Killer mushrooms

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or section needs to be revised. Details should be given on the talk page. Please help to improve it , and then remove this flag.

Killer mushrooms
Maximilian Schlichter, Johannes Halbig and Fabian Halbig (August 2014)
Maximilian Schlichter, Johannes Halbig
and Fabian Halbig (August 2014)
General information
Genre (s) Pop-Rock , Alternative Rock , German Rock
founding 2002
Website http://www.killerpilze.de/
Founding members
Johannes 'Jo' Halbig
Guitar, vocals
 Maximilian 'Mäx' conciliator
Fabian 'Fabi' Halbig
Andreas 'Schlagi' Schlagenhaft (until 2007)
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Johannes 'Jo' Halbig
Guitar, vocals
 Maximilian 'Mäx' conciliator
Drums
 Fabian 'Fabi' Halbig

Die Killerpilze are a German rock band that has existed since 2002.

Band history

2002 to 2005: Before her commercial breakthrough

The band was founded in October 2002 in Dillingen an der Donau by four students. Johannes Halbig ( vocals , born July 30, 1989, from Dillingen an der Donau) and Andreas Schlagenhaft ( bass , born September 9, 1988, from Zusamaltheim ) laid the foundation for this band. Maximilian Schlichter ( guitar , born July 3, 1988, from Emersacker ) and Johannes' brother Fabian Halbig ( drums , born December 23, 1992, from Dillingen an der Donau) completed the line-up.

The four musicians received start-up help from a long-time musician friend who taught them writing and composing. While they became known exclusively with German songs from 2006, they also wrote a large number of English song texts in their first years. The music of the first years can be classified in the genre of pop-rock with pop-punk influences. In addition to songs such as Anti Racism, the songs from that time mostly dealt with topics from everyday life.

The band made their first appearance on February 14, 2003 in Chili in Dillingen as the opening act. Over the next two months she expanded her program and secured a loyal live audience in her Swabian homeland (over 70 concerts from the beginning of 2003 to the end of 2005). They have been awarded various prizes for young talent, including the Top Act 2005 and the “Band of the Year” award in January 2006, in which they prevailed against around 40 bands from all over Swabia.

The killer mushrooms produced in that time their first album from the front by the punk Avenue (publication 7 July 2004), which was taken up in a children's room and is rather poor sound quality, and sold it on their live concerts as well as by ordering online through their website. Some songs from this album were released in new versions on B-sides of later singles.

2005 to 2009: The killer mushrooms at Universal

In 2005 the recordings for the band's first studio album were made. The producer was Corni Bartels. At that time, the killer mushrooms were signed to Universal Music .

They became known nationwide in the spring of 2006 with their debut single Richtig scheiße (in a nice way) . In the months that followed, the band released their album Invasion der Killerpilze , which has since sold over 140,000 times and received a gold award, as well as other singles and went on tour throughout Germany. Her publications during this time and her further existence were accompanied by media such as Bravo and VIVA . By these the band was marketed as a punk counterpart to Tokio Hotel , which guaranteed welcome cover stories for the media. The band, on the other hand, distanced themselves from any comparisons.

At the time of their commercial breakthrough, none of the band members was older than 17 years, the drummer Fabi was only 13. In March 2007, the bassist Andreas Schlagenhaft left the band. The official justification for this was that he now had more time to finish school.

On July 27, 2007, the second album Mit Pauken und Raketen was released . In advance of the beginning of July the single liebmichhassmich was released, which reached position 19 in the German charts. Apart from the single, the sound was no longer as pop-punk-influenced as in previous songs. For the first time instruments such as trumpet or piano were used. The second album couldn't keep up with the sales of the first CD and only sold about 40,000 times.

2009 to 2012: The killer mushrooms on their own two feet

This was followed by the separation from Universal Music , as there were disagreements with the band. The band then founded their own record label killerpilzerecords , through which they released their third studio album, Lautonom , on March 19, 2010 after the preliminary single Drei , which the TV station RTL II used as a song for their promotional trailer . Like its two predecessors, this record was also recorded by producer Corni Bartels in the Munich space studios and is considered a “liberation” for the band, as they were now able to work completely independently for the first time.

After more than 60 concerts in 2010, the band's fourth album was announced in January 2011 for March 11, 2011. The single "Komm komm.com", released a month earlier, was the forerunner of the new album. For the first time, the CD was produced entirely by the Killerpilzen itself. A European tour in Germany , Austria , France and Turkey took place in spring 2011. In the summer of 2011, the Killerpilze presented their current album at various festivals (including the Open Flair ).

