Jennifer Rostock

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Jennifer Rostock
Jennifer Weist Live 2015
Jennifer Weist Live 2015
General information
Genre (s) Rock , alternative rock , electro , punk
founding 2007
Website www.jennifer-rostock.de
Current occupation
singing
Jennifer Weist
Keyboard
Johannes "Joe" Walter
guitar
Alex Voigt
bass
Christoph Deckert
Drums
Christopher "Baku" "Chriz" Kohl

Jennifer Rostock is a German-speaking rock band . She comes from the island of Usedom and is based in Berlin . The Group gained after its founding in 2007 by its appearance at the Federal Vision Song Contest 2008 for the first time national attention.

Band history

Jennifer Weist (2010)

Jennifer Weist and Johannes “Joe” Walter, who grew up in Zinnowitz on the island of Usedom, met in kindergarten. Walter began taking music lessons at the age of five; he first learned the violin , later he played the piano . He met Weist again at a karaoke show when he was 13 and invited her to join his school band No Fame. They tried their hand at rock, pop and swing in different genres, singing first in English, later in German and finally composing their own songs. In 2004 they founded the band aerials.

After finishing school in Rostock, Jennifer Weist and Johannes Walter first met their future producer Werner Krumme at a songwriting workshop . After graduating from high school in the summer of 2006, the two moved to Berlin to actively pursue a music career. There they finally met the three future band members Alex, Christoph and Baku.

There are two versions of the history of the band name. According to the first version, it came about through a misunderstanding. Employees at the Berlin Planet Roc recording studio repeatedly addressed notes for the band to "Jennifer Rostock". Weist commented: "Jennifer, that went to me and Rostock because they knew we were from the coast and Rostock was probably the only city that the studio people up here knew." This working title was ultimately found to be good and as Name adopted. According to the singer , after the second version, the band name came about during the TV show Das Perfekte Promi-Dinner after they had been saved as "Jennifer Rostock" in a friend's cell phone, because they met him in Rostock. This second version was confirmed by Weist in the show Markus Lanz on July 5, 2012 and added to the fact that the name was used for the band because all other suggestions were worse. In the show “ Volle Kanne ” on September 24, 2012, she confirmed the story of the band's name again.

Into the open knife (2008)

The band gave their first concerts as Jennifer Rostock in 2007 and received a record deal from Warner Music . They performed mainly in Berlin scene clubs and played as the opening act for the British bands Chikinki and Gallows . In November, Jennifer Rostock released her first EP Ich want raus hier (I want to get out of here) and it was played by some regional radio stations in Berlin. In February 2008, her debut single was heads or tails in the MTV - rotation included. With this song you entered the Bundesvision Song Contest for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which was initiated by Stefan Raab, and achieved fifth place there. Jennifer Rostock's debut album Ins Offen Messer was released the following day and reached number 31 in the German album charts.

Guitarist Alex Voigt, Jennifer Weist in the background

In the course of 2008, Jennifer Rostock released two more singles from her debut album, Feuer and Himalaya . They performed at the MTV Campus Invasion in Jena in June and played at music festivals and concerts across Germany; in addition, the band had several appearances in Austria and Switzerland . In October they played their song Himalaya at the start of Udo Lindenberg's Germany tour in Rostock.

The film (2009-2010)

Filmmaker Hannes Rossacher accompanied the band for several months and produced a 90-minute documentary that was released in autumn 2009. Jennifer Rostock's second album Der Film was released in July 2009. The record debuted in Germany and Austria in the top 20 of the album charts; The first single You want me to do laundry reached number 34 in the German single charts. On behalf of the Goethe Institute , Jennifer Rostock performed in five cities in Brazil in October 2009 .

In 2009 the band had a guest appearance with the song You want me to wash clothes in the soap opera Good times, bad times .

In November 2009 the single Es tut again weh was released , which was written and composed especially for the film New Moon - Biss zur Mittagsstunde , for the first time as a special bonus track on the German CD and download version of the soundtrack. The physical CD single followed on December 18, 2009, reaching number 48 in the German single charts. The music video shows scenes in which the band is playing the song in a mirrored room and film scenes from New Moon ; Directed by Hagen Decker. The song was promoted three times on television, for the Coca Cola Soundwave Show at the Brandenburg Gate , as part of the MTV Home program and finally for an appearance by singer Jennifer Weist on TV total .

In January 2010, singer Jennifer Weist took part in the celebrity version of The Perfect Dinner .

On June 11, 2010, the second single from Der Film was released with Irgendwo anders . Despite the elaborate presentation with a 3D cover and 3D glasses as an extra, the single did not make it into the German single charts.

