Herwig Rudolf Mitteregger (born September 6, 1953) is an Austrian musician. He became known with the

Nina Hagen Band Spliff was a Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) rock band, active in the 1980s. Three of the members were already playing together in the political rock cabaret ''Lokomotive Kreuzberg'' (founded 1972 in Berlin) before they were 'adopted' by Ni ...

, where he played

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and

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. He lives in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, Germany. He was also a member of German rock band

Spliff A joint (), also commonly referred to as a "doobie" or "doob", is a rolled cannabis cigarette. Unlike commercial tobacco cigarettes, the user ordinarily hand-rolls joints with rolling papers, though in some cases they are machine-rolled ...

. After two albums with Nina Hagen, he founded with his mates from the Nina Hagen Band – Bernhard Potschka (Guitar), Manfred Praeker (Bass), Reinhold Heil (Keyboards) – Spliff. After four records the band split up. Mitteregger released five solo albums until he moved to Spain and became a father. 2008 he returned to Germany and released ''Insolito''. __NOTOC__

Discography

Solo

Albums

*Kein Mut. Kein Mädchen (1983) *Immer Mehr (1985) *Jedesmal (1987) *Mitteregger (1989) *Wie Im Leben (1992) *Aus Der Stille (1997) *Insolito (2008) *Fandango (2009)

With ''Spliff''

Albums

* The Spliff Radio Show (1980) *

85555 Spliff was a Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave) rock band, active in the 1980s. Three of the members were already playing together in the political rock cabaret ''Lokomotive Kreuzberg'' (founded 1972 in Berlin) before they were 'adopted' by Ni ...

(1982) * Herzlichen Glückwunsch (1982) * Schwarz auf Weiss (1984)

With the ''Nina Hagen Band''

Albums

(1978) *

unbehagen ''Unbehagen'' is the second studio album by Nina Hagen Band, released in 1979 by CBS Records. It is the last album released by the band, before Nina Hagen decided to pursue a solo career. The band kept on performing under the name Spliff. The al ...

(1979)

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Living people Austrian male musicians 1953 births {{Austria-musician-stub