Silver moon
| Silver moon | |
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 Silbermond (2017) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop-rock , German rock , pop |
| founding | 1998 as Exakt , 2000–2002 JAST , from 2002 Silbermond |
| Website | silbermond.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Stefanie Kloß (born October 31, 1984) | |
| Johannes Stolle (born June 23, 1982) | |
| Thomas Stolle (born September 23, 1983) | |
| Andreas Nowak (born December 30, 1982) | |
Silver Moon is a German pop-rock - band from Bautzen , founded 1998th Her most commercially successful songs include Symphonie (2004), Das Beste (2006) and Irgendwas geht (2009). By 2017 the band had sold around six million records .
history
Origin and predecessor
The members of Silvermoon met in 1998 in the musical youth project Ten Sing the YMCA know. Together with two other members (Juliane Katzer, vocals, and Maximilian Maneck, keyboards) they formed a cover band called Exakt. Two years later the decision was made to found the band JAST - the term is made up of the first letters of the first names of the four. In the early days, the group's repertoire consisted primarily of cover songs and a few original compositions with English texts. With these titles they took part in three competitions. At the BEAT 2000 they took 1st place. At the soundcheck in June 2001 they were named the second best school band in Saxony. In August of the same year they won the Music Act award .
Dissatisfaction with their English texts led the group to their mother tongue. In autumn 2001 the first German-language songs were written, which were supplemented by further compositions in the following months. These were played, still under the name JAST, in May 2002 on the Hutberg in Kamenz as the opening act for the Puhdys , in front of the young band's largest audience until then.
As a silver moon
In June 2002 the musicians performed for the first time with the band name Silbermond when they went on tour with Radio PSR throughout Saxony for two weeks . When looking for a new name, the name was the first suggestion that everyone immediately liked.
This was followed by an appearance on July 5, 2002 at the 10th anniversary of Radio PSR's birthday party in the Leipzig arena in front of more than 10,000 people. In 2003 they came second at the Lucky Star Newcomer Award .
Stefanie Kloß
Johannes Stolle
Thomas Stolle
Andreas Nowak
2004–2005: Waste Your Time
To improve their chances of success, the band members moved to Berlin . The move was accompanied by the television broadcaster Sat.1 in a documentary soap entitled The hard way to fame . In January 2004 Silbermond accompanied Jeanette Biedermann's tour as the opening act . Her debut single Mach's Dirself was released in March . The first album, Verschwende Your Time , was created in collaboration with Valicon producers Ingo Politz and Bernd Wendlandt , who have already worked with groups such as Bell, Book & Candle and Angelzoom . It achieved double platinum in Germany and Austria. In addition to receiving the New Faces Award from Bunte magazine , Silbermond achieved a top 10 position for her single Symphonie in the German charts in 2004 .
From the end of 2004 the band was on tour almost continuously. In April 2005, she released her first concert DVD, Waste Your Time - Live , which went gold. No more single was released from Verschwende Your Zeit , instead a new song was released as a single in March with Zeit für Optimisten .
On July 2, 2005, she took part in the Live 8 concert in Berlin, and on the same evening they were still on the open-air stage in Münster for the anniversary celebrations of the local diocese .
2006–2007: Thought aloud
On April 21, 2006 - accompanied by strong media coverage - the second album by the four musicians was released under the title Laut denk . The first single, Infinite , was released on March 31, 2006. After a hall tour in May 2006, they announced Meer sein as a new single, which was released on July 7, 2006.
On October 6th, the album's third single , Das Beste, was released and as a newcomer it immediately reached number 1 on the German singles hit parade . The Premium / Maxi CD includes four versions of Das Beste (single version, alternative version, Live in Kamenz, instrumental) and the music video. The Premium / Maxi CD also features a new recording of her third single symphony with the Babelsberg German Film Orchestra conducted by Scott Lawton . This version was played live on October 6, 2005 at the Comet Awards.
