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4 Male
Origin
Hamburg, Germany
Genre
Indie
Style
Rock/Pop
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4 Male
Origin
Hamburg, GermanyGenre
IndieStyle
Rock/Pop
Mood
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Born
1993
Active
1993 to Present...
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Tocotronic - Kapitulation3 users
Tocotronic - Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen3 users
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Tocotronic - Mein Ruin3 users
Tocotronic - Let There Be Rock
Music Video Links Bis uns das Licht vert... |  Wir sind hier nicht in... |  Electric Guitar |
 Auf dem Pfad der Dämme... |  Die Erwachsenen |  Kapitulation |
 Mein Ruin |  Hey Du |  Gegen den Strich |
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Tocotronic is a German rock band founded in 1993 (see 1993 in music). Similar to Blumfeld or Die Sterne they are considered a part of the Hamburger Schule (School of Hamburg) movement. They are influential for bands such as Wir sind Helden.
Tocotronic got signed to L' Age D' Or, a German independent record label situated in Hamburg, in 1994 after quickly gaining popularity in the local scene. Their early style consists of ironic sloganeering ("I want to be part of a youth movement") and almost diary-like songwriting, paired with a lo-fi rock sound. In 1995 they released their debut-album "Digital ist besser" (Digital is better). Their third album, released in 1996, was the first to hit the German charts. The music got more complex over time, their lyrics less direct, resulting in a sound that was compared to that of Pavement on Tocotronic's 1999 album "K.O.O.K". The self-titled "White Album", released in 2002, features dreamlike songs; metaphoric, heavily produced, highly polished, it completes a slow but steady course away from their early works ("eins zu eins ist jetzt vorbei" -"one-to-one is over now").
Despite never being overly commercially successful, Tocotronic have a steady fanbase in Germany and their records are regularly reviewed in mainstream newspapers and music magazines alike.
In July 2007, Tocotronic released their eighth studio album, "Kapitulation". Also, around this time, the band announced the end of their working relationship with long-time label "L'age D'or", and consequently, "Kapitulation" was released by Vertigo Berlin, a sublabel of Universal music. Their ninth and most recent studio album, "Schall & Wahn", was released in January 2010 and became their first number-one record.
The current band members and positions are Jan Müller (bass), Arne Zank (drums), Dirk von Lowtzow (rhythm guitar, vocals), and, since 2004, Rick McPhail (lead guitar, keyboard).
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