Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- König von Deutschland
- König von Deutschland
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Berlin, Germany
Rio Reiser was a German singer, musician, composer, songwriter and actor. From 1970 to 1985, he was the singer and main lyricist of the band Ton Steine Scherben. After the band broke up, he continued his career as a solo artist.
Known for
- Scherbenland — Self (archive footage)2026
- Berlin Sounds - Eine Stadt und ihre Musik2025
- Lass uns 'n Wunder sein. Auf der Suche nach Rio Reiser — Self (archive footage)2009
- Ton Steine Scherben: Land in Sicht — Self2002
- Die Gang — Kevin Kaiser1997
- Berg & Talk — Self1994
- Rio Reiser in concert - Das legendäre Konzert in Ostberlin — self1988
- live - die ZDF-talkshow — Self1987
- Va Banque — Piano Player1986
- WAAhnsinn - der Film1986
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1950-01-09
- Active to
- 1996-08-20
Discography
- Rio I.1986
- Blinder Passagier1987
- Rio Reiser1989
- Rio ***1990
- Durch die Wand1991
- Nimmst Du mich mit1993
- Über Alles1993
- Himmel & Hölle1995
- Am Piano I1998
- Am Piano II1999
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 150,419
- Total plays
- 1,761,908
Tags
Rio Reiser (January 9, 1950 - August 20, 1996), was a German rock musician and singer of the famous rock group Ton Steine Scherben. He was born Ralph Möbius in Berlin and died at the age of 46 in the little German town of Fresenhagen. Some critics say that Rio Reiser created a new image of a German folk singer; he was even called a "Schlager" artist (a genre of German folk music), and a "Volksmusik" musician (sometimes translated as "folk music", but in a literary sense it means music of the pe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- West Berlin
- Occupation
- actor
- Political party
- Party of Democratic Socialism
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Genre
- rock music
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.rioreiser.de
- Image
- Wandmalerei Tempelhofer Ufer 32 (Kreuz) Rio Reiser.jpg
- Residence
- West Berlin
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Rio Reiser
- place of burial
- Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin
- date of birth
- 1950-01-09
- date of death
- 1996-08-20
- name in native language
- Rio Reiser
- birth name
- Ralph Christian Möbius
- pseudonym
- Rio Reiser
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- archives at
- German Literature Archive Marbach
- member of
- Ton Steine Scherben
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 11 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0