Founding member and guitarist/vocalist of German punk band "Die Ärzte".
His stage name refers to his passion of traveling, contracting the phrase "Fahr' in Urlaub" ("Go on holiday") to Farin Urlaub.
Has been musically influenced by The Beatles, Johnny Cash and Depeche Mode but has also stated that he listens to "more or less everything except free jazz and techno".
Supporter of Greenpeace, Attac, amnesty international and Menschen gegen Minen (People Against Landmines).
His first book "Indien und Bhutan" about his 2005 journey to Asia was published in October 2007.