Name	Bela B
Height
Naionality	German
Date of Birth	14-December-1962
Place of Birth	Spandau, Germany
Famous for	Singing

Bela B is a German musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the drummer and one of the singers in the German band Die Arzte. In 2006 he released his first solo album entitled Bingo. Bela B. is also an actor and has done several voice-overs for television and film.

Bela B. first played in the short-lived Soilent GrUn before co-founding Die Arzte in 1982 with singer/guitarist Farin Urlaub and bassist Hans Runge. The group soon appeared on the 20 Ubersch Aumende Stimmungshits compilation, and after winning an amateur band contest they spent their winnings on their 1983 debut EP, Uns geht's prima.... They signed a record deal with Columbia Records, which issued the band's debut LP, Debil, in 1984. After releasing several albums, the band broke up in 1988 and reunited in 1993. Bela is a fan of horror, which is reflected in many of his songs, such as Dein Vampyr (Your Vampire), Mysteryland, Der Graf (The Count), Die Nacht (The Night), Wir werden schön (We Become Beautiful), Der Vampir mit dem Colt (The Vampire with the Colt), Licht am Ende des Sarges (Light at the End of the Coffin) and Monsterparty.

One of Bela's particular features is that he usually plays drums standing up during performances. He has done this since he saw the Stray Cats perform in 1983. Up to that point he had performed sitting down for the first Die Arzte concerts. However, he generally plays sitting down in the studio, and also performed seated during the "Rock'n'Roll Realschule" concert and in the unplugged sections of the "Jenseits der Grenze des Zumutbaren" ("Beyond The Reasonable Limit") and "Unrockstar" tours. He has also supported many anti-fascist projects, including the initiative "Kein Bock auf Nazis", which was started by the Berlin punk band ZSK.

His anti-fascist stance has also been shown in songs such as Schrei Nach Liebe (Cry for Love) and also Deutsche, Kauft Nicht Bei Nazis (Germans, Don't Buy From Nazis). Bela made the latter available to download for free from his website. Bela has been a member of the anti-globalisation movement Attac since 2007. He has also supported PETA, appearing in their 'Ink, Not Mink' poster campaign with Franka Potente in 2004 and in a further campaign with Catherine Flemming in 2005.