On December 8th, 2006, the Best Of CD of the befriended medieval rock band In Extremo , on which u. a. Guest groups interpret the songs of this band in a new guise, Silbermond participated with their version of the title Die Gier . On March 30, 2007, the fourth and final single was released The End of the Circle .
2008: collaborations
In 2008 the band released several successful collaborations: The deal with Udo Lindenberg on his number one album Stark wie Zwei and later to the end with rapper Curse , which was released as a single and became a top ten hit. In addition, a new version of Symphony on Rhythms del Mundo - Cubano Alemán was released, underlaid with Cuban sounds .
2009: nothing happened
The third Silbermond album with the title Nothing happened was released on March 20, 2009 and rose to number 1 in the respective charts in Germany as well as Austria and Switzerland in the first week of sales. The pre-released single Irgendwas gehts previously entered the sales charts at number 1. The following second single I do not regret anything reached the top 20 of the German single charts, the third single Krieger des Lichts became a top ten hit.
2012: Heaven
On March 23, 2012 the album Heaven was released . The single of the same name was released on February 3rd. On May 23, 2012, the Silbermond musicians were guest stars in the 5000th episode of Gute Zeiten, Bad Zeiten . The second single FdsmH (For you my heart beats) was released on July 6, 2012, followed by Ja on October 19 .
2015–2017: Light luggage
In the summer of 2015, the band reported on their fifth album Leichtes Gepäck , which will be released in autumn . The album, recorded in Nashville , capital of the US state of Tennessee , was released on November 27, 2015. In May 2016, the 15-concert light baggage tour started , which was expanded to include many more dates and ran until September 2017. More than 300,000 fans saw the show. From May to July 2017 Stefanie Kloß could be seen at Sing my song - Das Tauschkonzert ( Vox ). In November 2017 the album Leichtes Gepäck - Live in Dresden was released .
2018: Steps tour announcement
In April, singer Stefanie Kloß and guitarist Thomas Stolle became parents of a son. The Steps Tour , which includes over 15 arena concerts, has been announced for 2020 .
2019: Steps album
In May, after three and a half years, the band released a new single called Mein Osten . With the song the band wants to address the "current political and emotional drifting apart of people in the East". In November the album Steps was released , from which the single Träum was only decoupled beforehand .
style
The Silbermond members write their own music and play pop-rock with German lyrics. Although mainly ballads like Symphonie , Infinity , Durch die Nacht or Das Beste have appeared as single so far , faster pieces are also represented on the albums. Most of the tracks are written for the band by drummer Andreas Nowak and guitarist Thomas Stolle and then worked out together.
engagement
The predominantly young audience of the band has started numerous campaigns, especially via the Internet, which were supported by the band. To mention the financial support of Charity here is fans help as well as performing benefit concerts , for example, to save one of the insolvency threatened Inclusion -Cafés. The band also supports young bands from their region, e. B. by enabling these appearances in the opening act. Since 2004, they promote the Zittau young band Jenix , including a joint annual concert in Schmochtitz and the performances as their opening act at the Summer Tour 2010. In the same year the project was Silver Moon meets Jenix with mutual cover versions for the victims of earthquake in Haiti . In addition to their environmentally conscious behavior in everyday life, the Silbermond musicians also took part in the global Live Earth campaign on July 7, 2007 . On August 21, 2007 Silbermond opened a new project of the Stiftung Musik hilft e. By participating in a workshop in Leinefelde . V. Well-known bands should spend a day teaching young musicians, especially from socially disadvantaged areas, their skills.
