 2004, Danielle de Picciotto produced a documentary on Einsturzende Neubauten for which Alexander Hacke did the sound design.
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The "Road Record", an excerpt of which can be seen on Sanctuary, was documented by de Picciotto, describing the revolutionary recording style Alexander Hacke used to produce the record.
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Alexander Hacke contributed to several soundtracks to such films as Sonnenallee and Das Wilde Leben.
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On 3 October 1989, Alexander Hacke's son Joshua was born in Berlin.
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Alexander Hacke's mother is Angela Mettbach, a Berlin nightlife figure who had a short-lived musical career with her band Octopussy.
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Alexander Hacke was briefly married to German actress and singer Meret Becker and was involved in her musical career.
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In 2006, Alexander Hacke married his longtime partner Danielle de Picciotto, an American Berlin-based multimedia artist who is known for having founded the Berlin Love Parade together with Dr Motte and for singing in the band Space Cowboys.