Oomph!

Oomph!
Oomph! live at the Blackfield Festival 2010
General information
origin	Braunschweig , Germany
Genre (s)	New German hardness , crossover , electronic body music (1989–1992)
founding	1989
Website	www.oomph.de
Current occupation
Vocals , drums	Dero Goi alias Stephan Musiol
Guitar , keyboard , backing vocals	Andreas Crap alias Thomas Döppner
Guitar, sampling , backing vocals	Robert Flux aka Rene Bachmann
Support with appearances
Bass (1995-2001)	Tobi alias Tobias Gloge
Bass, backing vocals (since 2002)	Hagen alias Hagen Gödicke
Keyboard , backing vocals (2012-2016)	El peace
Keyboard , backing vocals (2016-2020)	Felix
Percussion , backing vocals (2012-2018)	Okusa alias Patrick Lange
Drums, backing vocals (2012-2013, since 2016)	Silvestri
Percussion, backing vocals (2014-2016)	Martin Bode
Drums , backing vocals (1995–2012)	Léo alias Christian Leonhardt

Singer Dero Goi performing at the Nocturnal Culture Night Festival 2015.

Oomph! is a German rock band from Braunschweig , which was founded in 1989 in Wolfsburg .

history

The early years

Dero , Flux and Crap decided in 1989 at an independent festival in Wolfsburg that their band Oomph! to found. All three members were previously involved in other projects. Flux was already producing music under the name New Scientists in 1986 (together with Uwe Kallenbach, who later founded the band Syntec ). In 1987, Dero and Crap, who had known each other since early childhood, joined the group that was subsequently renamed Cunning Toy. Cunning Toy formed the basis for the later formation of Oomph! . The band name was found by the band in an old English dictionary and means something like "that certain something", " sex appeal ", "energetic" or "swing". The exclamation mark is part of the name.

Right from the start, the musicians tried to combine electronic and guitar-heavy sounds. DAF and Die Krupps in particular were named as early inspirations . The group first attracted attention when their early recordings were regularly played in the Linientreu discotheque in Berlin . In 1990 they were finally discovered by the producer Jor Mulder for the electronics label Machinery Records and signed. With the debut of the same name Oomph! the band was able to make a name for itself mainly in the EBM environment. The music magazine Zillo chose her as one of the newcomers of the year.

In 1992/1993 they achieved international recognition with the Maxi Ich bin Du . a. in the USA ( Billboard ) and also made it into the top 10 of the independent charts via college radio there.

1993 followed the first US appearance in the sold out New York club " Limelight " and the production of the first video clip. The group for Machinery Records was also represented at the New Music Seminar . The single Breathtaker was then also released in North America through a collaboration with the independent label Futurist .

On the second studio album Sperm (1994), influenced by groups such as Sepultura , Prong and Pantera , there was a strong tendency towards the crossover genre. The music video for the single Sex caused a first scandal for the group, as it was u. a. showed a couple over 80 having sexual intercourse ; an uncensored version was finally released on VHS cassette . The American music magazine Billboard described the music as “Sepultura meets DAF ” .

The third album Defekt (1995) continued the heavier guitar sound of the predecessor, with the Synthe sound of the early releases fading into the background. During the tour, major labels first became aware of the group. The music video for the released single Ice-Coffin was made during another stay in New York.

The singles and remixes of these early band years appeared in 1998 on the 1991–1996 compilation The Early Works .

way to success

The album Wunschkind brought the first big successes in Germany. Although the band dealt with issues such as abuse with this concept album , the song INRI vs.Yahwe became another club hit. The reviews of the big music magazines were mostly positive and thus gave the group nationwide popularity. In 1996 a sampler with the bands Cubanate and Think About Mutation was published under the title Suck-Taste-Spit , but it only contained material that had already been published. In 1997, the musicians and the group Such a Surge contributed a remix for the B-side of the single Good God by the American band Korn . In 1998 the label changed to the major Virgin Records in Munich. In the same year, the group's fifth album, Unrein , was released, reaching number 37 for the first time in the German charts. The decoupled singles Crucified and Our Rescue were lyrically critical of religion, which is also reflected in the other songs on the album.

