Career
He sings about politics, society, sexuality, religion, and many other topics, usually humorously He accompanies his songs with guitar, sometimes with harmonica. He founded the band Lassie Singers. Since 1978 he has lived in Berlin.
The punk band Die Toten Hosen interpreted some of his songs, notably Trauriges Arschloch, Bayern, Frauen dieser Welt, and Lesbische, schwarze Behinderte.
Die Schröders, another punk rock band, made his song "Saufen" more famous. As of 2007 van Dannen had published eleven record albums.
Except for Info 3, Herzscheiße, Nebelmaschine, Trotzdem Danke and Saharasand all were recorded live.
