Happy Birthday ANDY LAPLEGUA!

Andy LaPlegua, mastermind of Icon of Coil and Combichrist, celebrates his 50th birthday today. We wish him all the best!
Did you already know these 5 facts?
– Andy LaPlegua was born Ole Anders Olsen in Fredrikstad, Norway.
– He was particularly influenced by David Bowie, Prince, The Cure, Motörhead and the Dead Kennedys.
– In 1997, he founded Icon of Coil, which was originally intended as a solo project. The fourth album was released in 2004.
– Combichrist was founded in 2003 as an aggressive counterpart to this. They have released 10 albums to date.
– The Panzer AG project, founded in 2004, has two publications.
Listen to Combichrist in our “Gothic Electro Industrial” playlist on Spotify:
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