Dero Goi

Dero Goi
Background information
Born	16 April 1970 (1970-04-16) (age 41), Wolfsburg, Germany
Genres	Neue Deutsche Härte, industrial metal, gothic metal, alternative metal
Years active	1989–present
Labels	GUN, Sony BMG
Website	http://www.oomph.de/

Dero Goi (born 16 April 1970 in Wolfsburg, Germany) is a German musician, Poet, Writer, best known as the co-founder, drummer and singer of the band Oomph!.^[1]

History

Dero Goi was born in Wolfsburg on 16. April. 1970. He also grew up in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony with his current bandmate Crap. They lived in the same tenement housing department and both started playing music in grade school. They built "instruments" with Persilpacks. Dero and Crap met Flux at an Industrial Festival. They found out that they liked the same kind of music and wanted to start a band, which would combine the Rock and the Electro scene. Thus OOMPH! was born. On their first tour they were just those three, and played the music playback, except Dero, who sang. After a while they met Leonard Christian who is still OOMPH!'s live drummer, and Tobi, their first live bassist, who was exchanged for Hagen Godicke in 2004.^[2]

Dero was introduced to music through his father, who was a guitarist and singer. Dero was "forced" to sing Elvis Presley songs with his father.^[3]

When asked how Oomph! came up with their name, Dero said that the name was chosen because of its peculiarity.^[4]

"Because it was so strange to see that the name like that is existing. You know, with the two "o"s and the exclamation mark at the end. It was strange, you know, the visual aspect and pronunciation. And, you know, it’s always good to have a name where somebody is like "What was that?" You know, if your band name is like, I dunno, 'Toilet 2, 3, 4' it's, it's, I dunno... Your name has to be special. And this is a special name, definitely." – Dero Goi

Influences

Dero noted several bands and artists that he listens to in an interview with the website Deutschmusikland, including Frank Sinatra, Tool, Elvis Presley, Korn, and Nine Inch Nails.^[4] Other bands Dero has been influenced by include The Cure, Killing Joke, AC/DC, Motörhead, Depeche Mode, The Beatles, and ABBA.^[3] The members of Oomph! listen to and have been influenced by a variety of artists, including The Cure, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC, Garbage, Motörhead, and Korn .^[1]

Appearance

Goi has dark brown hair and hazel eyes. He is at medium height (around 1,85m or 6ft1). He has two visible facial piercings; a nose ring and a labret. He also has tattoo sleeves on both upper arms that flow onto his chest. In 1995 he sported a shaved head with two streaks of hair down the middle. When his hair grew to a fairer length in 1999 he began to bring it into a spiking fashion and in 2004 he began wearing eye liner on a regular basis.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Oomph! official website
2. ^ [1] Billboard
3. ^ ^{a b} Oomph! official website
4. ^ ^{a b} Interview

External links

• Oomph! official website

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Name	Goi, Dero
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Date of birth	16 April 1970
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