Jennifer Rostock
Jennifer Rostock | |
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 Jennifer Rostock Live 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genres | Rock, punk rock, electropop |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Warner Music |
| Members | Jennifer Weist Johannes "Joe" Walter Alex Voigt Christoph Deckert Christopher "Baku" Kohl |
| Website | http://www.jenniferrostock.de |
Jennifer Rostock is a German rock band. They formed in 2007 out of Berlin and first rose to fame in 2008 for their performance in the German talent competition "The Bundesvision Song Contest"
History
Jennifer Weist (born December 3, 1986)[1] and Johannes "Joe" Walter-Müller are both natives of the German Baltic island Usedom, where they first met in kindergarten. Walter-Müller started to take music lessons as a five-year-old; he initially learned the violin, later he started to play the piano. At the age of 13, he met Weist again when she was singing at a karaoke show, and he invited her to join his school band. They experimented with different genres such as rock, pop, and swing. In the beginning they sang in English, later in German, and they eventually wrote their own songs. In 2004, both founded the band Aerials.[1]
They met Werner Krumme, who later became their record producer, during a songwriting workshop in Rostock.[2] After both finished high school (Gymnasium) in the summer of 2006, they moved to Berlin to pursue a career in music. There they also met their future band members Alex, Christoph, and Baku.[3]
The band's name was originally based on a misunderstanding. Employees at the Planet Roc recording studios in Berlin repeatedly addressed notes for them to "Jennifer Rostock".[4] Weist later explained: "Jennifer was directed at me, and Rostock, because they remembered we are from the coast, and Rostock was probably the only town the studio guys knew up there." This working title was eventually embraced by the band and became their official name.[3]
In 2007, the group gave their first concerts as Jennifer Rostock and they signed a recording contract with Warner Music.[3] They mainly performed in the Berlin club scene and played as opening acts for the British bands Chikinki and Gallows.[2] In October, Jennifer Rostock released the EP Ich will hier raus as a vinyl record and they first receiving radio airplay by local stations in Berlin. In February 2008, their first single, "Kopf oder Zahl", was placed in rotation by MTV Germany. They competed with that song at the Bundesvision Song Contest, a German television show based on the Eurovision Song Contest, and came in fifth.[5] Jennifer Rostock’s debut album, Ins offene Messer, was released the following day and reached number 31 in the German album charts.[6]
They released two additional singles from their debut album, "Feuer" and "Himalaya". In June, Jennifer Rostock performed at MTV Campus Invasion in Jena, which was broadcast live by MTV, and they played at music festivals and concerts throughout Germany; they also had several shows in Austria and Switzerland. In October, they performed their song "Himalaya" at the tour premiere of German rock musician Udo Lindenberg in Rostock.[7]
On November 15, 2017, the band announced via Facebook to go on hiatus after their planned tour for 2018.[8] On May 13, 2018 they played their last show in the sold out Columbiahalle in Berlin. [9]
Music
Jennifer Rostock's line-up consists of lead vocalist Jennifer Weist, keyboardist Johannes "Joe" Walter-Müller, guitarist Alex, bassist Christoph, and drummer Baku.[1] The group's unconventional German lyrics are collectively written by Weist and Walter-Müller who also compose and arrange the songs.[3] Although difficult to categorise, Jennifer Rostock are sometimes compared to the Neue Deutsche Welle, especially due to their first single, "Kopf oder Zahl", and its similarities to the German 1980's band Ideal. The German newspaper die tageszeitung described their music as "between glam punk, electropop and Berlin-rock".[10]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Peak positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [6] |
AUT [11] |
SWI [12] | ||
| 2008 | Ins Offene Messer
|
31 | — | — |
Ins Offene Messer - Jetzt Noch Besser
|
— | — | — | |
| 2009 | Der Film
|
13 | 18 | 63 |
| 2011 | Mit Haut und Haar
|
4 | 7 | 58 |
| 2012 | Live in Berlin
|
3 | 13 | — |
| 2014 | Schlaflos
|
2 | 5 | 40 |
| 2016 | Genau in diesem Ton[13]
|
2 | 4 | 31 |
| 2017 | Worst of Jennifer Rostock
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6 | 11 | 69 |
| 2018 | Jennifer Rostock bleibt. (Live 2018)
|
2 | 11 | — |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [14] |
AUT [11] |
SWI [12] | |||
| 2008 | "Kopf oder Zahl" | 48 | 69 | — | Ins offene Messer |
| "Feuer" | — | 24 | — | ||
| "Himalaya" | 85 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "Du willst mir an die Wäsche" | 34 | 70 | — | Der Film |
| "Es tut wieder weh" | 48 | — | — | New Moon (Soundtrack) | |
| 2010 | "Irgendwo anders" | — | — | — | Der Film |
| 2011 | "Mein Mikrofon" | 49 | — | — | Mit Haut und Haar |
| "Ich kann nicht mehr" | 60 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | "Du willst mir an die Wäsche (feat. Sido)" | — | — | — | Live in Berlin |
| 2013 | "Ein Schmerz und eine Kehle" | — | — | — | Schlaflos |
| "Phantombild" | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "K.B.A.G." | — | — | — | |
| "Du nimmst mir die Angst" | — | — | — | ||
| "Schlaflos" | — | — | — | ||
| "Kaleidoskop" | 66 | — | — | Kaleidoskop EP | |
| 2016 | "Irgendwas ist immer" | — | — | — | Genau in diesem Ton |
| "Wir sind alle nicht von hier" | — | — | — | ||
| "Uns gehört die Nacht" | — | — | — | ||
| "Wir waren hier" | — | — | — | ||
| "Hengstin" | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "Deiche" | — | — | — | |
| "Alles cool" | — | — | — | Worst of Jennifer Rostock | |
| "Haarspray" | — | — | — | ||
| "Die guten alten Zeiten" | — | — | — | ||
EPs
- 2007: Ich Will Hier Raus
- 2014: Kaleidoskop
References
- ^ a b c Jennifer Rostock. FanLexikon.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ a b Jennifer Rostock (Biographie). laut.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ a b c d Usedomer Band rockt beim Bundesvision Song Contest für M-V Archived 2008-03-26 at the Wayback Machine. MVregio. December 12, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ Jennifer Rostock Bandinfo & Biographie. booni.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ Die Sieger des BuViSoCo: Subway To Sally Archived 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. MTV.de. February 15, 2008. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ a b Chartverfolgung / Jennifer Rostock / Longplay Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Musicline.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ dpa. Udo Lindenberg begeistert in Rostock. DerWesten. October 7, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ "Jennifer Rostock - Beiträge". Facebook. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "Jennifer Rostock in Berlin 2018 - Was Fans wissen müssen - Berlin Aktuell - Berliner Morgenpost". Berliner Morgenpost. May 13, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Jennifer Rostock. die tageszeitung. December 17, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ a b Discographie Jennifer Rostock. austriancharts.at. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
- ^ a b Discographie Jennifer Rostock. hitparade.ch. Accessed December 12, 2008. (in German)
- ^ https://www.sonymusic.de/news/jennifer-rostock-neu-bei-four-music
- ^ Chartverfolgung / Jennifer Rostock / Single Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Musicline.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. (in German)
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Official MySpace page
- Profile at Warner Music Germany (in German)
- Jennifer Rostock discography at MusicBrainz
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