Campino (singer)

Andreas Frege (born 22 June 1962), known professionally as Campino, is a German-British singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Die Toten Hosen, a German punk rock band.

He had to repeat two school years, which put him in a class with Michael Breitkopf, with whom he founded Die Toten Hosen.

He has appeared on numerous television talk shows since the mid-1980s, commenting on a wide variety of social and religious issues.

NDR television made a documentary of his life and beliefs that they screened within their weekly 'Gott und die Welt' (God and the world) show in 2001.

In 1994 German magazine Der Spiegel printed his interview with then Youth Minister Angela Merkel in which he asked her about her experiences with drugs, alcohol and pop music.

In 1992, he played the lead role in the comedy Langer Samstag by Hanns Christian Müller, alongside Gisela Schneeberger, Dieter Pfaff, Ottfried Fischer, Jochen Busse and others.

'The Beggar's Opera') from August to October 2006, with Gottfried John, Katrin Sass, Birgit Minichmayr and Maria Happel.

Campino has supported the Regine Hildebrandt School in Birkenwerder since December 2006 with special emphasis on campaigns against racism.

Campino in 1987