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Kettcar
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german, indie, deutsch, rock, indie rock… see all
Hamburg, Germany (2001 – present)
Kettcar is an indie music band based in Hamburg, Germany.
Former German punk rock great Marcus Wiebusch of …But Alive and bass player Reimer Bustorff, who were both members of ska band Rantanplan, decided in 2001 to break away from punk’s and ska’s traditions of aggressive, political lyrics in favor of developing a more emotional, laid-back style. Together with Erik Langer (guitar), Frank Tirado-Rosales (percussion) and Marcus’ brother Lars Wiebusch (keyboard), they formed Kettcar as a guitar pop group exploring the experiences of grown men in their lyrics.
When they failed in finding a label to publish their finished first album “Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden”, Marcus Wiebusch and Bustorff banded together with Tomte-singer Thees Uhlmann and formed the independent music label Grand Hotel van Cleef out of Wiebusch’s own B.A.-Records and Uhlmann’s label Hotel van Cleef. In early 2002 “Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden” became the first record to be released by the new label. Its success, while still moderate, exceeded expectations by far and Kettcar became darlings of the German music press.
Today the label is successful in Germany, having signed a number of other independent artists and releasing LPs from such acts as Death Cab for Cutie in Germany, and takes up most of the band members’ time. But they managed to record and release the even more successful second album “Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Händen”. Their third album Sylt will be in stores April 18th 2008.
Former German punk rock great Marcus Wiebusch of …But Alive and bass player Reimer Bustorff, who were both members of ska band Rantanplan, decided in 2001 to break away from punk’s and ska’s traditions of aggressive, political lyrics in favor of developing a more emotional, laid-back style. Together with Erik Langer (guitar), Frank Tirado-Rosales (percussion) and Marcus’ brother Lars Wiebusch (keyboard), they formed Kettcar as a guitar pop group exploring the experiences of grown men in their lyrics.
When they failed in finding a label to publish their finished first album “Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden”, Marcus Wiebusch and Bustorff banded together with Tomte-singer Thees Uhlmann and formed the independent music label Grand Hotel van Cleef out of Wiebusch’s own B.A.-Records and Uhlmann’s label Hotel van Cleef. In early 2002 “Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden” became the first record to be released by the new label. Its success, while still moderate, exceeded expectations by far and Kettcar became darlings of the German music press.
Today the label is successful in Germany, having signed a number of other independent artists and releasing LPs from such acts as Death Cab for Cutie in Germany, and takes up most of the band members’ time. But they managed to record and release the even more successful second album “Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Händen”. Their third album Sylt will be in stores April 18th 2008.
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weizen_ wrote:
@mcmotherfucker: ich habs bei musicbrainz angelegt. es wird hier aber erst angezeigt, wenn dort genügend leute positiv abgestimmt haben oder so... passiert aber scheinbar ned, is schon ewig her...
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aufruhr wrote:
Was hat die bloß so ruiniert?
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tape_tv wrote:
Noch mehr Videos von Kettcar gibts auf tape.tv http://www.tape.tv/artist/kettcar Viel Spaß beim Angucken!
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electricido wrote:
beste deutsche. großartig. fabelhaft. ich will sie alle heiraten.
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McMotherfucker wrote:
Wie bekommt man das hin, dass "Sylt" auch bei den Alben erscheint? Habe das Album bestimmt 200x gescrobbelt, wird nur nie angezeigt, weil es das Album laut last.fm ja noch nicht gibt. ;)
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MyBlackTears wrote:
=) geniale band aber das neue album taugt nichts
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Wegkipper wrote:
unglaublich, wie einen musik so bewegen kann.
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Timae7 wrote:
<3
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SilentPoet82 wrote:
Kettcar haben nach ihrem ersten Sieg endlich die Anbstiegsränge verlassen! Wo es sowas gibt? Hier: http://www.lastfm.de/group/Die+1.+deutsche+Rock-Liga Mitmachen und mitabstimmen! Kettcar braucht noch mehr Unterstützung!!!
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Kevmaster wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/We+don%27t+whine+about+the+new+Last.FM
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Stubbed wrote:
es gibt nix besseres x) und am Freitag abend wird dat sehr sehr geil x)
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Jaegi wrote:
verdammt gibt es ne geilere Band O.o
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indiegirl1605 wrote:
freitag abend <3 graceland ist toll!!
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el-hauptiachi wrote:
http://www.myspace.com/alexguenther
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leberkaese_ingo wrote:
so eine fantastische band...aber das neue album..na ja ..
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Wohlstandsmelli wrote:
www.rettet-das-molotow.de
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nimmmeinmixtape wrote:
graceland ist so 'n schlechtes lied und normaler weise hab' ich alle kettcar lieder gern. so eine schade...
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fea_mo wrote:
macht immer wieder glücklich :)
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MyBlackTears wrote:
Geile Band =)
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beetFreeQ wrote:
Lahm... machen irgendwie depressiv - war froh, dass Kettcar gestern die Vorband zu Blackmail und Caracho war - die haben's wieder rausgerissen!
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Events
- Aug 22 Rocco Del Schlacko Festivalgelände Sauwasen, PÜttlingen, Germany
- Aug 22 kettcar unplugged Platenlasse - Café Grenzbereiche, Jameln, Germany
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Kettcar
Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
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| 34 attendees
Recent Activity
- feelblu added Kettcar to feelblu’s library. 5 hours ago
- bengt_bangt tagged Kettcar with ‘indie’ and ‘deutsch’. 5 hours ago
- DENISALT, onetwothreevee, shmashingbaby and 5 other people added Kettcar to their libraries. 5 hours ago
- renNe_ tagged Kettcar with ‘seen live’. yesterday afternoon
- aim1aim tagged Kettcar with ‘german’. yesterday morning
- berrymery, jako13, Vonmeierk and 3 other people added Kettcar to their libraries. yesterday morning
- dimoe tagged Kettcar with ‘german’ and ‘indie’. Thursday afternoon
- scuttle90 tagged Kettcar with ‘seen live’. Thursday afternoon
- kbrusch tagged Kettcar with ‘german’. Thursday morning
- maidenkrystal created the Spanish wiki page for Kettcar. Thursday morning
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