Bool (band)
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| General information | |
| origin | Duisburg , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Rock , post-grunge , hard rock , alternative rock |
| founding | 2007 |
| Website | www.boolofficial.com |
| Founding members | |
| Didi (Karsten Dittberner) | |
| Andy (Andreas Galwas) (until 2015) | |
| Jeg (Jens Geilert) | |
| Current occupation | |
| Didi (Karsten Dittberner) | |
| Uwe Fischer (since 2019) | |
| Marc Fröhlking (since 2015) | |
| Jeg (Jens Geilert) | |
| former members | |
| Andreas Galwas (2007 to 2015) | |
| Marcin Cyganiewicz (2008 to 2010) | |
| Kim Pelzcer (2010 to 2016) | |
| Michael Malfeito (2016 to 2019) | |
Bool (spelling BOOL) is a German rock band that originated in Dinslaken but is based in Duisburg . After it was founded in 2007, the group gained national attention for the first time with its promotional song for the US companies HP , Intel and Microsoft .
Band history
In 2007 singer and guitarist Karsten Dittberner and drummer Jens Geilert got to know each other while working. They met quickly to write songs together and Andreas Galwas on bass closed the circle for now.
In the same year their first three-song EP No Return was released . In January 2008 the group officially appeared for the first time and gave their first concerts in the surrounding scene clubs and played in the opening act of the "Rock mich am Arsch" - Germany tour of the band Debbie Rockt, which they invited on their tour.
The US companies HP, Intel and Microsoft became aware of your song You and Me and used it as a promotional song for a nationwide marketing campaign. This helped the young band to gain a larger audience in one fell swoop. During the year they released their second limited edition EP Gift Pack .
At the beginning of 2009 the band announced that they would record a new studio album in the same year. In September 2009 the band announced on their homepage that their third album is called My Spirit and should be released on February 5, 2010. It was produced in Absurd Studio Hamburg by producer Thomas Schröder.
The first single from the new album, The Spirit & Me & My Special Guitar , has already been released, including a music video . The long friendship between drummer Geilert and actor Armin Krug ( Balko ) enabled the band to engage Armin Krug for a role in the music video The Spirit & Me & My Special Guitar . In February 2010, the single was recorded on the TV music channel iM1 on rotation and helped the band to further increase in awareness.
In May / June 2010 the band was on the road with their "Durst Unplugged Tour" and immediately afterwards went on their Ibiza tour. At that time the band was traveling a lot and played with Dellé (Seeed), Monsters of Liedermaching , Livingston and Kissin 'Dynamite , among others .
In 2014 they accepted the invitation to take part in the 20th anniversary of the band In Extremo on the open-air stage Loreley with another festival under the name "20 True Years". The musicians got to know the music producer Jon Caffery , who produced for Die Toten Hosen for years .
Pre-production of the new album began in December 2015. At the beginning of 2016, the musicians and Jon Caffery went to Maarwegstudio2 (former EMI Studios) in Cologne at the operator and music producer Wolfgang “Stackman” Stach until well into the year . At the end of August 2016, the last work on the new album Fly With Me was completed. In May 2017, Bool signed a contract with Boersma Records and released the album Fly With Me on August 25, 2017 . On September 30th, Bool presented their new album at Don´t Panic (Essen) together with Preacher, Klaus Vanscheidt and Michael Bormann at the “Kult on Tour”.
On December 9, 2017, the musicians were nominated in three categories at the award ceremony of the 35th German Rock and Pop Prize. They received gold in the categories "Best Rock Album 2017" and "Best Hard Rock Album 2017".
In February 2019, Bool was awarded the Innocent Award (audience award) as - Best Young Talent 2018.
occupation
Didi
Uwe
Marc
Yeg
style
Often the musical style of Bool is referred to as grunge . Despite various grunge elements, later titles and influences of the band have a high proportion of rock , alternative rock and hard rock .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title | Remarks |
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| 2017 | Fly with me | First published: August 25, 2017 |
EPs
| year | title | Remarks |
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| 2007 | No return | First published: December 7, 2007 |
| 2008 | Gift Pack | First published: June 13, 2008 |
| 2010 | My Spirit | First published: February 5, 2010 |
Music videos
| year | title | Director (s) |
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| 2010 | The Spirit & Me & My Special Guitar | Michael Belta |
| 2017 | Here We Are | "Kalle" Marcus Arnoldy, Tommy Kalla |
| 2017 | Soul train | "Kalle" Marcus Arnoldy |
| 2018 | Same mistake |
Awards
German Rock & Pop Prize
- 2017: Winner in the category Best Rock Album (Fly With Me)
- 2017: Winner in the category Best Hard Rock Album (Fly With Me)
Innocent Award (audience award)
- 2019: Winner in the Best Young Talent 2018 category
Web links
- Official website
- Works by and about Bool in the catalog of the German National Library
- BOOL at Soundcloud
- BOOL at Discogs
Individual evidence
- ↑ News: New BOOL album “Fly With Me” will be released in August at rockhard.de
- ↑ Review: BOOL LP - Fly With Me at Artist Reach
- ↑ Review: BOOL LP - Fly With Me by The Ring Master UK
- ↑ Review: BOOL LP - Fly With Me at Sputnik Music.com
- ↑ Info: Klaus Vanscheidt at kvmusic.de