2012/2013: Grell

In addition to another European tour (including the band played concerts in Germany, Austria and Greece) and many festival appearances, the Killerpilze recorded their next album Grell in 2012 , which was released on March 1, 2013 on their label killerpilzerecords . The band described Grell as a "farewell formula to the youth and a dive into the unknown". The album was produced by the guitarist Maximilian Schlichter. The band was supported in songwriting by the rapper Curse . The band released first samples of the new CD on various social media channels. The first single, "Take me with you", including a video she produced herself, went straight to number 1 on the Myvideo charts. Rapper Curse wrote on his Facebook page: "It's the thoroughly honest, angular-and-edged, craggy, starkly emotional, little fucking rough diamond masterpiece of a young, horny band that does its thing and loves good music and celebrating good lyrics and damn it just got everything right. And from here it can go anywhere. " Rolling Stone reviews the album with "rocks down to earth and good like the young The Clash ".

This is followed by appearances at the largest German festival Rock am Ring 2013, the largest indie festival in Austria Frequency on the main stage and at the Nova Rock Festival they set the audience record on the Red Bull fire truck stage. Over the summer the band played other festivals and in autumn the second part of the Grell tour through Germany and Austria followed.

On September 6, 2013 the album Grell was released in the deluxe version with some bonus tracks. In keeping with this, the band has a big campaign with Spotify Germany, where they released an exclusive song Perfect . In November the band will be a guest on the big German prime-time show Circus Halligalli on ProSieben . An internet storm then developed, culminating in the fact that the word "killerpilze" was the most widely written term on German Twitter when it was broadcast on November 18, 2013 . On December 21, 2013, after a tour of almost 70 concerts, the band played the year-end concert "The city still sounds like us" in Munich and celebrated the end of the Grell tour.

2014: Biggest crowdfunding in German music history

For the beginning of 2014 the band had announced that they would return to the rehearsal room and the studio to work on the successor to Grell . The homepage said: "(...) We are back in the rehearsal room and studio. The next Killerpilze album is coming in 2014 !!"

The Killerpilze also supported the Austrian rock band 3 Feet Smaller on their complete tour of Austria in January / February. The band then toured in Russia. On February 1st, the Killerpilze started the crowdfunding campaign "To the KP of good hope" via Startnext . On June 5th, 2014 the band released their free "Postkarten EP", which was downloaded over 10,000 times in a few days. In the summer of 2014, the band also supported bands like Madsen and Jennifer Rostock as opening act. For the postcard EP the singer Jo Halbig worked with Sebastian Madsen on some lyrics.

2016: The killer mushrooms with HIGH back in the charts

At the end of 2015 it was announced that their latest album High will be released on March 8, 2016, which was produced by Henning Sommer (including Wilhelm Tell Me) in Hamburg. The album was the band's first album in five years to hit the charts again, laying the foundation for a successful year for the band. The album received positive reviews from critics and fans alike and received consistently good reviews. The online music magazine Tonspion rated the album with 5 out of 6 stars and wrote about High: “... appears mature and grounded.” The music blog “... the album is reminiscent of indie pop heyday and doesn't have to be international Hide large-scale productions. "The Pick music magazine also confirmed:" High could hardly sound more international. "

The band played 80 concerts in Germany, Austria and France in the course of 2016 and announced on October 15, 2016 that they wanted to release a film in 2017 for which they want to collect money again with the help of crowdfunding. The band and their fans repeatedly managed to exceed the set target and cracked EUR 47,000 at Startnext. For the video for the single “SchneeSonneSchnee” the band flew to Canada and Tierra del Fuego Argentina to capture scenes similar to those from the movie “ The Revenant ” with Leonardo Di Caprio.

2017: 15 years of Killerpilze - STILL YOUNG - The movie

In 2017 the band celebrates its 15th anniversary. As it became known at the end of 2016, the band is working on a movie "IMMER STILL YOUNG - 15 years KILLER PILZE", which will be released in the largest cinema chains across Germany on October 5th. The film is being awarded by the Munich agency “24 Bilder”, while the film was produced by Nordpolaris. Directed by David Schlichter, the brother of the guitarist Maximilian Schlichter, and Fabian Halbig. On June 28, 2017, the film won the renowned audience award from the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Bayern 2 at the 35th Munich Film Festival. The film trailer also features other protagonists such as Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, Jennifer Weist (Jennifer Rostock), Felix Brummer (Kraftklub), Sebastian Madsen (Madsen), rapper Curse and others. v. m. to see. The first preliminary reviews are all very positive. The Süddeutsche Zeitung writes: "... a classic of the music film epic: a heroic story of rise, fall and comeback". The radio station Bayern 2 reviews: “Atmospheric and rousing documentary film!” In the festival blog, the film is described as follows: “Rousing music film in which you also learn a lot about the mechanisms of the music business.” The large German music portal laut.de reviews the film with “an enrichment for the German music document landscape. Absolutely worth seeing, especially for non-fans "

"STILL YOUNG - 15 Years of Killerpilze" is the first German music documentary to be published in such large cinema chains. From September 21st to October 9th the band was on a big cinema tour in 30 German cities.

