Hella Donna
| Hella Donna | |
|---|---|
 Anika Karabas live 2013 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock |
| founding | 2003, 2011 |
| resolution | 2010 |
| Website | www.helladonna.com |
| Founding members | |
| Sven Hessel | |
| Cindy Leißner (until 2010) | |
| Niels Leicht (until 2006) | |
| Marius Leicht (until 2006) | |
| Klaus Rudolph (until 2006) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Anika Karabas (since 2011) |
Guitar, vocals |
Sven Hessel |
Bass, vocals |
René Voigt (since 2007) |
Drums |
Christian Scherff (since 2011) |
Keyboard |
Before Pinter (since 2014) |
| former members | |
Bass, vocals |
Sandra Vollrodt (2006) |
Drums |
Tim Lehnert (2006-2009) |
Keyboard |
Heiko Lang (2006-2008) |
Drums |
Alexander Dittrich (2010) |
Keyboard |
Lars-Henrik Lincke (2011-2014) |
Hella Donna is a German pop-rock group from Plauen in Saxony . The band itself describes their style as power pop . The band has existed since 2003.
history
The early years 2003-2005
Hella Donna was founded in 2003 by Cindy Leißner (vocals) and Sven Hessel (guitar) as a cover band . Furthermore, Klaus Rudolph (bass), Niels Leicht (drums) and Marius Leicht (keyboard) played in this “original line-up”. From 2004 the band began to work increasingly on their own titles. In 2005 the first single Hometown Radio was released .
The fateful year 2006
In 2006 there were musical differences among the band members, and the band was changed for the first time. Klaus Rudolph, Niels Leicht and Marius Leicht left the band. In addition to the founding members Cindy Leißner and Sven Hessel, Tim Lehnert (drums), Sandra Vollrodt (bass guitar) and Heiko Lang (keyboard) completed the band. In spring / summer 2006 work began on the debut album Come On . The bass player Sandra Vollrodt tragically died in a car accident in December 2006.
The years 2007–2009
After the painful loss of Sandra Vollrodt, René Voigt (bass) joined Hella Donna in 2007. That year the album Come on was released. Sven Hessel composed the music, the lyrics were written by Elke Gefken, a copywriter friend. The singles Give me Some Time , Starstalker and Come On were released from this album in 2007 . The musicians work on their own songs and on their pop career with the Monopol Records label . The band's songs can be described as guitar pop with rock and punk elements. A video was shot for the song Starstalker in 2007. Since the beginning of 2008 new songs have been written. The album Different Faces was finally released in 2009. The singles here were Liberty , Only You and Good Things . After the front woman Cindy Leißner took a baby break at the end of 2008, she only performed her own songs in the repertoire of live performances. The band performed at the Jump Community Party and the Splash Dive World Cup in 2009 and.
The year 2010
Since Tim Lehnert left the band at the end of 2009, the drummer Alexander "Alex" Dittrich was hired in 2010. This year, the album Different Faces was presented live. At the end of 2010, each musician concentrated on their own musical projects, which led to Hella Donna taking a short creative break. Sven Hessel is working on his own new songs with the guitarist Marcel Sachsenröder. René Voigt also went it alone.
The new beginning 2011
From mid-2011 the band was reorganized alongside Sven Hessel and René Voigt with singer Anika Karabas, drummer Christian Scherff and keyboardist Lars-Henrik Lincke. In 2012 the album Groove On was released . In early April 2012, the song Not the Cure was nominated for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). The band started a remix contest for this song in July 2012 and shot a video in September. In October 2012, Hella Donna were nominated for the German Rock and Pop Prize in the categories of best pop band, best producer and best cover artwork. The winners were in the categories of best producer and best cover artwork. They also won the voting for the “Newcomer Chance Competition”.
The year 2013
At the beginning of February 2013 Hella Donna were nominated again for the HMMA with the song Block by Block in the category “Best Song-Video Game”. The “Groove on Tour” started in March of the same year. At the end of June 2013, Hella Donna signed a record deal with the Italian record company CDF and released the single Not the cure in Switzerland, Slovenia and Italy. A Phillip Larsen remix of the Minecraft song "Block by block" with a video of the same name was released at the end of August. At the same time, three production teams were working on the new single and the new video Lights, Camera & Action . For a remix, the producer PITCHEDsenses was hired together with the US rapper NONE LIKE JOSHUA. This song received a nomination in the Pop category at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. At the beginning of October, a record deal was signed with the record company 7usMediaGroup and the single Not the cure and the album Groove on Edition 2014 were released as remix versions. For the nominations for the German Rock and Pop Prize in the category “Best Pop Song”, Hella Donna took third place, in the category “Best Music Video” second place and in the category “Best Single” first place.
The year 2014
In April 2014 the tour through Germany, Switzerland and Poland took place, where Hella Donna played as the opening act for the British Led Zeppelin tribute band Letz Zep. There was a cooperation with the New European Westling League (NEW) for which an anthem was produced. The single Lights, Camera & Action was released in May and the album Unbreakable in June . In July, Hella Donna appeared in the opening act for Revolverheld and introduced their new keyboardist Davor Pinter here after Lars-Henrik Lincke left the band.
Discography
Albums
- 2007: Come On
- 2009: Different Faces
- 2012: Groove On
- 2013: Groove On Edition 2014
- 2014: EP Groove On NEW Edition
- 2014: Unbreakable
DVDs
- 2010: The best of five good years
Singles
- 2005: Hometown Radio
- 2007: Give me Some Time / Starstalker
- 2007: Come On
- 2009: Liberty
- 2009: Only You
- 2010: Good Things
- 2012: Block by Block - the Minecraft Song
- 2012: Perfect
- 2012: Not the Cure
- 2013: Pictures in a box
- 2013: Not the cure Remixes
- 2014: Lights, Camera & Action