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His life story is more exciting in some places than he would have liked: At the age of six, Rodrigo, known as Rod González, landed in Hamburg. His whole family was granted political asylum there because they were persecuted by the Pinochet regime in their homeland of Chile. The tragedy turned into a path of happiness for the young Rod, who was passionate about music and technology, in the musical hot spot of Hamburg. By the time he finally became a permanent member of Die Ärzte, he had already had a number of successes under his belt.