The big breakthrough came in 1999 with Plastik and the singles The White Light and Fever (feat. Nina Hagen ). The group also toured with the Finnish rock band HIM in 2001 . The following year he participated in the first European branch of Ozzfest with Ozzy Osbourne , Bad Religion and others.

In February 2004 they landed with their eyes open! a number one hit in Germany . The album Truth or Dare made it to second place in the German album charts and achieved gold status . The successor single Brennende Liebe also made it into the German top 10 . In December 2004 they got eyes open ! Gold and were also voted best band 2004 at the 1 Live Krone . Open eyes! was also found on the soundtrack of the video game FIFA 2005 .

In March 2006, Oomph! from the television station RTL transmitted Pop Echo excluded -Verleihung. The station had concerns about the song God is a pop star because of the discussion about the Mohammed cartoons . Other radio and television stations also refused to play this title. In the text it says, among other things, " I give you love, I give you hope, but only in appearance, because the masses want to be deceived ".

The two compilations Delikatessen and 1998–2001: Best of Virgin Years - Singles & Rarities were also published in 2006 . In addition to the well-known singles and B-sides, there were also rarer pieces such as the Frankie Goes to Hollywood cover The Power of Love . The single Gekreuzigt was also re-released as a new recording and with a new video clip. The following year, Rohstoff was followed by a DVD with a complete concert from Berlin's Columbiahalle . Music videos, making-of material and interviews were also included on an additional DVD .

On February 9, 2007, Oomph! together with Die Happy front singer Marta Jandová for Lower Saxony the third Bundesvision Song Contest with her single “ Träumst du Träumst? ", Which reached the top 10 of the German single charts. Thus the Bundesvision Song Contest took place in Lower Saxony in 2008, at which they made an appearance as the winner of the previous year.

At the Wok World Championship , which took place on March 9, 2007 in Innsbruck , Oomph! part. During the first run, Dero suffered a concussion in an accident. Since he then had to go to the hospital, the band did not take part in the competition. In April, however, Oomph were able to make their first appearance in Russia with a concert in Moscow .

In 2008 the top 10 album Monster , from which the song Wach auf! also as the theme song for the movie Aliens vs. Predator 2 was used.

In 2010, the band contributed a title to the album A Tribute to Die Fantastischen Vier with Harvest what we sow . In addition, the best-of album Truth or Dare was released internationally , which contains successful songs from recent years in English.

On May 18, 2012 the album Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute was released. With the European tour of the same name, Oomph! on tour with the Swedish rock band Blowsight .

On July 31, 2015, a new album, XXV, was released for the band's 25th anniversary. The album made it into the top 10 of the German album charts and was presented live for the first time at the Wacken Open Air . In autumn 2015 a tour took place together with Schwarzer Engel . In 2016 the band toured with the anniversary concerts "XXV". In December of that year they played their first concert in Mexico .

At the end of 2018, the group performed again with the Globalis Orchestra in Moscow, playing mainly classics from the band's history in the style of classical music. On January 18, 2019, the new album Ritual was released , which entered the German album charts at number 1 for the first time. After a European tour in March, an extended tour through Russia and Ukraine was announced for September 2019 . a. with performances in Vladivostok , Kiev and Moscow.

