Hans Peter Geerdes (born 16 March 1964), professionally known by his stage name H.P. Baxxter, is a German musician who is best known as the lead vocalist of the German
techno band
Scooter. He founded Scooter with his friend
Rick J. Jordan
Rick J. Jordan (born Hendrik Stedler, 1 January 1968) is a music producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and sound designer, who is most well known for his work in the German band Scooter.
Youth and early years
Rick Jordan lea ...
in 1993.
Biography
Early life
Baxxter studied accountancy for one term in
Hanover, but he ultimately completed a
scholarship in
Birmingham, England, as a mechanic.
Music career
In 1985, Baxxter founded the band
Celebrate the Nun
Celebrate the Nun was a German synth-pop band founded by H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Britt Maxime (sister of H.P.) and Slin Tompson (Nils Enghusen, formerly with The P.O.X.) in 1985.
Biography
The band released its first album ''Meanwhile'' ...
, together with Rick J. Jordan and his sister Britt Maxime. Their single "
Will You Be There" from the album ''Meanwhile'' reached No. 2 on the ''Autobahn'' Dance/Club Play chart on 23 June 1990, whereas the single "
She's a Secretary"/"Strange" reached No. 12 on Dance/Club Play chart on 8 December of the same year.
In 1993, former Celebrate the Nun members joined Baxxter's cousin Orion (Ferris Bueller) to form a remix team known as The Loop, which ceased in 1998.
In December 1993, Baxxter, along with Celebrate the Nun member Rick J. Jordan and Baxxter's cousin and The Loop member Ferris Bueller, formed the group
Scooter.
Baxxter joined
Guildo Horn,
Jeanette Biedermann, Sylvia Kollek and
Tobias Künzel on the German jury for
Eurovision Song Contest 2009. In 2010, he was announced to be the official German representative for the
2010 IIHF World Championship
The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannhei ...
.
Baxxter was one of the judges on the German version of the
''X Factor'' in season 3.
Personal life
Baxxter is an automotive enthusiast. Many music videos for Scooter include old models, such as a
1961 Jaguar Mark 2 and a
1973 Jaguar E-Type V12. He owns and collects many old British cars. He is an
Anglophile, having grown up consuming English television and music, and claims to "have always liked the dignified English way of life". On 6 May 2006, he married his girlfriend Simone Mostert. In 2011, H.P. and Simone got divorced one day before The Stadium Techno Inferno.
Television
In 1998, he was participated on
Alarm für Cobra 11 in the episode "Tödlicher Ruhm" (Deadly Fame) as himself
References
External links
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H.P. Baxxter Quotes
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East Frisians
English-language singers from Germany
German male singers
German electronic musicians
German rappers
People from Leer
1964 births
Living people