Gerulf Pannach

From Lyriki

Born on June 24th, 1948 Gerulf Pannach became a highly influential German singer-songwriter and lyricist. In the early 1970's he worked together with the Klaus Renft Combo. Since 1972 he would work as a freelancer. In 1974 he began working together with Christian Kunert, a band member of Klaus Renft Combo too. After they were stage banned they performed occasional unofficially together with the dissident and poet Juergen Fuchs. In november 1976 they were arrested in the Stasi-remand prison Berlin-Hohenschoenhausen. In 1977 Gerulf and friends were banished from former GDR to Berlin (West). In the aftermath he worked there together with Wolf Biermann, worked as lyricist for other musicians and performed together with Christian Kunert. He died on May 3rd, 1998.