{"id":11873,"date":"2025-11-18T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/happy-birthday-alexander-wesselsky\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:55:19","slug":"happy-birthday-alexander-wesselsky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/happy-birthday-alexander-wesselsky\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday ALEXANDER WESSELSKY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-18-Wesselsky_Stefan_Otto-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-18-Wesselsky_Stefan_Otto-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-18-Wesselsky_Stefan_Otto-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-18-Wesselsky_Stefan_Otto-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-18-Wesselsky_Stefan_Otto-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/11-18-Wesselsky_Stefan_Otto.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Stefan Otto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alexander Wesselsky celebrates his 57th birthday today! We wish the <strong>Eisbrecher singer<\/strong> all the best!<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br\/>&#8211; Alex Wesselsky founded <strong>Eisbrecher<\/strong> together with Noel Pix in 2003.<br\/>&#8211; They had previously split from the original band <strong>Megaherz<\/strong> (founded in 1993).<br\/>&#8211; <strong>Eisbrecher<\/strong> have released nine studio albums in the 20 years of their band history.<br\/>&#8211; Wesselsky is a trained media marketing specialist and studied history, English, German and media studies.<br\/>&#8211; He learned to play the guitar at the age of seven.<br\/>&#8211; Since 2013, he has also been on the road musically with his side project <strong>Die Herren Wesselsky<\/strong> or <strong>Wesselsky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Listen to <strong>Eisbrecher<\/strong> in our &#8220;German Metal &amp; NDH&#8221; playlist on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/1vjNC0JosALjvRsf3EUcip?si=1511c992b6bb4675\" title=\"Spotify Embed: DEUTSCH METAL \/ GERMAN METAL  &amp; NDH\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/1vjNC0JosALjvRsf3EUcip?si=1511c992b6bb4675&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>Which Eisbrecher item will you add to your collection?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=14172&amp;awinaffid=1386213&amp;ued=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.emp.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EMP*<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:8px\">*The link recommendations marked with an asterisk are affiliate links\/affiliate program links which you can click on freely. 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