As a teenager, Siggi was already deeply impressed by rock’n’roll and country music. On his nightly forays through the Viennese club scene, he discovered the blues „live“.
He regularly attended concerts by Al Cook or Erik Trauner and fell ever deeper under the spell of this fascinating music. Step by step, his own ability to interpret the blues with instrument and voice developed. Two years later he was already firing up the crowd as lead singer of the legendary Viennese rockabilly band „The Torpedos“.
Besides his great talent as a solo interpreter of country blues, he repeatedly proved his abilities as a wonderful band musician with a punchy electric guitar. Siggi fulfilled his dream of his own blues band in 1988 when, together with several musicians from the scene, he founded the group „Hooked On Blues“.
Once Siggi is on stage, you will hardly ever find him without a smile on his face, and the emotions and intensity he is able to put into his music captivate his listeners every time. Erik Trauner invited Siggi to join the MBB at the beginning of 2002.