KIM?
| KIM? (Child in the stomach?) | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Sonthofen , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Punk rock |
| founding | 2001 |
| Website | www.kim-fragezeichen.de |
| Founding members | |
| El Manu | |
guitar |
Gnagg Flow |
| Trip Tom | |
| Benny from Schaumschlag | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, bass, guitar |
Trip Tom |
Drums |
Benny from Schaumschlag |
| former members | |
Guitar, vocals |
Allexx Pau-Lee |
guitar |
Rocky Bee |
guitar |
Bugx |
KIM? formerly a child in the stomach? is a music group that was founded in 2001 in Sonthofen . The band plays melodic punk rock with mostly German lyrics.
history
Child in the stomach? was founded by four students on December 24, 2001 during a party in Sonthofen. The band name came about when a doll accidentally landed on the grill and someone stuck a fork in the melting toy. The young musicians gave themselves the stage names El Manu, Gnagg Flow, Trip Tom and Benny von Schaumschlag. El Manu played the electric guitar and Benny, who also wrote most of the lyrics, the drums; Guitarist Gnagg Flow and bassist Trip Tom were also responsible for the vocals. The band made their debut with the self-published album Nutrients in the Brain Make Mood and the EP Leben Leben! in the year 2004.
The album Die Kinder vom Bahnhof SoHo , which was released on The Rocking Ape Records in 2005 , contains hard punk rock pieces as well as two ballads and a song that was recorded with purely acoustic instruments. The lyrics revolve around the hometown of the band Sonthofen. The book Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane F. was the inspiration for the title of the album . In one piece, Trip Tom plays the keyboard. Claus Grabke produced the advance single Stadt der Winde .
In 2006, the band was now based in Bochum, the album Engel with colorful tattoos was released with Rocky Bee on guitar alongside Trip Tom and Benny von Schaumschlag.
In summer 2008 the group consisted of the members Bugx on guitar, Trip Tom and Benny von Schaumschlag. You reduced your band name to the abbreviation KIM? and worked with producer Moritz Enders on completing Allez! Allez! Allez! . The album was released on Columbia / Sony Music in August 2009 . The first single Wolfsherz was selected by Sport1 as the title song of the 2009/10 Handball Bundesliga .
After changing guitarists over the years, does KIM exist? since 2011 and the making of the album Are you watching? , which was released in May 2011 on Rocking Ape Records , still from the two musicians Trip Tom and Benny von Schaumschlag. The band was touring Germany from the end of 2002 to the end of 2011 and gave concerts in clubs, youth centers and at festivals. Trip Tom traveled with the Corner Boys , who accompanied T. V. Smith on his Germany tour in 2006, and is active as a guitarist in the band Cryssis . He also supports She MC as a guest musician on their album Shenesisch for beginners and in the video for the song Princess .
Discography
Albums
- 2004: Nutrients in the brain create mood
- 2005: The children from Soho Station
- 2006: Angels with colorful tattoos
- 2009: Allez! Allez! Allez!
- 2011: are you watching?
- 2014: log cabin
EPs
- 2004: Live Live!
- 2007: We against the world
Singles
- 2005: City of the Winds
- 2009: Wolf Heart
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Langlotz: Child in the stomach ?: Interview with Trip Tom. powermetal.de, accessed on January 28, 2013 .
- ↑ acoustic shock: child in the stomach? - Soho Train Station Children 2005. (No longer available online.) September 28, 2005, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 28, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thomas Eberhardt: Kind in the stomach - angels with colorful tattoos CD. Ox Fanzine , December 31, 2006, accessed January 28, 2013 .
- ↑ Ind in the stomach? last.fm , accessed January 28, 2013 .
- ↑ Oliver Lippert: KIM ?: "Wolfsherz" is the DSF anthem for the start of the Toyota Handball Bundesliga 2009/2010. (No longer available online.) August 14, 2009, archived from the original on January 9, 2010 ; accessed on April 20, 2018 .
- ^ Corner Boys. (No longer available online.) Dumming Monkey Records, archived from the original on June 25, 2013 ; accessed on April 20, 2018 .
- ↑ She MC - Princess. (No longer available online.) Rocking Ape Records Videos, archived from the original on October 25, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2013 . 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.
