Guano Apes

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Guano Apes
Origin Göttingen, Germany
Genre(s) Alternative rock [1][2]
Years active 1994 - 2005
Label(s) GUN/Supersonic Records
Website http://www.guanoapes.org
Members
Dennis Poschwatta
Henning Rümenapp
Sandra Nasić
Stefan Ude

Guano Apes were a female-fronted alternative rock quartet from Göttingen, Germany, and one of the most successful German rock bands of all time.

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[edit] History

[edit] 1994 - 2006

The Guano Apes were formed in 1994 in Göttingen, Germany, by guitarist Henning Rümenapp, bassist Stefan Ude and drummer Dennis Poschwatta. Lead singer Sandra Nasić joined the band later in the same year. The band's career took off in 1996 after they won a contest for local unsigned bands with their song "Open Your Eyes". The song was also their first and most successful single, followed by the release of their 1997 debut album Proud Like a God. "Open Your Eyes" also appears in the Warren Miller movie, "Fifty" (1999).

In 2000 Guano Apes released their second full-length album, Don't Give Me Names. The singles "Big in Japan" (an Alphaville cover) and "No Speech" received a lot of airplay and the album was certified gold in Germany. Walking on a Thin Line was released in 2003 and spawned the hit single "Quietly". The band broke up after the release of their best of album Planet of the Apes and a final tour in February 2005.

[edit] Post Guano Apes

After the break-up, a compilation album Lost (T)apes was released. It contains unreleased demos recorded in 1994 and 1995.

Dennis Poschwatta focused on his new band, Tamoto, in which he played the guitar (and drums on the album) and shared the vocal microphone with Markus Gumball a.k.a. G-Ball. Stefan Ude also participated in the recording of Tamoto's debut album. Henning Rümenapp focused mainly on working 'behind the scenes' and Sandra Nasić started working on a solo album called The Signal (released October 2007).

In 2006, Rümenapp, Ude and Poschwatta reunited and formed a new band named IO, together with American singer Charles Simmons. The band has been on the road several times since then and has also been writing and recording material for their debut album, which is yet to be released. Due to the busy schedule of IO, Dennis Poschwatta's other 'new' band Tamoto has been put on ice until further notice.

[edit] Members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  • "Open Your Eyes" (1997) (Germany # 5) gold in Germany [4]
  • "Rain" (1998) (Germany # 76)
  • "Lords of the Boards" (1998) (Germany # 10) gold in Germany [5]
  • "Don't You Turn Your Back on Me " (1999) (Germany # 50)
  • "Big in Japan" (2000) (Germany # 9)
  • "No Speech" (2000) (Germany # 75)
  • "Living in a Lie" (2000) (Germany # 84)
  • "Dödel Up" (2001) (Germany # 57)
  • "Kumba Yo!" (as Guano Babes featuring Michael Mittermeier) (2001) (Germany # 3)
  • "You Can't Stop Me" (2003) (Germany # 10)
  • "Pretty in Scarlet" (2003) (Germany # 51)
  • "Quietly" (2003) (Germany # 51)
  • "Break the Line" (2004)

[edit] Other Publications

[edit] Guano T-Apes

Guano T-apes is a video that documents the development of the Guano Apes from their beginning until today. With band and individual interviews you get to know the members of the band better and experience curiosities and events from daily life in the music business. Along with the video clips, it contains lots of live material shot during the tours from Nov., 1997 through the summer of 1998. The video was directed by Richard Anjou and edited by Mathias Dohmbrinck.

[edit] Awards

  • Comet for Proud Like A God
  • ECHO for Proud Like A God and Don't Give Me Names
  • MTV Music Award (2001)
  • Eins Live Krone for Guano Apes as best band and Sandra Nasić as best singer.

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ AllMusic.com
  2. ^ RockDetector