With skin and hair (2011-2013)

Drummer Christopher Kohl, here with vomiting (2013)

On April 8, 2011, Jennifer Rostock published the title of her third studio album, recorded in New Jersey , via Facebook. The album Mit Haut und Haar was released on July 29, 2011. The first single, My Microphone , was released as a single on July 15 and was immediately placed at number 49 in the German single charts. Although there have only been two single releases from Mit Haut und Haar so far , the band has already released five music videos: It wasn't all bad , My microphone , The captain , I can't go on and I'm not getting old here . Furthermore, the band on September 29, with the second single release I can not go again at the Federal Vision Song Contest in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, in part, finishing in eighth place this time.

On August 10, 2012, the first live CD / DVD Live was released in Berlin via Warner Music Group . Guest musicians include rappers Sido , Jupiter Jones , Felix from Frau Potz and Nico Webers from War from a Harlots Mouth . The concert was recorded in the Stadtbad Wedding . In Germany, Live in Berlin entered the album charts at number three . The live album reached number 13 in Austria.

In January 2013 the band toured Germany. Jennifer Rostock attracted attention on January 28, 2013 immediately after the performance in Hamburg . The musicians declared on Facebook that they “didn't want to read” the names of the Böhse Onkelz and Frei.Wild on the T-shirts of visitors to their concerts . Protests on Facebook followed, with the result that the group distanced itself in a second statement from the fact that all fans of the two groups were automatically Nazis. In the meantime, the bassist of the band Böhse Onkelz Stephan Weidner had spoken out, who sharply criticized the group.

Sleepless and Kaleidoscope (2013-2015)

Jennifer Rostock (2014)
Jennifer Rostock at the Rocco del Schlacko 2016

In early 2013, the band announced that they would release a new studio album that same year. On September 15, 2013 the band announced on their Facebook page that the album was called Schlaflos and will not be released until January 17, 2014. The album was made again in the USA, among others . The first single from the new album, A Pain and a Throat , has already been released including a music video. On November 10, 2013, Phantombild was followed by the second single. On January 12, 2014, KBAG (No Bock But Guest List) was the third release before the album was released.

On January 28, 2014, the group will start their concert tour to promote the album. The concerts took the band through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The post-hardcore band Marathonmann from Munich will be the opening act .

On October 21, 2014, the band announced the release of a new EP called Kaleidoskop , which contains a total of four new songs and was initially only available as part of the tour of the same name. The EP reached number 66 in the German single charts. The music video for the single Kaleidoskop was released on October 29, 2014 and contains a feature by the singer of the band War from a Harlots Mouth , Nico Webers.

Jennifer Rostock also appeared in the German version of Band Aid 's charity song Do They Know It's Christmas , which celebrated its world premiere on November 21, 2014.

Vote the AfD and exactly in this tone (2016-2017)

On August 30, 2016, the band published a music video on their Facebook page that was directed against the right-wing populist AfD a few days before the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The video was clicked several million times within a few days. Jennifer Weist then received a threatening letter from an AfD supporter.

In September 2016, the band's fifth studio album was released exactly in this tone . It reached second place on the album charts. The song Hengstin , which is stylistically very different from most of the band's titles, attracted particular attention from both critics and the audience . The song addresses feminism and the equality of women. On October 28, 2016, a music video was released in which Jennifer Weist can be seen naked in some settings. The music video also received widespread attention and prompted Bass Sultan Hengzt to do a disstrack , to which the band reacted critically in a new version of the song Envy Make People . The album was accompanied by a tour.

Ten year anniversary of the band, Worst Of Jennifer Rostock and break (since 2017)

On the occasion of the band's ten-year anniversary, Jennifer Rostock released a new album just one year after exactly in this tone . For Worst Of Jennifer Rostock , tracks that the band had worked on in the past but were never released were recorded within a few days. The record also includes a cooperation with the band Grossstadtgeflüster .

After music videos were released for the songs Alles Cool and Haarspray , the band announced a third video entitled The Good Old Times . It was released on November 15, 2017 and was accompanied by a notice in which the band announced a hiatus of indefinite duration ten years after their formation. After the tour in spring 2018, the band members will initially go their separate ways. The band's last concert took place on May 13, 2018 in Berlin's Columbiahalle . According to the musician, there is no resolution in the room. "It just takes some air to breathe deeply so that we can devote ourselves fully to the Rostock project again in the future," it says in a statement.

music

Weist and Walter write the band's lyrics together, and they also compose and arrange the songs. For their work they were in 2009 for the German music author award of GEMA nominated in the category junior. Jennifer Rostock is associated with the music of the Neue Deutsche Welle , especially because of her first single and its similarity to the 80s band Ideal . Overall, however, the group is difficult to classify. The daily newspaper (taz) classified the music in 2007 "between glam - punk , electro-pop and capital city rock ".

Side projects

Jennifer Weist has hosted the weekly music program Update Deluxe on the television channel Deluxe Music since December 2014 .

The keyboardist Johannes Walter also writes songs for other bands and singers, such as the piece Bonfire for Felix Jaehn and Alma .

Alex Voigt, the band's guitarist, has a band called This is Law in addition to Jennifer Rostock , in which he also sings.

