Lemon babies

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Lemon babies
Lemonbabies (1998)
Lemonbabies (1998)
General information
origin Berlin , Germany
Genre (s) pop
founding 1989
resolution 2002
Website www.lemonbabies.de
Founding members
Diane Weigmann
Drums , keyboard , vocals
 Julia Gehrmann
Bass , vocals
 Gina V. D'Orio (until 1992)
Drums
 Suzie (until 1989)
Last occupation
Guitar, vocals
 Diane Weigmann
Keyboard
 Katharina "Katy" Matthies (from 1995)
Bass, vocals
 Barbara Hanff (from 1997)
Drums
 Lina van de Mars (from 2000)
former members
bass
 Kaja Vetter (1989–1996)
Keyboard
 Dodo (1992-1995)

The Lemonbabies were a pop band that was founded in Berlin in 1989 . The band was named after a textile company from the 1960s.

history

The band was founded in April 1989 by Diane Weigmann ( guitar , vocals ) and Julia Gehrmann ( drums , keyboard , vocals) together with their friends Gina V. D'Orio ( bass , vocals) and Suzie (drums) in Berlin. In the same year Kaja (bass, vocals) joined them and Suzie left the group.

Initially started without any knowledge of instruments, the band mainly played songs by the Beatles , girl groups from the 1960s and other bands of the time, but also original compositions such as Maybe Someday and Stay With Me . The group performed in clubs and in 1991 found a label (Twang! Records) that released their debut EP Fresh 'N Fizzy . In the same year they won the Berlin Senate Rock Competition . All band members were still going to school at this point and none of the girls were older than 18 years.

At the end of 1992 Gina left the band and was replaced by Dodo. After signing her first major record deal with Dragnet ( Sony Music ) in 1993, her debut album Poeck it was released at the beginning of the following year . In the spring of 1994 they were the headliners on a tour of Germany and shot a music video for their song Maybe Someday , which was broadcast by VIVA .

In 1995 Dodo was replaced by the new keyboard player Katy Matthies and with her the album Pussy! Pop recorded. The Single -Auskopplungen Nothing I Can Do and Keep You In My Arms gained this popularity. On other tours in Germany, the Lemonbabies performed with the Bates and the Doctors, among others . In addition, they worked on the tribute album of the latter (“ GötterDÄmmerung ”) and there were gigs in the Netherlands and Switzerland . The bassist Kaja left the band at the end of 1996. Barbara Hanff, who was just 18 at the time, joined her.

The band and the record company split up in 1997 due to differing views on the way forward. Together with the new manager Markus Linde, who had signed them at Sony Music at the time, the band found a new partner in the label Four Music of the Fantastischen Vier . With the new bassist Barbara Hanff , the Lemonbabies recorded the album Porno at the end of 1997 , which the band presented in a more musically mature way, but which also attracted attention with its artistic nude cover. After the release in April 1998, tours to Italy and France followed.

The album Now + Forever was released on April 14, 2000. The pre-release Carry On came out. The singles Carry On and As Long As You Wait For Me did not achieve the sales figures they had hoped for, although they became known through tours and television appearances, including in the TV series Lindenstrasse . The band played concerts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Turkey and Italy.

In 2002 she took an indefinite break to focus on individual life planning. The music has retained three members: Katy Matthies plays in the Berlin band ¡Más Shake! and works as a communication and exhibition designer (Studio Kaiser Matthies), Barbara Hanff had her band Team Blender for a few years and now also works as a communication designer and Diane Weigmann , as a German-speaking solo artist, has also with her album after the chart success of her debut single Das Beste reached the German charts. The three artists continue to work together on various creative issues (artwork, website).

Discography

  • 1991: Fresh 'N Fizzy (EP)
  • 1994: Poeck It (album)
  • 1995: Pussy! Pop (album)
  • 1998: Porn (album)
  • 2000: Now + Forever (album)

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