Quarterback 40
| Quarterback 40 | |
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 Quarterback 40 at Bochum Total 2016 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Dusseldorf , Germany |
| Genre (s) | punk |
| founding | 2013 |
| Website | www.quarterback40.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Nikolai "Niko" Haug | |
| Elias | |
guitar |
Nils |
| Fabi | |
| Dominic "Dom" Sbarcea | |
Quarterback 40 is a punk band from Düsseldorf .
Band history
Quarterback 40 was founded in 2013. The band is made up of Nikolai “Niko” Haug, better known in the hip-hop scene as the “problem child”, as well as Dominic “Dom” Sbarcea and Elias from the hip-hop band Der Plot , who met at the video battle tournament (VBT). Musically and in terms of image, they are based on American college punk rock, but use German-language texts. The band's name reflects on the quarterback in American football . The band first released individual videos and then a free download EP under the title Best of . The Ruhr Nachrichten put their music video Der gute WM Song to the vote for the hit of the 2014 World Cup . Her debut album Quarterback 40 was released on January 30, 2015 ! via the Sweeep Records label (distributed by Delta Music).
Music genre
Quarterback 40 adapts American pop punk , also known as college rock, with comparable texts that revolve around college life, American football and above all love. They use self-irony and flirt with the loser image from the American Pie film series .
Discography
- 2014: Best of ( EP , download)
- 2015: Quarterback 40! (Album, Sweeep Records / Delta Music)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oliver Marquart: Problem child: After the new album I'm doing punk. Rap.de, January 8, 2013, accessed February 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Quarterback 40: Summary of a Moving Career (EP download). (No longer available online.) JD's Rap Blog, April 23, 2014, archived from the original on February 11, 2015 ; accessed on February 11, 2015 . 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.
- ↑ Wiebke Karla: Ten World Cup songs - but only one hit: vote! (No longer available online.) Ruhrnachrichten.de , May 28, 2014, archived from the original on April 3, 2015 ; accessed on March 27, 2015 . 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.
- ↑ Franz XA Zipperer: QUARTERBACK 40 - in a good mood and pretty positive. Westzeit, January 2, 2015, accessed March 26, 2015 .
- ↑ QUARTERBACK 40: Quarterback 40! (No longer available online.) Punk rock fanzine, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 31, 2015 . 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.
