Claus Grabke

Claus Grabke (born January 30, 1963 in Gütersloh ) is a German skateboarder , singer and music producer .

Claus Grabke (2009)

Career as a skateboarder

Claus Grabke was a big name in the skateboarding scene in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the German championship 19 times as well as international titles such as the Monster Mastership . Grabke founded a fashion label and a skateboard magazine.

Career as a musician

Grabke is a trained sound engineer . He was already seen as an MTV presenter ; he is a recording studio owner and music producer.

Grabke was the singer of the bands Eight Dayz, Alternative Allstars, Thumb and presented two solo albums ( metal , rock , electro blues , alternative ). In 2012 he joined the opening of Boom! Skate-Deck in Bochum live with the Picturebooks .

Discography

With Eight Dayz

Albums

• Everyday is like a new beginning
• ...coming soon

With Thumb

Albums

• Thumb (1995, EMI )
• Encore ( Thumb - Re-Release , 1996, EMI )
• Exposure (1997, EMI / Victory Records )
• Maximum Exposure ( Exposure - Re-Release , 1998, EMI / Victory Records )
• 3 (2001, EMI / Victory Records )

Singles

• Red Alert (1995, EMI )
• No More Blood (1996, EMI )
• Red Alert 96 (1996, EMI )
• Aside (1996, EMI )
• Sell ​​Myself (1997, EMI )
• Seize the Day (1997, EMI )
• Break Me (1998, EMI )
• Down Like Me (2001, EMI )
• Youth (2001, EMI )

With alternative all stars

• Supersonic Me (1999)
• Rock On (1999)
• 110% Rock (2004)

solo

Albums

• Dead Hippies / Sad Robots (2002)
• Deadly Bossanova (2008)

Singles

• Bluesbird
• Heal Yourself (2000) (with New Rock Conference )

Web links

• Claus Grabke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jan Saudek Documentary Film
2. ↑ skateboard about the opening on April 21, 2012 ( memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.