THE JEREMY DAYS - LOUIS C. OBERLÄNDER the comeback AFTER a 27 year hiatus

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, behind the Iron Curtain, Louis C. Oberländer moved to Hamburg with his mother at five. In this interview, he recalls queuing for food with his grandmother in communist Bulgaria, discovering the piano, and forming his first band at eleven.

I first interviewed The Jeremy Days in Hamburg’s revolving TV tower in 1989, when “Brand New Toy” was getting played on MTV Europe. This time, I wanted to hear the story from Louis’s side of the keyboard. We talk about working with Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, what happened after the band split, and how a trip to Los Angeles led to acting and photography. We also get into what brought The Jeremy Days back together after so many years.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Opening highlights
01:24 Revisiting our 1989 interview in Hamburg’s TV tower
02:30 Born behind the Iron Curtain and moving to Hamburg
15:03 Brian Wilson and the music that inspired Louis
20:09 Starting his first band at eleven
30:09 Rehearsing in an ice-cold bunker
33:07 Recording with Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley
36:38 “Brand New Toy” and MTV Europe
52:44 Life after the split and the move to Los Angeles
57:05 Finding his way into acting and photography
1:01:52 Where music meets photography
1:07:33 The anniversary invitation that brought The Jeremy Days back
1:13:39 Acting, getting older and what comes next

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