Sebastian Horn (born December 2, 1970) is a German musician and
television presenter
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.
Horn is best known as the bassist and singer of the Bad Tölzer band ''Bananafishbones,'' which he founded in 1987 together with Florian Rein and Thomas Dill.
Life
Horn grew up in
Bad Tölz
Bad Tölz (; Bavarian: ''Däiz'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany and the administrative center of the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district.
History
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, Germany, where he was associated with the punk and black music scenes.
Following the formation of ''Bananafishbones'' in 1987, his brother Peter Horn Jr. went on to replace co-founder Thomas Dill in the band. Concurrent to the band's early years, Horn studied biology with a major in systematic botany at university.
After a few years in which the band mainly played live, in 1998 their song "Come to Sin" was featured in a commercial for the store
C&A, leading to major success and recognition for the group.
Together with Leonhard Schwarz, Horn is responsible for the music aired for radio plays in the
Ritter Trenk series by
Jumbo Neue Medien & Verlag. Horn has also served as presenter for ''
Heimsatsound'', a television programme broadcast on
Bayerisches Fernsehen
(; "Bavarian Broadcasting"), shortened to BR (), is a public broadcasting, public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Bavaria, Free State of Bavaria in Germany. BR is a member organization of the ARD (b ...
, since 2014.
In addition to Bananafishbones, Horn founded the musical duo ''
Dreiviertelblut'' in 2013, with
Gerd Baumann
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, which released an album titled ''Lieder vom Unterholz'' via Millaphon Records. Since 2013 Baumann and Horn have written lyrics for the singspiel about strong beer tapping on the Nockherberg.
Private life
Horn is married and, after residing in Munich for a few years with his wife, they returned to Bad Tölz with their five children.
Discography
With Bananafishbones
With Dreiviertelblut
2014: ''Lieder aus dem Unterholz'' (Millaphon Records/
Broken Silence)
2016: Finsterlieder (Millaphon Records)
Radio Plays
2011: ''Der kleine Ritter Trenk'' (Original Radio Play for the ZDF-Series)
Filmography
* 1997: Easy Day (Kurzfilm)
* 2006: Die wilden Kerle 3
* 2011: Die Tote im Moorwald (Fernsehfilm)
* 2011: Sommer in Orange
* 2015: Heimatsound (Moderation)
* 2018: Lebenslinien – ''Wannst mitm Deifi tanzt'' (Dokumentarfilm)
* 2021: Zimmer mit Stall – Schwein gehabt (Fernsehreihe)
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References
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German rock singers
1970 births
German television presenters
21st-century German bass guitarists
People from Bad Tölz
Living people