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The happy
The Happy at the 25th Anniversary Acoustic Tour 2018 in Gruenspan
The Happy at the 25th Anniversary Acoustic Tour 2018 in Gruenspan
General information
origin Ulm , Germany
Genre (s) Alternative metal , alternative rock , nu metal , crossover , post-grunge
founding 1993
Website www.diehappy.de
Founding members
Marta Jandová
Thorsten Mewes
Marcus Heinzmann (until 1996)
Julian Rosenthal (until 1994)
Current occupation
singing
 Marta Jandová
guitar
 Thorsten Mewes
bass
 Ralph Rieker (since 1999)
Drums
 Jürgen Stiehle (since 1999)
former members
bass
 Frede Ferber (1994-1999)
Drums
 Holger Fiesel (1996–1999)

Happy is a German band from Ulm . The English name ("die happy") is a slang variant of the broken neck and leg .

history

  • Happy at a gig in Lingen 2001

  • Guitarist Thorsten Mewes performing in Lingen in 2001

  • Bassist Ralph Rieker performing in Lingen in 2001

The band was founded at the end of 1993 by the guitarist Thorsten Mewes, the bassist Julian Rosenthal, the drummer Marcus Heinzmann and the singer Marta Jandová . Mewes and Heinzmann knew each other from a band that had split up shortly before. In the course of time they came across Julian and Marta, who had immigrated from the Czech Republic only a few days earlier .

The Happy 1998 was one of the first bands to the tape pool from the predecessor of today's Pop Academy were supported. In the same year Die Happy won the young talent competition Baden-Württemberg rocks .

The band experienced a big career boost in 2001 with their single Supersonic Speed from the album of the same name, which made it into the top 50 of the German single charts. Since then, Die Happy has been able to build a broad fan base through regular music albums and numerous concerts. The released records have had different chart successes, at least the studio albums from Supersonic Speed onwards all made it into the German album Top 100 .

The Happy at the Blacksheep Festival 2014
Marta Jandová at the Blacksheep Festival 2014

With their album Four & More Unplugged , which was released on November 11, 2005, Die Happy fulfilled their dream of recording many of the rock songs as acoustic versions . In addition to the rock shows, the band also repeatedly completed tours with acoustic shows.

When Marta announced that she would be represented as a juror on the talent show Popstars in 2010 , this engagement sparked violent protests among fans. The band then made the statement that Marta's work on television had nothing to do with Die Happy and that the music would not suffer as a result.

The Happy performed their 1000th concert on February 11, 2012 in the Roxy in Ulm .

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
1994 Better Than Nothing - - -
In-house production
1996 Dirty Flowers - - -
In-house production
1997 promotion - - -
In-house production
2001 Supersonic speed DE43 (7 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: February 19, 2001
2002 Beautiful morning DE15 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT51 (6 weeks)
AT 		-
First published: April 15, 2002
2003 The Weight of the Circumstances DE6 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (6 weeks)
AT 		CH53 (4 weeks)
CH
First published: August 25, 2003
2004 Bitter to Better DE9 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT40 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH51 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: September 12, 2005
2006 No nuts, no glory DE28 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: November 13, 2006
2008 VI DE13 (3 weeks)
DE 		AT74 (1 week)
AT 		-
First published: May 5, 2008
2010 Red box DE30 (2 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: October 8, 2010
2014 Everlove DE35 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: February 28, 2014
2020 Guess What DE39 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: April 10, 2020

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2005 Four and More Unplugged - - -
First published: November 11, 2005
2012 1000th Show Live - - -
First published: November 23, 2012

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2009 Most Wanted DE51 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: August 3, 2009

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
2002 Goodbye
beautiful morning 		DE63 (7 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: March 4, 2002
Not That Kind of Girl
Beautiful Morning 		DE99 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: June 17, 2002
2003 Everyday's a Weekend
The Weight of the Circumstances 		DE96 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: September 15, 2003
2005 Big Big Trouble
Bitter to Better 		DE41 (7 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: August 15, 2005
I
am bitter to better 		DE75 (6 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: October 28, 2005
2006 Wanna Be Your Girl
No Nuts No Glory 		DE80 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: October 13, 2006

More singles

  • 2000: Supersonic Speed
  • 2001: Like a Flower
  • 2001: One Million Times (Promo only)
  • 2002: Cry for More
  • 2003: Big Boy
  • 2004: Slow Day
  • 2006: The Ordinary Song
  • 2008: Peaches
  • 2008: Still Love You
  • 2010: Dance for You Tonight
  • 2011: Anytime
  • 2014: I Could Die Happy
  • 2019: Love Suicide

Video albums

  • 2003: The Weight of the Circumstances (October 6, 2003)
  • 2004: 10 - Live and Alive (July 5, 2004)
  • 2008: VI (Limited-Edition) (April 18, 2008)

swell

  1. ↑ Alternative Metal. (No longer available online.) MusicMight, archived from the original on January 7, 2014 ; Retrieved August 23, 2009 . 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.musicmight.com
  2. ↑ diehappy.de: Biography ( Memento from March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.dwdl.de/story/25826/popstarsjury_prosieben_wirbt_bei_rtl_und_zdfneo_ab/
  4. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH

Web links

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