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Biography
BLP sources|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist|image=Peter Schilling Leipzig 5.Juni 2010.jpg|name = Peter Schilling|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Pierre Michael Schilling|birth_date = birth date and age|1956|1|28|death_date =|origin = Stuttgart , Baden-Württemberg , Germany |genre = NDW , New Wave music|New Wave |occupation = Singer , Songwriter , Author |years_active = 1970–present|label = Elektra Records , DA Music |website = http://www.peterschilling.com Official site Peter Schilling (born Pierre Michael Schilling on January 28, 1956, Stuttgart , Germany )Sutton, Michael "Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5364/biography|pure_url=yes Peter Schilling Biography", Allmusic , retrieved 2010-05-07 is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes (aliens, astronauts, nuclear holocaust, etc.). His 1983 album, Error in the System , generated his only international hit single, " Major Tom (Coming Home) ", a retelling of David Bowie 's classic 1969 song " Space Oddity (song)|Space Oddity ". Although the song was originally recorded in German, the international hit version was sung in English. The song was recently featured in an episode of the fourth season of Breaking Bad . In 1984 and 1985, Schilling released the albums 120 Grad and 120 Grad 's English language version, 1985's Things to Come . From 1986 to 1989, Schilling released non-album singles and put out his 1988 compilation The Different Story . In 1990, Schilling suffered from burnout (psychology)|burnout and the following year he took a break. In 1994, he married his girlfriend Catyana.
In the late 90s, Schilling formed a side project called Space Pilots, which appeared on the first issue of the popular dance music compilation Dancemania series. Discogs , http://www.discogs.com/artist/Space+Pilots Space Pilots The band included Catyana Schilling , J. Feifel , and P. Magnet . They have recorded only one song, titled "Trip to Orion". It was released on vinyl and CD in 1995, and appears on the Japanese dance compilation CD Dancemania 1 . The song is based on and includes vocal samples from the German science-fiction TV show Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion|Raumpatrouille Orion .
Discography
Fehler im System , WEA 24.0026.1, 1982 #1 Germany, #4 Austria
Error in the System , Elektra 60265-1, 1983 #61 US, #1 Canada
120 Grad , 1984
Things to Come (album)|Things to Come , Elektra 604404-1, 1985
1.000 Augen , 1986 (This album was never released)
The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime) , 1989 (Released in Germany in 1992)
http://www.peterschilling.com/ Official site (in German)
http://www.schulz-magazin.de/archiv/9510SCHI.htm Interview (in German)
http://www.smago.de/peter-schilling-infos-ohne-ende-zu-seinem-buch-lust-faktor-wellness-das-wohlfuehl-management-fuer-den-mann-mit-ausfuehrlichem-interview,,,,26729.html Interview about his 2005 book (in German)
http://www.smago.de/peter-schillingim-september-2004-gastsprecher-bei-south-park,,,,21964.html Article about voiceover work
http://www.smago.de/peter-schillingpeter-schilling-leiht-south-park-seine-gaeste,,,,22124.html Second article about voiceover work
http://www.smago.de/peter-schilling-experten-und-fans-zeigen-sich-begeistert-ueber-seine-neue-cd-das-prinzip-mensch,,,,30398.html Article about album "Das Prinzip Mensch"
http://www.ndr2.de/pages_std_lib/0,3325,OID2548990_REF7088,00.html Another interview (in German)
http://www.podster.de/episode/59418 Audio recording of interview in German (click "Datei herunterladen" to download)
http://www.sf.tv/sf1/aeschbacher/index.php? docid=20041125 Video interview from 2004 (in German)
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/inhalt/26/0,4070,3960826-5,00.html Video interview from 2006
http://german-lyrics.com/english/category/peter-schilling English translations
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