- Jennifer Rostock
Infobox musical artist
Name = Jennifer Rostock
Img_capt = Jennifer Rostock at the Unifest 2008 inKarlsruhe .
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =Berlin ,Germany
Genre = RockPunk rock Electropop
Years_active = 2007–present
Label = Warner Music
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.jenniferrostock.de http://www.jenniferrostock.de]
Current_members = Jennifer Weist
Johannes "Joe" Walter-Müller
Alex
Christoph
Baku
Past_members =Jennifer Rostock is a German rock band from
Berlin .History
Jennifer Weist and Johannes "Joe" Walter-Müller are both natives of the German Baltic island
Usedom and first met in kindergarten. Walter-Müller started taking music lessons as a five-year-old; he initially began to learn theviolin , later he started to playpiano . At the age of 13, he met Weist again when she sang at akaraoke show and he invited her to join his school band. They experimented with different genres such as rock, pop, and swing, in the beginning singing in English, later in German and eventually writing their own songs. [http://www.mvregio.de/nachrichten_region/ovp/92811.html Usedomer Band rockt beim Bundesvision Song Contest für M-V] . "MVregio". December 12, 2007. Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon] In 2004, both founded the band Aerials. [ [http://www.fan-lexikon.de/rock/jennifer-rostock/ Jennifer Rostock] . "FanLexikon.de". Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon]They met Werner Krumme who would later become their producer during a songwriting workshop in
Rostock . [http://www.laut.de/wortlaut/artists/j/jennifer_rostock/biographie/index.htm Jennifer Rostock (Biographie)] . "laut.de". Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon] After both finished school with theAbitur in summer 2006, they moved toBerlin to pursue a career in music. There they also met their future band members Alex, Christoph, and Baku.The band's name was based on a misunderstanding at first. Employees at the Planet Roc studios in Berlin repeatedly wrote notes for them addressed to "Jennifer Rostock." Weist later explained, "Jennifer was directed at me, and Rostock, because they remembered we are from the coast, and Rostock was probably the only town the studio guys knew up there." This working title was eventually embraced by the band and became their official name. [ [http://de.news.yahoo.com/ddp/20080213/ten-newcomer-band-als-geheimtipp-e3d3a04_1.html Newcomer-Band als Geheimtipp] . "Yahoo! Nachrichten". Februar 13, 2008. Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon]
In 2007, the group gave their first concerts as Jennifer Rostock and they signed a recording contract with Warner Music. They mainly performed in the Berlin club scene and played as opening acts for the British bands
Chikinki andGallows . In Oktober, Jennifer Rostock released their first EP "Ich will hier raus" and started to get air time with local radio stations in Berlin. [ [http://musik.aol.de/Neuerscheinungen-CDKritik/Jennifer-Rostock-Ich-will-hier-raus-1615118143-0.html Jennifer Rostock: Ich will hier raus] . "musik.AOL.de". October 31, 2007. Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon] In February 2008, their first single "Kopf oder Zahl" was placed in rotation byMTV Germany . They competed with that song at theBundesvision Song Contest , a German television show based on theEurovision Song Contest , and came in at fifth place. [ [http://www.mtv.de/article/16312346 Die Sieger des BuViSoCo: Subway To Sally] . "mtv.de". Februar 15, 2008. Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon] Jennifer Rostock’s debut album "Ins offene Messer" was released the following day and entered the German album charts at number 31. [ [http://www.musicheadquarter.de/v1/cd-reviews/jennifer-rostock-ins-offene-messer_625.html Jennifer Rostock Ins offene Messer - CD-Review] . "Musicheadquarter.de". Februar 15, 2008. Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon]The band's unorthodox and innovative German
lyrics are collectively written by Weist and Walter-Müller who also compose and arrange the songs. Although the group is difficult to categorise, Jennifer Rostock are often compared to theNeue Deutsche Welle , especially due to their first single, "Kopf oder Zahl," and its similarities to the German 1980's band Ideal. The newspaper "taz" described their music as "somewhere betweenglam punk ,electropop and Berlin-rock". [ [http://www.taz.de/nc/1/archiv/digitaz/artikel/?ressort=ku&dig=2008%2F02%2F14%2Fa0022&src=GI&cHash=d30d12ce25&type=98 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Jennifer Rostock] . "taz". Dezember 17, 2007. Accessed February 19, 2008. de icon]On June 13th they released the album's second single "Feuer" (Fire), it was released as a Premium as well as a Basic version.
Discography
Albums
Singles
EPs
* 2007: "Ich will hier raus"
References
External links
* [http://www.jenniferrostock.de Official website] de icon
* [http://www.warnermusic.de/jenniferrostock/news/ Profile at Warner Music Germany] de icon
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