Discography

→ Main article : Oomph! / Discography

Studio albums

year	Title record label producers	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label / producer , placements, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	AT	CH
1992	Oomph! Machinery Records Jor Jenka	-	-	-	First published: January 1992 Catalog number: MA 8-1
1994	Sperm Dynamica (Machinery Records) Jor Jenka	-	-	-	First published: April 25, 1994 Catalog number: DY 6-2
1995	Defect Dynamica (Machinery Records) Jor Jenka	-	-	-	First published: May 22, 1995 Catalog number: DY 15-2
1996	Wunschkind Dynamica (Machinery Records) Rene Bachmann (Flux), Thomas Döppner (Crap), Stephan Musiol (Dero)	-	-	-	First published: October 21, 1996 Catalog number: DY 21-2
1998	Unrein Virgin Records ( EMI Music ) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Stephan Musiol	DE37 (4 weeks) DE	AT38 (2 weeks) AT	-	First published: February 27, 1998 Catalog number: 7243 8 45463 2 8
1999	Plastic Virgin Records (EMI Music) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Stephan Musiol	DE23 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	First published: October 8, 1999 Catalog number: 848090 2
2001	Ego Virgin Records (EMI Music) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Stephan Musiol	DE21 (6 weeks) DE	AT60 (1 week) AT	-	First published: July 6, 2001 Catalog number: 7243 8 10637 2 9
2004	Truth or Dare Super Sonic ( Sony Music ) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Stephan Musiol	DE2 platinum (22 weeks)DE	AT2 (17 weeks) AT	CH7 (15 weeks) CH	First published: February 16, 2004 Sales : +200,000 catalog number: 82876589372
2006	GlaubeLiebeTod GUN Records (Sony Music) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Stephan Musiol	DE5 gold (21 weeks)DE	AT16 (9 weeks) AT	CH23 (5 weeks) CH	First published: March 24, 2006 Sales: +100,000 Catalog number: 82876 80833 2
2008	Monster GUN Records (Sony Music) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Stephan Musiol, Christian Wolff	DE8 (9 weeks) DE	AT19 (5 weeks) AT	CH27 (4 weeks) CH	First published: August 22, 2008 Catalog number: 88697 283712
2012	The madness of fat booty Columbia Records (Sony Music) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Stephan Musiol	DE15 (2 weeks) DE	AT41 (1 week) AT	CH71 (1 week) CH	First published: May 18, 2012 Catalog number: 88697636612
2015	XXV Airforce1 ( Universal Music ) Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Simon Michael , Stephan Musiol	DE10 (3 weeks) DE	AT42 (1 week) AT	CH59 (1 week) CH	First published: July 31, 2015 Catalog number: 06025 4739529
2019	Ritual Napalm Records Rene Bachmann, Thomas Döppner, Chris Harms , Stephan Musiol	DE1 (8 weeks) DE	AT12 (1 week) AT	CH24 (3 weeks) CH	First published: January 18, 2019 Catalog number: 840588118946

Awards

• 1 live crown
  • 2004: in the category "Best Band"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephan Musiol / Dero Goi at Discogs
2. ↑ Thomas Döppner / Andreas Crap at Discogs
3. ↑ Rene Bachmann / Robert Flux at Discogs
4. ↑ Tobias Gloge at Discogs
5. ↑ Hagen Gödicke at Discogs
6. ↑ Martin Bode at Discogs
7. ↑ Christian Leonhardt at Discogs
8. ↑ ^{a b} pons de-en, keyword oomph accessed June 6, 2015
9. ↑ Liner Notes for the new edition of Oomph! , 2019
10. ↑ Portrait on laut.de
11. ^ TV report from New Rock TV
12. ↑ Entry at discogs.com
13. ↑ Uwe Rothhämel: Interview with Oomph! In: New Life Soundmagazine , issue 5/94, page 7, May 1994
14. ↑ Review of tongues of destruction
15. ^ New Life Soundmagazine , Issue 5/94, page 23, May 1994
16. ↑ Review of Rock Hard
17. ↑ mucke-und-mehr.de: Interview with Oomph !, 1998 ( memento of the original from August 15, 2012 on WebCite ) 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. 
18. ↑ TV interview of the MDR
19. ^ Press release from Napalm Records
20. ↑ Review of Rock Hard
21. ↑ Entry on Suck-Taste-Spit at discogs.com
22. ↑ Entry on Good God at discogs.com
23. ↑ Chart positions in Germany
24. ↑ burnyourears.de: Interview with Crap, 2007
25. ^ Volume chronology
26. ^ Concert review of the Visions
27. ↑ FIFA 2005 playlist
28. ↑ Review of raw material from laut.de.
29. ↑ Entry on setlist.fm
30. ↑ Entry at Bandsintown
31. ↑ Concert announcement at inyourpocket.com
32. ↑ Announced on the band's website and trailer with announcement on the Napalm Records YouTube channel. Accessed on November 17, 2018.
33. ↑ Tour dates on the band's homepage

literature

• Sonic Seducer (ed.): Oomph! Chronicle . Oberhausen, Thomas Vogel Media, 2017, ISBN 3958970699 .
• Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Last exit: Germania - a phenomenon called New German Hardship . Berlin, Iron Pages Verlag Jeske & Mader, 1999, ISBN 3-931624-12-9 .

Web links

Commons : Oomph!  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Oomph! at laut.de
• Oomph! at Discogs (English)