the current members of die toten hosen are campino (andreas frege), kuddel (andreas von holst), vom (stephen ritchie), andi (andreas meurer) and breiti (michael breitkopf). all members except one are german, though campino's mother, jenny, was english. the drummer vom comes from england. he joined in 1999, after previous drummer wölli sustained injuries in a car crash. wölli had played from 1985 to 1999 and was an honorary member of the band until his death in 2016. the drummer until 1985 was trini trimpop, who became the band's manager when wölli joined.