AVid *
| aVid * | |
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 aVid * at the Eselrock Festival in Wesel (2010) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Rock , pop rock |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | www.avid-music.de |
| Founding members | |
| Christian "Chris" Nießling | |
| Stephan "Steph" Marten | |
| Julian Köster | |
| Christian "Scholle" Scholz | |
| Current occupation | |
| Christian "Chris" Nießling | |
| Stephan "Steph" Marten | |
| Julian Köster | |
| Hendrik Lensing (since 2012) | |
| former members | |
| Christian "Scholle" Scholz (2005–2012) | |
aVid * is a rock band from Wesel . The band was formed in 2005.
aVid * plays a mixture of rock and pop , which they call "popaddicted rockmusic". There are both hard guitar - riffs and quiet piano - ballad with great feeling heard. The name "aVid *" translates as eager / passionate. The band chose the name because it reflects their music and sounds good at the same time.
history
In 2005, the year it was founded, it was accepted into the John Lennon Talent Award , in which the band then became the winner of the audience award. In 2007 he won the Soundwave Finale as Best Newcomer Band 2007 . In the following year, 2008, the band headlined the Coke Soundwave Discovery Tour 2008 across Germany, including appearances at Rock am Ring and various other festivals. The following time was also characterized by many live performances, in which the band was able to convince of their qualities. The American producer Clif Magness , for example, was convinced , and became aware of the band through Myspace and quickly flew to Germany to record a song with the four musicians.
In February 2010, recordings for the band's debut album began. The producer of the album was Fabio Trentini . The release date was September 24, 2010. The album is called Minor Words & Major Thoughts and contains twelve tracks. Among other things, the song Here I Am, produced with Clif Magness, is on the album, as is the official title song for the ZDF Breathing In World Athletics Championships . Following the publication, a Germany tour took place from the end of October to the beginning of November.
Since November 2011 the band has been working on the second studio album in their own studio. It is produced by the American producer Julian David, who comes to Germany for this purpose. A fixed release date has not been set, but it should appear as soon as possible after the recordings.
In March 2012 the band decided to part with their drummer "Scholle" and from now on to go their separate ways musically. Until mid-July 2012, the band played live performances with guest musicians on the drums, until at the end of July 2012 they decided on Hendrik Lensing as a permanent man on drums. The drum accompaniments for the new album must now be re-recorded. The release of the second album is currently planned for late 2012 or early 2013.
The band took part in the casting show X-Factor in 2012 and reached the jury house. So the band was among the top six participants. Her version of Britney Spears song Hit Me Baby One More Time performed on X-Factor became a hit with X-Factor viewers.
Discography
- Breathing In - Single (2010; Artist Station Records), ZDF title song for the 2010 European Athletics Championships
- Minor Words & Major Thoughts (2010; Artist Station Records), debut album