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Wielding a moody indie appear heavily affected by Hamburger Schule rings like Tocotronic and Brit-pop functions like Pulp, Tomte created in Hamburg, Germany, in 1991 and, carrying out a few minor lineup shifts, were eventually made up of Thees Uhlmann, Dennis Becker, Oliver Koch, Timo Bodenstein, and Max Schroder. Tomte …

Hailing from Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy, Deutschrock music group Frei.Crazy was formed in Sept 2001 by Philipp Burger (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Jonas Notdurfter (acoustic guitar), who also then teamed up with bassist Jochen Gargitter and drummer Christian Fohrer. Affected by German rock and roll veterans Böhse Onkelz, the …

Among Germany’s stronger alternative rock rings, Muff Potter began in the first ’90s as a reasonably typical German punk music group yet evolved quickly, ultimately securing major-label support by Common in the mid-2000s. Muff Potter had been created in 1993, in Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia; vocalist/guitarist Thorsten Negelschmidt (aka Nagel; given …

German alt-rock quartet Guano Apes feature vocalist Sandra Nasic, guitarist Henning Rümenapp, bassist Stefan Ude, and drummer Dennis Poschwatta. Ude, Rümenapp, and Poschwatta have been playing jointly for some time and added Nasic with time to earn initial place in the 1996 “Regional Heroes” competition kept by VIVA, Germany’s music …

18th Dye may have hailed from Europe, however the group reveled within a distinctly American make of indie rock (an almost pop melodicism wedded to an intense guitar attack) that owed a debt to such forebears as Sonic Youth, the Pixies, and Nirvana. Fittingly, the group have scored an American …

German indie rock and roll group Slut was shaped in Ingolstadt, Germany, in 1995. The four users — Christian Neuburger (vocals, acoustic guitar), Rainer Schaller (acoustic guitar), Gerd Rosenacker (bass), and Matthias Neuburger (drums) — quickly discovered a home for his or her melancholy make of rock and roll and …

German pop singer Mike Leon Grosch vaulted from obscurity to home name because the runner-up in the 3rd season of Deutschland Sucht den SuperStar, the country’s version from the American Idol franchise. Blessed November 11, 1976, in Wuppertal and elevated in Cologne, Grosch was functioning as a cellular phone salesman …

Inspired by American rings like Nirvana, R.E.M., and Galaxie 500, German indie rockers Tocotronic were only available in Hamburg in 1993 when drummer Arne Zank and bassist Jan Müller, who acquired previously played jointly, added vocalist and guitarist Dirk Von Lowtzow to finish their lineup. Acquiring their moniker in the …

Pass away Sterne are one of the most influential rings to arise from your Hamburger Schule (we.e., Hamburg college) of German rock and roll. Like most of the peers, they’re hard to pin down stylistically, because they attract from post-punk, fresh influx, and funk in addition to contemporary indie noises …

German post-rock device Kante was founded in Berlin in 1995 by guitarist Peter Thiessen (also known for his concurrent stint performing bass in Blumfeld) and drummer Sebastian Vogel. Guitarist Felix Müller, bassist Andreas Krane, and keyboardist Michael Mühlhaus ultimately finished the lineup, which agreed upon to the Kitty-Yo label to …