Dada (ante portas)

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Dada Ante Portas
General information
origin Horw / Lucerne
Genre (s) Rock , pop rock
founding 1997
Website www.dada-ante-portas.com
Founding members
Pirmin "Pee" Wirz
Guitar , vocals
Lukas "Luc le Bo" Bachmann
Guitar , vocals
Lukas Schaller
Thomas "Thommy" Lauper
Micha "Mitch" Perst (until 2006)
Current occupation
Pirmin "Pee" Wirz
Guitar , vocals
Lukas "Luc le Bo" Bachmann
Guitar , vocals
Lukas Schaller
Simon Ryf (since 2009)
former members
Thomas "Thommy" Lauper

Dada ante portas is a Swiss rock band from Lucerne that was founded in 1997 .

history

The band consists of the singer Pirmin "Pee" Wirz, the guitarists Luc "Luc le Bo" Bachmann and Lukas Schaller as well as the drummer Thommy Lauper and the bassist Simon Ryf. The original bassist Mitch Perst announced that he was leaving the group in 2006. The name of the band ( Dada in front of the doors , see also " Hannibal ante portas ", when Hannibal besieged Rome) is derived from a study by the singer on Dadaism .

Dada ante portas are best known in Switzerland, Germany and Denmark .

The album The Theory of Everything (2008) was the band's most successful to date. It has sold over 25,000 copies and earned the band their first gold record . It was the third album in a row that reached the top 5 of the Swiss album charts and with the single Taking Your Love they had their most successful song to date in 2008.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
CH CH
2001 Playin 'hooky CH44 (4 weeks)
CH
Warner Music Switzerland
2002 Bound for Nowhere CH15 (9 weeks)
CH
Warner Music Switzerland
2004 Seasons change CH3 (20 weeks)
CH
Warner Music Switzerland
2006 Superbixen CH4 (24 weeks)
CH
Gadget Records / phonac
2008 The Theory of Everything CH2
gold
gold

(19 weeks)CH
Gadget Records
2010 The Classics CH2 (23 weeks)
CH
Gadget Records
2013 Bad Weeds Grow Tall CH7 (7 weeks)
CH
Gadget Records
2017 When Gravity Fails CH3 (6 weeks)
CH
Universal Music Switzerland
2019 Hush! CH1 (4 weeks)
CH
6003 records

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
CH CH
2001 Dance Beside the Moon
Playin 'Hooky
CH91 (1 week)
CH
Warner Music Switzerland
2004 She Cries for Someone Else
Seasons Change
CH36 (7 weeks)
CH
Warner Music Switzerland
2008 Taking Your Love
The Theory of Everything
CH20 (20 weeks)
CH
Gadget Records
Another Promise
The Theory of Everything
CH51 (3 weeks)
CH
2009 I Would Give You My Love
The Classics
CH47 (4 weeks)
CH
Gadget Records

More singles

  • 2002: Want You So Badly (Warner Music Switzerland)
  • 2010: Hey Father (Gadget Records)

swell

  1. a b Chart sources: CH
  2. Awards for music sales: CH

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