Richard Müller

Richard Müller (born September 6, 1961) is a Slovak singer, songwriter and composer. He started as a music journalist. In the beginning of the 1980s, while studying the theory of drama and screenplay at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU), he started writing for the daily paper and the only specialized periodical at the time, Popular, and, later, for Gramorevue. As a journalist, in his own words, he could get close to the musician... more

Richard Müller (born September 6, 1961) is a Slovak singer, songwriter and composer. He started as a music journalist. In the beginning of the 1980s, while studying the theory of drama and screenplay at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU), he started writing for the daily paper and the only specialized periodical at the time, Popular, and, later, for Gramorevue. As a journalist, in his own words, he could get close to the musicians he admired easier. His first song, "Radio", was recorded with the Burčiak Pavla Daněka band. The track was very successful in the music chart 5xp, which encouraged Müller to start a band with Martin Karvaš, it was called Banket. Their debut album, Bioelektrovízia (1986) was full of hits, including the immortal song written by Vašo Patejdl - Po schodoch. Co-operation with Andrej Šeban produced and was very perceivable in the two suceceding albums Druhá doba?! and Vpred. He has also made a very popular song with Daniel Junas in the '90's... less