Die Prinzen

Die Prinzen
Die Prinzen concert in Biberach/Riss
Background information
Origin	Leipzig, East Germany
Genres	A cappella, pop rock
Years active	1987 – present
Labels	Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Ariola Express, Hansa
Website	http://www.dieprinzen.de (German)
Members	Sebastian Krumbiegel Tobias Künzel Wolfgang Lenk Jens Sembdner Henri Schmidt Mathias Dietrich Ali Zieme

Die Prinzen (The Princes) is a German music group. The band is made up of former members of the Thomanerchor (a choir of the Thomaskirche (St. Thomas' Church) in Leipzig, Germany, where Johann Sebastian Bach was music director for many years) and a former member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.

Overview

Early albums consist of a cappella music. The band's first name was Die Herzbuben, but it was changed to Die Prinzen in 1991 to avoid confusion with the Volkstümliche Schlager duo Wildecker Herzbuben. The lyrics of their songs are often humorous, tongue-in-cheek critiques of German government or society. The group's most popular singles have been "Gabi und Klaus", "Millionär", "Küssen verboten", "(Du musst ein) Schwein sein", "Mein Fahrrad", "Olli Kahn" (about German star World Cup goalkeeper Oliver Kahn) and "Deutschland".

In reference to the group's name and the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale "The Frog Prince", the group's logo is a green frog wearing a crown. The frog logo has appeared in a number of album and single covers.

Their hit song "Millionär" appeared in the accompanying video to the German textbooks "Komm Mit" and "Stationen".

"Deutschland" is a very cultural and ironic song about everything of Deutschland (Germany). It was written by German songwriter Steve van Velvet.^[1]

Band members

Die Prinzen:

• Sebastian Krumbiegel (5. June 1966); Vocals, Keyboard
• Tobias Künzel (26. May 1964); Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
• Wolfgang Lenk (4. September 1966, Leipzig); Vocals, Keyboard, Guitar
• Jens Sembdner (20. January 1967); Vocals, Keyboard
• Henri Schmidt (17. August 1967, Leipzig); Vocals

Backup band:

• Ali (Alexander) Zieme (23. March 1971, Leipzig); Drums
• Mathias Dietrich (24. November 1964, Leipzig); Bass

Discography

Albums

• Das Leben ist Grausam (1991)
• Das Leben ist Grausam (a cappella)
• Küssen verboten (1992)
• Küssen verboten (a cappella)
• Alles nur geklaut (1993)
• Alles nur geklaut (a cappella)
• Schweine (1995)
• Alles mit'm Mund (1996)
• Ganz oben - Best of (1997)
• A-Cappella-Album (1997)
• So viel Spaß für wenig Geld (1999)
• So viel Spaß für wenig Geld (a cappella)
• Festplatte (1999)
• D (2001)
• Monarchie in Germany (2003)
• HardChor (2004)
• Akustisch live (2006)
• Die Prinzen Orchestral (2007)
• Die Neuen Männer (2008)
• Es war nicht alles schlecht (2010)

Videos

• VHS Das erste Video (1993)
• VHS Das Live Video (1994)
• DVD 10 Jahre Popmusik (2001)
• VHS 10 Jahre Popmusik (2001)
• DVD (Dual Disc) Akustisch live (2006)
• DVD Die Prinzen Orchestral (2007)

Singles

• Gabi und Klaus (1991)
• Millionär (1985)
• Mann im Mond (1992)
• Mein Fahrrad (1992)
• Küssen verboten (1992)
• Küssen verboten - Die Königlichen Remixe (1992)
• Bombe (1992)
• 1x (1993)
• Alles nur geklaut (1993)
• Überall (1994)
• Du spinnst doch (1994)
• (Du mußt ein) Schwein sein (1995)
• Ich will ein Baby (1995)
• Alles mit'm Mund (1996)
• Hose runter (1996)
• Heute ha-ha-habe ich Geburtstag (1997)
• Ganz oben (1997)
• Junimond (1998)
• So viel Spaß für wenig Geld (1999)
• Sie will mich (1999)
• Deutschland (2001)
• Hier sind wir (2001)
• Popmusik (2001)
• Olli Kahn (2002)
• Tiere sind zum Essen da (2003)
• Chronisch Pleite (2003)
• Unsicherheit macht sich breit (2004)
• Frauen sind die neuen Männer (2008)

Charts

Singles

Albums

D, A, and CH represent Germany, Austria, and Switzerland respectively.

Notes

1. ↑ ""Deutschland" song information on kazaa". kazaa. 

External links

• Official web site (German)