Liquido

Liquido
Background information
Origin	Heidelberg, Germany
Genres	Alternative rock Post-punk revival Electropop Pop rock
Years active	1996–2009
Labels	Nuclear Blast
Members	Wolfgang Maier Wolfgang Schrödl Stefan Schulte-Holthaus Tim Eiermann

Liquido was an alternative rock band formed in Sinsheim, Germany in 1996 by four friends: Wolle Maier (drums), Wolfgang Schrödl (vocals, guitar, piano), Stefan Schulte-Holthaus (bass) and Tim Eiermann (vocals, guitar).

Their only notable international hit, "Narcotic", was first released on a demo in 1996 and sold over 700,000 units when Virgin Records re-released it in 1998. Since then, Liquido hasn't been able to repeat this success, which led to a split from Virgin after two unsuccessful albums. 2005 saw the release of an equally ill-fated album on the new label Nuclear Blast.

Nonetheless, Liquido gained somewhat of a cult following in their homeland. For example, "Narcotic" was elected "second best song of all times" by a local German radio station (the best song being "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin). In 2008, the band released a single called "Gameboy". In January 2009, the members of Liquido announced the breakup of the band on their official website.

Narcotic is the official anthem of the soccer clubs Girondins de Bordeaux in France and UFC Eferding in Upper Austria.

Discography

Albums

• 1999 – Liquido (Virgin)
• 2000 – At the Rocks (Virgin)
• 2002 – alarm!alarm! (Virgin / EMI)
• 2004 – Essential (Best of) (Virgin)
• 2005 – Float (Nuclear Blast)
• 2008 – Zoomcraft (Nuclear Blast)

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions						Album
		GER	AUT	BEL	NLD	SWE	SWI
"Narcotic"	1998	3	1	5	7	15	2	Liquido
"Doubledecker"	1999	47	—	—	—	—	35
"Clicklesley"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Play Some Rock"	2000	54	—	—	—	—	55	At the Rocks
"Why Are You Leaving"	2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	Alarm! Alarm!
"Ordinary Life"	2005	73	17	—	—	—	91	Float
"Love Me Love Me"		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Gameboy"	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	Zoomcraft
"Drop Your Pants"		—	—	—	—	—	—