Wolfgang Wendland (born 9 November 1962 in

Lünen Lünen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund, on both banks of the River Lippe. It is the largest town of the Unna district and part of the Ruhr Area. In 2009 a biogas plant was built to provide electric p ...

, Germany) is a German musician, actor, film producer and politician. Wendland is lead singer of

Die Kassierer Die Kassierer ("The Cashiers"), also Die mächtigen Kassierer ("The Mighty Cashiers"), are a satirical punk band from Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany. The group was founded in 1985 by Wolfgang Wendland (vocals), Nikolai Sonnenscheiße (guitar), ...

, a German punk rock band. His films concern the regional problems of the town of

Bochum Bochum ( , also , ; wep, Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 364,920 (2016), is the sixth largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) of the most populous Germany, German federal state o ...

and its environment and serve to promote his band and their videos, "Außenbordmotor" and "Das Mädchen mit den drei blauen Augen". In 2005, Wendland stood for leader of the German government for the

Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany The Anarchistic Pogo Party of Germany (German: ''Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands'', or 'APPD') is the self-declared party of the ''Pöbel'' (mob) and " social parasites". It was created in 1981 by two punks in Hannover and took part in th ...

(APPD) using the slogans "work is shit" and "drinking, drinking". On 30 June 2009, he was elected into the local council of

Wattenscheid Wattenscheid () is a Stadtbezirk of the city of Bochum. Until 1975, it was a separate town in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia. Wattenscheid has a population of about 80,000 citizens. Some notable firms have their headquarters in there ...

, a sub district of Bochum, as a candidate without party on the

Die Linke The Left (german: Die Linke; stylised as and in its logo as ), commonly referred to as the Left Party (german: Die Linkspartei, links=no ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of th ...

(Left Party) list.Bochum city web site - list of elected members of the district representatives for Bochum-Wattenscheid
Retrieved 7 November 2010

References

External links

Website for the video ''Bochum - Der Film''
Living people The Left (Germany) politicians 21st-century German politicians German punk rock musicians 1962 births {{Germany-musician-stub