The film "STILL YOUNG - 15 Years of Killer Mushrooms" was released on December 15, 2017 on DVD & Blu-Ray and Video On Demand platforms such as Amazon Prime. Studio Hamburg Enterprises is responsible for the distribution of the film.

useful information

  • The band does not speak of their listeners as "fans", but of a community, the KP-Family, which thanks to its great unity, especially on the Internet, regularly wins online votes and is very active.
  • Together with their fans, the Killerpilze collected over 500,000 euros for campaigns such as “Punk Makes School” or “Generation ABC2015”. The money was used to build several school complexes in Ethiopia . Since 2016 the killer mushrooms have been part of the people for people campaign "High Five 4 Life", which aims to improve five different priorities such as agriculture, the medical system, education ... in Ethiopia in five years. In addition, they are involved in “ No Bock on Nazis ” against right-wing extremism together with bands such as ZSK, Donots, Madsen, Die Toten Hosen and Die Ärzte. The band is also involved in the “Music Moves” initiative alongside artists such as Herbert Grönemeyer, Die Ärzte, Die Orsons, Andreas Bourani and others. v. m. with it.
  • Fabian Halbig plays wheelchair user Kai in the adaptation of the children's novel “ Die Vorstadtkrokodile ” and the two other series parts. He was also seen as an actor in the Tatort episode “ Macht und Ohnmacht ” (2013) and the Kluftinger crime film “ Milchgeld ” (2012) as well as several other films. Maximilian Schlichter has designed a large number of songs for advertising and other musicians in recent years and has founded a music school. Johannes Halbig also studies communication science at the LMU Munich, runs an online promotion agency in Munich and writes music for other artists and bands, and has founded various event series in Munich.
  • The Killerpilze founded their own record company killerpilzerecords in 2009 and take care of the production of the CD, the videos, parts of the management and the promotion themselves. They are supported by the SaveTheDay management from Munich.
  • Die Killerpilze are the first German band to have brought a music documentary film to the largest cinema chains in Germany to date. This happens with the cinema distributor “24 Bilder” and the production company Nordpolaris, which the drummer Fabian Halbig founded together with Florian Kamhuber.
  • Killer Mushrooms, Live 2015

  • Johannes & Maximilian

  • Johannes 'Jo' Halbig

  • Maximilian 'Mäx' conciliator

  • Fabian 'Fabi' Halbig (drums)

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2004 From the front through the Punkallee - - -
First published: July 7, 2004
2006 Invasion of the killer mushrooms DE7 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT2 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH47 (13 weeks)
CH
First published: May 19, 2006
2007 With timpani and rockets DE14 (7 weeks)
DE 		AT15 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH58 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: July 27, 2007
2010 Lautonom DE79 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: March 19, 2010
2011 A little zeitgeist DE89 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: March 11, 2011
2013 Garish - - -
First published: March 1, 2013
2014 Postcards - - -
First published: June 4th, 2014
2016 High DE82 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: March 18, 2016
2019 Nothing is forever… DE81 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: September 6, 2019

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2006 Real shit (in a nice way)
invasion of the killer mushrooms 		DE17 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT10 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH62 (6 weeks)
CH
First published: April 28, 2006
Jump up
Killer Mushroom Invasion 		DE35 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT27 (11 weeks)
AT 		CH40 (7 weeks)
CH
First published: June 30, 2006
I can invade the killer mushrooms without you
 DE30 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (7 weeks)
AT 		CH34 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: September 22, 2006
2007 LoveMeHateMe
With timpani and rockets 		DE19 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT32 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH83 (1 week)
CH
First published: July 13, 2007
I don't need anything
with kettledrums and rockets 		DE66 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: September 7, 2007
Last minute
with drums and missiles 		DE72 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: November 23, 2007
2008 Verrockt (We Rock)
Camp Rock - OST 		DE84 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: August 29, 2008
2010 Three
Lautonom 		DE72 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: February 26, 2010

more publishments

  • 2010: By the sea
  • 2011: KOMM KOMM.COM
  • 2011: cheers and dust
  • 2013: take me with you
  • 2013: summer rain
  • 2013: The city still sounds like us
  • 2014: Winners for each other
  • 2016: High with you
  • 2016: Snow, Sun and Snow
  • 2017: STILL YOUNG

Video albums

  • 2006: Invasion of the Killer Mushrooms - live
  • 2008: With timpani and rockets live - live

