Kettcar

Infobox musical artist
Name = Kettcar


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Origin = flagicon|Germany Hamburg, Germany
Genre = Indie, Pop
Years_active = 2001-present
Label = Grand Hotel van Cleef
Associated_acts = ...But Alive, Rantanplan
URL = [http://www.kettcar.net Official Website]
Current_members = Marcus Wiebusch Reimer Bustorff Erik Langer Frank Tirado-Rosales Lars Wiebusch

Kettcar is an indie pop music band based in Hamburg, Germany.

History

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..." 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 was released on April 18th 2008.

Discography

Albums

*"Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden" (2002)
*# Volle Distanz
*# Ausgetrunken
*# Money left to burn
*# Wäre er echt
*# Landungsbrücken raus
*# Balkon gegenüber
*# Jenseits der Bikinilinie
*# Lattenmessen
*# Im Taxi weinen
*# Hiersein
*# Ich danke der Academy

*"Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Händen" (2005)
*# Deiche
*# Die Ausfahrt zum Haus deiner Eltern
*# 48 Stunden
*# Einer
*# Tränengas im High-End-Leben
*# Balu
*# Stockhausen, Bill Gates und ich
*# Anders als gedacht
*# Die Wahrheit ist, man hat uns nichts getan
*# Handyfeuerzeug gratis dazu
*# Nacht

*"Sylt" (2008)
*# Graceland
*# Nullsummenspiel
*# Am Tisch
*# Kein Außen mehr
*# Wir müssen das nicht tun
*# Fake For Real'
*# Geringfügig, Befristet, Raus
*# Agnostik für Anfänger
*# Verrat
*# Dunkel
*# Würde
*# Wir werden nie enttäuscht werden

EPs

*"Solang die dicke Frau noch singt, ist die Oper nicht zu ende" (2002)
*# Ausgetrunken
*# Wäre er echt
*# Hauptsache glauben
*# genauer betrachtet

ingles

*"Deiche" (May 2005)
*# Deiche
*# Strangeways (Rough Mix)
*# Volle Distanz (Live in Bremen)
*# Musik sollte immer ein schönes Hobby bleiben

*"48 Stunden" (February 2005)
*# 48 Stunden
*# Die längste Zeit, die du verbringst
*# Wieso eigentlich Indie-Charts, Digger?

*"Landungsbrücken raus" (2003)
*# Landungsbrücken raus
*# Hauptsache glauben
*# Genauer betrachtet
*# Landungsbrücken raus

External links

* [http://www.kettcar.net Official Website]
* [http://www.ghvc.de Band owned record label]