Hans Peter Geerdes (born 16 March 1964), professionally known by his stage name H.P. Baxxter, is a German musician who is best known as the lead vocalist of the German

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band Scooter. He founded Scooter with his friend Rick J. Jordan in 1993.

Biography

Early life

Baxxter studied accountancy for one term in

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, but he ultimately completed a

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, England, as a mechanic.

Music career

In 1985, Baxxter founded the band

Celebrate the Nun Celebrate the Nun was a German synth-pop band founded by H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Britt Maxime (sister of H.P.) and Slin Tompson (Nils Enghusen, formerly with The P.O.X.) in 1985. Biography The band released its first album ''Meanwhile' ...

, together with Rick J. Jordan and his sister Britt Maxime. Their single "

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" from the album ''Meanwhile'' reached No. 2 on the ''Autobahn'' Dance/Club Play chart on 23 June 1990, whereas the single " She's a Secretary"/"Strange" reached No. 12 on Dance/Club Play chart on 8 December of the same year. In 1993, former Celebrate the Nun members joined Baxxter's cousin Orion (Ferris Bueller) to form a remix team known as The Loop, which ceased in 1998. In December 1993, Baxxter, along with Celebrate the Nun member Rick J. Jordan and Baxxter's cousin and The Loop member Ferris Bueller, formed the group Scooter. Baxxter joined

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, Sylvia Kollek and

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on the German jury for

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. In 2010, he was announced to be the official German representative for the

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. Baxxter was one of the judges on the German version of the ''X Factor'' in season 3.

Personal life

Baxxter is an automotive enthusiast. Many music videos for Scooter include old models, such as a 1961 Jaguar Mark 2 and a 1973 Jaguar E-Type V12. He owns and collects many old British cars. He is an

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, having grown up consuming English television and music, and claims to "have always liked the dignified English way of life". On 6 May 2006, he married his girlfriend Simone Mostert. In 2011, H.P. and Simone got divorced one day before The Stadium Techno Inferno.

Television

In 1998, he was participated on Alarm für Cobra 11 in the episode "Tödlicher Ruhm" (Deadly Fame) as himself

References

External links

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