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Alex Wiska

voc, g, 1950-2011 DE, Windeck
Rock, Folk and World
A.k.a. Alexander Wiska

Born: 12 November 1950 in Dattenfeld, Germany. Died: 3 March 2011 in Siegburg, Germany. Like many musicians of the era he started in beat bands, in 1964 with the enthusiastically named The Famous Four, and then with the Playboys. He debuted with his own band Ombächli releasing a single in 1967, and whilst learning classical guitar for two semesters at the Köln Musik Konservatorium in 1968 he met the musicians that were to become Can. Alex is best known for his playing of an electrified turkish Saz, solo and with his band Alex Oriental Experience.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Bass
  • Percussion
  • Drums
Genres
  • Rock
  • Folk
  • World
  • R&B/Soul
  • Jazz

Band Members
Discography
Title Artist Year Type
So SimpleAlex Wiska1984Album
That's The DealAlex Wiska1975Album
Derulé / Silent FarewellAlex Wiska1973Single
AlexAlex Wiska1973Album
Alex • That's The DealAlex WiskaCompil.
External Links
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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