Silbermond has been active against right-wing extremism for many years , for example they organized concerts to support initiatives such as Laut gegen Nazis or the Amadeu Antonio Foundation . This commitment results, among other things, from experiences that members of the bands had in their youth in Saxony. According to their own statement, they played against right at concerts before they were called Silbermond. The band also shows solidarity with the Sorbian people. a. speaks out against the reduction of funding.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
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| 2004 |
Waste your time module |
DE2  × 7
(66 weeks)DE |
AT4th  (56 weeks)AT |
CH18th (53 weeks)CH |
First published: July 12, 2004
Sales: + 750,000 |
| 2006 |
Thought out loud Columbia Records |
DE1 × 3
(75 weeks)DE |
AT1 (47 weeks)AT |
CH3 (65 weeks)CH |
First published: April 21, 2006
Sales: + 660,000 |
| 2009 |
Nothing happens to Columbia Records |
DE1 × 7
(71 weeks)DE |
AT1 (46 weeks)AT |
CH1 (29 weeks)CH |
First published: March 20, 2009
Sales: + 750,000 |
| 2012 |
Heaven on Columbia Records |
DE2 × 3
(54 weeks)DE |
AT2 (21 weeks)AT |
CH3 (44 weeks)CH |
First published: March 23, 2012
Sales: + 325,000 |
| 2015 | Light luggage Waste your time |
DE4th (50 weeks)DE |
AT7th (23 weeks)AT |
CH3 (25 weeks)CH |
First published: November 27, 2015
Sales: + 217,500 |
| 2019 | Steps waste your time |
DE1 (14 weeks) DE |
AT5 (4 weeks) AT |
CH4 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: November 15, 2019
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Solo projects
- 2005: Everything gets better , SOS and full moon ( Silly feat. Stefanie Kloß & Thomas Stolle; on the album Silly & guests - Tempodrom concert )
- 2011: We Are One (Tom Lüneburger feat. Stefanie Kloß; position 82 in the German single charts)
- 2017: Various contributions by Stefanie Kloß in the course of the music show Sing my song - The exchange concert
Awards
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1 live crown
- 2004: National Act
- 2005: Best band
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Bravo Otto
- 2004: Band Pop
- 2005: Superband
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Comet
- 2005: Best Live Act
- 2007: Best Song (The Best)
- 2007: Best Live Act
- 2007: Most successful download song (The Best)
- 2010: Best Video (Warriors of Light)
- 2010: Best band
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ECHO Pop
- 2005: Newcomer of the year national
- 2007: Hit of the Year (The Best)
- 2007: Best Live Act
- 2010: Best group national rock-pop
- 2010: Best Live Act
- 2011: Radio ECHO (Warriors of Light)
- 2011: Honor ECHO for social commitment
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Further
- 2004: New Faces Award
- 2005: Berlin Bear (BZ Culture Prize) for Pop
- 2006: Fred Jay Prize
- 2007: Osgar for music
- 2009: Bambi for Pop National
- 2009: MTV Europe Music Awards for Best German Act
- 2013: Paul-Lincke-Ring
- 2017: Radio Regenbogen Award for Pop National 2016
Publications
- Silbermond: The songbook 2004-2010 . Bosworth Music, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86543-381-7 .
Web links
- Works by Silbermond in the catalog of the German National Library
- Silver Moon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Silbermond on MusicBrainz (English) and JAST on MusicBrainz (English)
- Silver moon at Discogs (English)
- Silbermond website
- Silbermond-Wiki (authorized by the band)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Silbermond Story, VOX, May 30, 2017.
- ↑ kirchensite.de: "Silbermond" and the real star
- ↑ Silbermond shine in the chart firmament , GfK Entertainment, March 2, 2009.
- ↑ SWR3 service: Tickets for Silbermond. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Silbermond 2020 with undercover again on arena tour. Retrieved November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ "What doesn't help are ideas from 1933": Silbermond's sad message to the East. May 11, 2019, accessed November 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Andreas Nowak and Thomas Stolle
- ^ SAL: charity performance by Silbermond . In: Berliner Kurier . September 5, 2006.
- ↑ 30 seconds with… silver moon . In: Bunte . No. 27/2007 , June 28, 2007, People of the Week, p. 10 .
- ↑ Laut gegen Nazis: Silbermond - An Interview
- ↑ Silbermond secure Swiss gold. MusikWoche , July 11, 2012, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Jonas Kiß: Swiss gold for Silbermond. MusikWoche , August 17, 2017, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Pop band Silbermond receives Paul-Lincke-Ring . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . January 18, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2015.