Drummer Baku devotes himself to Jennifer Rostock as well as other bands. He was a singer and shouter in the electro / screamo project Bionic Ghost Kids and is a drummer in the punk band Kotzreiz and the indie band BLOODHYPE.

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2008 Into the open knife
Warner Music
DE31 (3 weeks)
DE
- -
First published: February 15, 2008
2009 The movie
Warner Music
DE13 (6 weeks)
DE
AT18 (5 weeks)
AT
CH63 (1 week)
CH
First published: July 10, 2009
2011 With skin and hair
Warner Music
DE4 (11 weeks)
DE
AT7 (6 weeks)
AT
CH58 (1 week)
CH
First published: July 29, 2011
2014 Sleepless
Warner Music
DE2 (6 weeks)
DE
AT5 (3 weeks)
AT
CH40 (1 week)
CH
First published: January 17, 2014
2016 Exactly in that tone
Four Music
DE2 (7 weeks)
DE
AT4 (5 weeks)
AT
CH31 (1 week)
CH
First published: September 9, 2016
2017 Worst of Jennifer Rostock
Four Music
DE6 (5 weeks)
DE
AT11 (2 weeks)
AT
CH69 (1 week)
CH
First published: September 29, 2017

Awards

Nominations

Web links

Commons : Jennifer Rostock  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e Usedom band rocks at the Bundesvision Song Contest for MV ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Anke Radlof December 12, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ankeradlof.de
  2. Jennifer Rostock . FanLexikon.de.
  3. a b Jennifer Rostock (biography) . laut.de.
  4. Jennifer Rostock Band Info & Biography . booni.de.
  5. Video Volle Kanne: Axel Stein and Jennifer Weist (September 24, 2012)  in the ZDFmediathek , accessed on January 30, 2014. (offline)
  6. The winners of the BuViSoCo: Subway To Sally ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . MTV.de. February 15, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mtv.de
  7. Udo Lindenberg thrilled in Rostock. In: Rhein-Zeitung . October 8, 2008.
  8. a b c Jennifer Rostock - News ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Warner Music Germany.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.warnermusic.de
  9. Jennifer Weist at the perfect celebrity dinner ( memento of the original from January 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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.promipranger.de
  10. Fabian Hecken: Stageload : Jennifer Rostock - Dates of the Germany Tour 2013
  11. Alexander Josefowicz: Jennifer Rostock doesn't want any fans of Frei.Wild. In: Hamburger Abendblatt , January 31, 2013.
  12. Onkelz Diss leads to Shitstorm. In: laut.de , January 30, 2013.
  13. in-your-face.de: JENNIFER ROSTOCK: “Never again people with Böhse Onkelz shirts” ( Memento from February 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: in-your-face.de , January 30, 2013.
  14. Cosima Weiske: JENNIFER ROSTOCK MEET WITH FREI.WILD FANS. In: Musikexpress , January 31, 2013.
  15. Christoph Deckert, Christopher Kohl: Interview: Jennifer Rostock. ( Memento of the original from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: Metal Trails music magazine , February 2, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metal-trails.com
  16. ^ Renzo Wellinger: Musikmarkt : Jennifer Rostock: new album Schlaflos and Tour 2014 | with video ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de
  17. 24hourhate : Jennifer Rostock and Marathonmann on “Schlaflos Tour 2014” ( memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 24hourhate.com
  18. ^ " Jennifer Rostock - Kaleidoskop (feat. Nico Webers) " on YouTube, accessed on November 3, 2014
  19. ^ Anti-AfD song: Jennifer Weist receives threatening letter from Jennifer Rostock. In: Berliner Morgenpost . September 2, 2016, accessed September 2, 2016 .
  20. Lots of clichés and again this one okay song. In: laut.de . ( laut.de [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  21. Without a cover in the new video - Jennifer Weist becomes a "stallion". In: N-tv . October 28, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
  22. Bass Sultan Hengzt: "Stute" as a response to Jennifer Rostock - laut.de - News . In: laut.de . ( laut.de [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  23. Clark Senger: The band Jennifer Rostock answers Bass Sultan Hengzt's “Disstrack” . In: Hiphop.de . January 17, 2017 ( hiphop.de [accessed November 20, 2017]).
  24. Jennifer Rostock. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
  25. Jennifer Rostock. Retrieved June 11, 2018 .
  26. http://www.jennifer-rostock.de/#section10
  27. a b c German Music Author Award 2009 - The Nominations ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . GEMA.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikautorenpreis.de
  28. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Jennifer Rostock . In: Die Tageszeitung , December 17, 2007.
  29. https://chimperator-live.de/artists/138-bloodhype
  30. Prize for Pop Culture: Prize for Pop Culture | Categories | Jennifer Rostock - stallion. Accessed December 21, 2017 (German).
  31. Prize for Pop Culture: Prize for Pop Culture | Categories | Jennifer Rostock - Viral AfD song in the run-up to the election in ... Retrieved on December 21, 2017 (German).