Wolfsheim (band)
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| Wolfsheim | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Hamburg, Germany |
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| Genre(s) | Synthpop Darkwave |
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| Years active | 1987–present | |
| Label(s) | Strange Ways Records, Metropolis Records | |
| Website | http://www.wolfsheim.de | |
| Members | ||
| Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | ||
Wolfsheim is a synthpop band from Hamburg, Germany.
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[edit] History
The band was founded in 1987 by Markus Reinhardt and Pompejo Ricciardi — they were inspired by the name of a fictional character from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
Reinhardt's brother Oliver Reinhardt joined the band sometime afterward. After producing a demo tape, co-founder Ricciardi left the band and was replaced by Peter Heppner. Heppner had known the band from mutual friends and from growing up in the same neighborhood in Hamburg. Oliver Reinhardt departed the band, leaving the current lineup as Peter Heppner (vocals) and Markus Reinhardt (electronics).[1]
The first public Wolfsheim live-gig took place in "Werkstatt 3", a small club in Hamburg.
Wolfsheim's style takes cues from the 1980s New Romantics and New Wave; their lyrics tend to be melancholic, but at the same time modernist. There have been allegations that the band's aesthetics deliberately appeal to right-wing audiences.[2]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- No Happy View (1992)
- Popkiller (1993)
- 55578 (with bonus disc) (1995)
- Dreaming Apes (1996)
- Hamburg Rom Wolfsheim (1997)
- Spectators (1999)
- Spectators Special CD Edition (with bonus disc) (1999)
- Casting Shadows' (2003)
[edit] Singles
- "The sparrows and the nightingales" (1991)
- "It's not too late" (1992)
- "Thunderheart" (1992)
- "Now I fall" (1993)
- "Elias" (1994)
- "Closer still" (1995)
- "A new starsystem has been explored" (1996)
- "Once in a lifetime" (1998)
- "It's hurting for the first time" (1998)
- "Künstliche Welten" (1999)
- "Kein Zurück" (2003)
- "Find you're here" (2003)
- "Blind" (2004)
[edit] Demos
[edit] Awards
ECHO 2004: Best German Alternative Band
[edit] References
- ^ Wolfsheim official site [1]
- ^ Diez, Georg: Böhse Enkelz, Frankfuerter Allgemeine Zeitung August 23, 2004.
