Jürgen Plangger was born on 18 October 1978 in Geretsried, Germany.
Early life
At the age of 2, Jürgen would become friends with Erik Damköhler in kindergarten.
In 1988, at the age of 9. Jürgen's sister gifted him a mixtape of music, namely Metallica, Guns N' Roses, and Skid Row. This would introduce Jürgen to more hard music.
Jürgen started his first band at age 14. He would be the vocalist due to no one else in the band wanting to sing. The band would play at friends birthday parties and would swap instruments between one another due to a lack of funds.
Jürgen's first professional live performance was at a small arts festival, which he loved. The band would play without a bass player as the band did not know the importance of the bass at the time.
A Life Divided
In summer 2002, when singer Mike Gerold left the band "Cydonian", Erik made contact with Jürgen as the band needed a new singer. Jürgen, who was recording vocals for another band at the time, did the guys a favor and hopped in for a few sessions. This would lead to full time vocals for Jürgen in Cydonian. On 1 September 2003, the band would be renamed to A Life Divided .
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Eisbrecher
In 2006, after the departure of Felix Primc, Alexander Wesselsky contacted Jürgen to ask if he knew any guitarists that could replace him. Jürgen put himself forward and would be announced as the new rhythm guitarist for Eisbrecher on 28 November 2006. His first performance with the band would take place on 3 December 2006, opening for J.B.O. in Hamburg, Germany.
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My Only Dive Inn
In an unknown year, Tony Berger would upload 10 tracks to his MySpace, claiming to be from a project called My Only Dive Inn. Tony would be listed as a composer, and Jürgen, uncredited, provided vocals for the tracks. The only knowledge on the songs come from the working years provided by Tony on his old MySpace. Labelling the tracks as being made in 1997, 2004, and mainly in 2009. Not much more is known about the project.