15 Facts About Blixa Bargeld

Blixa Bargeld was born on 12 January 1959 and is a German musician who has been the lead singer of the band Einsturzende Neubauten since its formation in 1980.

Blixa Bargeld experimented with audio equipment as a teenager, including the disassembling of tape recorders.

Blixa Bargeld is from the Tempelhof area of West Berlin; he moved out of his parents' home in the late 1970s.

Blixa Bargeld's name came from Blixa, a popular brand of felt-tip pens and Bargeld, which literally translates to "cash" and referenced the artist Johannes Theodor Baargeld.

Blixa Bargeld spoke of the early days of Neubauten in 2010:.

Around this time, Blixa Bargeld became involved with the German film scene, appearing in Kalt wie eis in 1981 and Berlin Now in 1984, performing music in both.

From 1983 to 2003, Blixa Bargeld was a guitarist and backing vocalist with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Blixa Bargeld sang lead vocals with Cave on several songs, such as "The Carny" and "The Weeping Song".

Cave first saw Blixa Bargeld performing with Einsturzende Neubauten on TV while the Birthday Party, Cave's band at the time, were touring in Amsterdam.

Blixa Bargeld played guitar on the Gun Club song "Yellow Eyes" from their 1987 album Mother Juno.

Blixa Bargeld played on the album Novice by Alain Bashung in 1989.

In June 2013, Blixa Bargeld collaborated with Italian composer Teho Teardo for an album called Still Smiling, which was released on the Specula record label.

Blixa Bargeld explained in October 2014 that Neubauten is essentially a materialistic band, leading them to employ two scientific researchers to seek out material to support the development of Lament after the album received financial backing in August 2013.

Blixa Bargeld is married to Chinese-American mathematician Erin Blixa Bargeld, daughter of the entrepreneur Min Zhu.

Blixa Bargeld was a vegetarian for 30 years, but stopped as a result of difficulties that he encountered while practicing vegetarianism in China.