Alf Klimek
| Alf Klimek | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alfons Joseph Klimek |
| Also known as | Alf Klimax |
| Born |
3 February 1956 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, actor, producer, writer |
| Instruments | guitar, programmer |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Associated acts | Spliff, The Other Ones |
Alfons Joseph "Alf" Klimek (born 3 February 1956) is an Australian musician. During the 1980s he was based in Berlin as a singer-songwriter for Spliff (as Alf Klimax, 1980–83) and The Other Ones (1984–90). That group included his younger twin siblings, Johnny and Jayney. In 1987 The Other Ones had two hit singles, "Holiday" and "We Are What We Are", which charted in Germany and the United States.
Alfons Joseph Klimek was born on 3 February 1956 and grew up in Melbourne. His father, Alfons Klimek snr (died 1998), and mother, Luisa née Cester (born January 1916) had eight children: Eugenia, Lydia, Naomi (born 1953), Greta, Alfons jnr, Robert, and the twins Johnny and Jayney (born August 1962). The Klimek family had lived in various Melbourne suburbs including Kew, Oakleigh and, from 1969, Clayton. Klimek's younger cousins, Nic and Chris Cester, were founding mainstays of Australian hard rockers, Jet (2001–12).
In June 1977, Klimek joined the Stuffed Puppets under the guidance of Neville Tranter as a puppeteer and comedy script writer. The group flew to Amsterdam to take part in the Festival of Fools. In 1979 he left the puppeteers and joined a cabaret group, The Busby Berkeleys, writing shows and performing in Europe and in New York City. A year later he joined the ex-Nina Hagen Band in Berlin, Germany, which was renamed as Spliff. He was the group's front-man and co-writer for their debut album, Spliff Radio Show (1980).
Klimek returned to Australia and joined his youngest brother, Johnny. Together they returned to Berlin in 1983 and, when joined by their sister Jayney, started a pop group, The Other Ones, with three local musicians. In 1987, they had two hit singles, "Holiday" and "We Are What We Are", which charted in Germany and the United States. "Holiday" peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It reached number four in Germany, number ten in New Zealand, number 13 in Austria and number 22 in Switzerland.
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