Farin Urlaub has been a solo artist since 2001, touring with his band, the Farin Urlaub Racing Team.
12 Facts About Farin Urlaub
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Farin Urlaub's releases starting in 2006 are credited to the band.
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Farin Urlaub's parents were low-income civil servants, and he has a younger half-sister named Julia.
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Farin Urlaub called himself "Jan" during this time, as he wanted to distance himself from his time with.
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The group was never successful, and Farin Urlaub declared it defunct in 1999.
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The next album he chose to release under the name Farin Urlaub Racing Team, after the band playing alongside him when performing live.
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Farin Urlaub says that he often plays "unclean" chords and that he has only a very limited ability to read music, although this has not affected his success as a musician.
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Farin Urlaub is familiar with many styles ranging from punk to rock, funk, ska, reggae, dancehall, country and even, albeit in a jocular manner, in Volkstumliche Musik.
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Farin Urlaub tried to make his songs for Die Arzte as "timeless" and funny as possible, influenced by the Comedian Harmonists.
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Since the reunion of Die Arzte, Farin Urlaub has written socially critical and political songs.
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Live, he does not play guitar in all songs, but often swaps his guitar with Die Arzte bass guitarist Rodrigo Gonzalez in songs Farin Urlaub finds too hard to play on guitar.
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The Farin Urlaub Racing Team is the band with whom Urlaub performs his solo work.