revolverheld
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| revolverheld | |
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 Revolverheld at the Radio Hamburg "Top 819"
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Bremen, Germany |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Label(s) | Sony BMG |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Johannes Strate Kristoffer Hünecke Niels Grötsch Jakob Sinn Florian Speer |
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revolverheld is a German hard rock/pop rock band. It was initially called "Manga" and was founded in summer 2003 in Hamburg. In 2004 they renamed the band to "Tsunamikiller" only to rename it to the current name (German for gunslinger) after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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[edit] Band History
revolverheld began their career as a supporting act for Donots, Silbermond and Udo Lindenberg. They first started gathering public attention with their song "Rock n' Roll", which then lead to a Coaching Program in the Pop-Academy Baden-Württemberg. Then in 2004 they were signed by the record label Sony BMG. Their first single called "Generation Rock" was released in June 2005 and directly entered the German Charts. The song is featured on the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Together with the producer Clemens Matznick their first album (revolverheld) was produced, and came out in September 2005.
On 7 July, 2007 the band performed at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 2005: revolverheld
- 2007: Chaostheorie ("Chaos Theory")
[edit] Singles
- 2005: Generation Rock
- 2005: Die Welt steht still ("The World Stands Still")
- 2006: Freunde bleiben ("Staying Friends")
- 2006: Mit dir chilln ("Chillin' with You")
- 2007: Ich werd' die Welt verändern ("I Will Change the World")
- 2007: Du explodierst ("You Explode")
- 2007: Unzertrennlich ("Inseparable")
- 2008: Helden 2008 ("Heroes 2008")
[edit] Awards
- Eins Live Krone – for best Newcomer (2006)
- Goldene Schallplatte (Gold Record) – Gold for "revolverheld" (LP) (2006)