Awards

2005

  • Top Act youth band competition : 1st place

2006

2007

  • Echo : Nomination for Newcomer of the Year (national) (award went to LaFee )
  • Bravo Otto : 2nd place Band Rock (1st place went to Tokio Hotel )
  • Gold award for 100,000 copies of Killer Mushroom Invasion

2008

  • Xpress : Rock Act of the Year 2007 by the Austrian magazine "Xpress"

2017

  • Audience award of the 35th Munich Film Festival with "STILL YOUNG - 15 years of killer mushrooms"

Web links

Commons : Killer Mushrooms  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article on eventiz.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.eventiz.de  
  2. ↑ http://www.killerpilze.de/history.html ( Memento from November 2, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/news/2007/03/12/14641/
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.augsburger-allgemeine.de
  5. ↑ Biography Killerpilze. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010 ; Retrieved June 7, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.another-dimension.net
  7. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.another-dimension.net
  8. ↑ https://vimeo.com/killerpilzetv
  9. ↑ http://video.de.msn.com/watch/video/killerpilze-platz-1-oder-nicht/2ibj1x04q
  10. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/MichaelSebastianKurth?fref=ts
  11. ↑ http://www.muenchenticket.de/guide/tickets/q7db/Killerpilze.html
  12. ↑ http://www.startnext.de/killerpilze-album-2014
  13. ↑ Killerpilze Postcard EP. In: Instagram . June 6, 2017, accessed on March 7, 2019 : “HAPPY BIRTHDAY POSTKARTEN EP! This little piece of music was released 3 years ago today. Now completely sold out & over 10,000 free downloads. "
  14. ↑ Tom Bullmann: Interview with Jo Halbig: Killerpilze: No doodle music service providers . ( noz.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  15. ↑ Killer Mushrooms - HIGH | SOUND SPYING . ( tonspion.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  16. ↑ Of course it's also about women - an interview with killer mushrooms - MusikBlog . In: MusikBlog . March 17, 2016 ( musikblog.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  17. ↑ Small really big: The KILLERPILZE surprise with their new record "High" (album review + raffle) . In: THE-PICK.de . March 16, 2016 ( wordpress.com [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  18. ↑ Killer Mushrooms. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
  19. ↑ Video premiere: KILLER PILZE - SNOW SUN SNOW // + tour dates - SOULGURU . In: SOULGURU . February 27, 2016 ( soulgurusounds.com [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  20. ↑ lebeART - Nordpolaris presents: STILL YOUNG - 15 years of Killerpilze - a film by David Schlichter & Fabian Halbig. Retrieved November 26, 2017 (German).
  21. ^ The BAYERN 2 and SZ Audience Award - Munich Film Festival. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Susanne Hermanski: You can rely on the family . In: sueddeutsche.de . July 2, 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  23. ^ Moritz Holfelder, Bayerischer Rundfunk: Münchner Filmfest: Bayern 2 audience award for "Immer noch Jung" | BR.de. July 3, 2017, accessed on August 23, 2018 (German).
  24. ↑ Today the Killerpilze documentary is showing in the cinema - Why groupies are missing in this film . In: bild.de . ( bild.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  25. ↑ "Immer Noch Jung": The Killer Mushrooms Can Cinema - laut.de - News . In: laut.de . ( laut.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  26. ↑ killer mushroom cinema tour . In: killerpilzekinotour . ( wixsite.com [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  27. ↑ Still young - 15 years of killer mushrooms . In: press area . November 9, 2017 ( studio-hamburg-enterprises.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  28. ↑ HIGH FIVE 4 LIFE: The young campaign by Karlheinz Böhms Aid for Ethiopia . In: People for People - Karlheinz Böhms Aid for Ethiopia . July 3, 2017 ( Menschenfuermenschen.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  29. ↑ Killerpilze - Music Moves . In: Music Moves . ( musik-bewegt.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  30. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vorstadtkrokodile.film.de
  31. ↑ http://www.kindercampus.de/
  32. ↑ http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/haben/tatort/killerpilz-drummer-wird-tatort-star-29316834.bild.html
  33. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: Rock like the killer mushrooms . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  34. ↑ "I'm more into doing" | 1 year IN_DIE_DISKO in the Cord Club - MUCBOOK . In: MUCBOOK . July 26, 2016 ( mucbook.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  35. ↑ http://www.joiz.de/show/joizone/joizone-erwachsen-haben-im-rampenlicht-killerpilze
  36. ↑ Focus: Film | News | A royal new addition to the Cologne Film Fair. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
  37. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
  38. ↑ http://www.sjr-a.de/projekte/60,20,20,0.php
  39. ^ The BAYERN 2 and SZ Audience Award - Munich Film Festival. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .