Frogcircus

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Frogcircus
Frogcircus 2006 (l. to. r.: Stone, Tobi Fröhlich, Timo Günzel)
Years active	1995 -
Genres	Rock
Labels	Soja Music Thorshammer Ajo Records
Members	Stone (February 23, 1976) Timo Günzel (December 29, 1973) Tobi Fröhlich (November 28, 1977
Website(s)	www.frogcircus.com

Frogcircus is a rock band from Berlin (Germany), originally formed in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) in 1996.

[edit] History

Frogcircus was originally founded in 1996 by Singer/Guitarist Stone (born Antonio J. Pérez Alonso) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain). After the split of previous bands like Luger and Vicious Soul, Stone recruited bassist Mariano Gracia and drummer Juan Manuel Cuadrado and recorded the first band demos "Drunken Sailors' Ritual" (1996) and "The Chinese Sideburns" (1997).

In 1998, guitarist Jorge Casañas and drummer José Llobet entered the band, and 1999 saw the release of the first album Acid Jokes on Ajo Records under the production of Jorge Casañas and Frogcircus. That year, the band appeared at a special feature show on US-Television channel HBO to premiere the record, and also headlined the Campus Rock Festival together with Spanish rockers Dover, as well as appearances with Nada Surf, The Godfathers and Mick Taylor.

Right after the incorporation of drummer Miguel Arencibia and bassist Miguel Ballesteros, the band moved to Berlin, where they signed with indie label Thorshammer and released the Zeitgeist EP (2002). The EP, produced by Thomas Neumann, brought the band to its first German tour together with singer/songwriter Bobo (who had previously worked with Rammstein on their hit-single "Engel"). After the recording of the Zeitgeist EP, the band again changed the Spanish musicians for local ones, and drummer Tyronne Silva and bassist Timo Günzel joined Stone, by now the only original founding member in the band.

The band worked as a trio on what would become their next album, recorded in Berlin and Gran Canaria, with Stone acting as producer this time under his real name. Shortly after, Tyronne Silva had to quit drumming for a longer period due to health reasons, and after some provisional drummers filling the spot, Tobi Fröhlich (previously in Limbic) joined the band in 2004.

The new record Allergic was released on March 1, 2005 under Soja Music, together with the single "Titanium" and the video. The band wrote two new songs for the film "Ludgers Fall" by director Wolf Wolff (to be released in spring 2007). During August 2006, the band recorded what would be the third, self-titled album Frogcircus, produced by Jürgen Block.