Radio Havana
| Radio Havana | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Suhl , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Punk rock , rock |
| founding | 2002 |
| Website | www.radiohavanna.de |
| Current occupation | |
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| Olli | |
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| Arni | |
Radio Havanna is a German-speaking punk rock band from Suhl . The band members now live in Berlin .
history
The punk rock band Radio Havanna has existed since 2002. Before that, the four members had shared musical experiences, influenced by bands such as The Offspring , Green Day , NOFX , Social Distortion or Pennywise , they started to cover songs, write their own songs and first To play concerts. In 2002 Fichte joined the band as a singer. Inspired by a rancid song, Fichte, Arni, Olli and Anfy gave their band the name “Radio Havanna” in 2002.
After the self-produced demo CD Hossing's brother , the band released their debut album Aus der Traum? on Fatsound Records. The CD was produced by Ronny Keil in Erfurt. Numerous concerts followed, including two extended tours in Germany and Austria. With the successor Generation X (2007), the band continued on the path they had chosen. The second CD was also produced by Ronny Keil and released on Fatsound Rec. In the same year the entire band moved from their home in Suhl / Thuringia to Berlin. In spring 2010 the album Lauter Zweifel was recorded and produced by Florian Nowak in the Daily Hero Studios Berlin. Also produced by Florian Nowak, the band's fourth studio album, Alerta , was released in May 2012 . The latest album was released on the Münster label "Uncle M". In his first song, Whispering, Shouting, Screaming , there is a bilingual duet with anti-flag frontman Justin Sane.
After ten years, the band can look back on more than 250 concerts and five album releases. Radio Havanna has already been a support act for numerous international greats such as Die Toten Hosen , Alexisonfire , Lagwagon , No Use for a Name , Sum 41 , Good Charlotte , Flogging Molly , or A Wilhelm Scream .
Spruce
Olli
Arni
Anfy
With their sixth album Utopia , the band reached the German album charts for the first time and placed 54th.
Political commitment
The band is actively involved in social and political issues, which is not only expressed in the texts, but also in support for the Trailwalker campaign by Oxfam or Titus Dittmann's "skate-aid" foundation. In addition to performing numerous benefit concerts, the band also organized a concert in Berlin in 2011 for the benefit of the initiative Don't feel like Nazis .
Radio Havana appeared as a guest band at Circus HalliGalli . During their performance, they showed signs that read "Antifascista".
The band drew attention to the protests in Turkey on their Facebook profile . In addition, she campaigns for the release of the imprisoned members of the band Pussy Riot and played a benefit concert for the band together with Anti-Flag in the Cassiopeia Club Berlin. For this reason, a banner with the title "Free Pussy Riot" is included on their homepage.
Discography
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Albums
- 2005: out of the dream?
- 2007: Generation X
- 2010: All doubts
- 2012: Alerta
- 2015: Our city is on fire
- 2018: Utopia
- 2020: veto
Singles
- 2010: Knowledge feat. Jim Lindberg, The Black Pacific, The Riverboat Gamblers ( Single )
- 2010: Voice In You (Single)
- 2013: The Struggle (single)
Others
- 2004: Punkchartbusters Vol. 5 ( Sampler )
- 2020: Gossenhauer (bonus CD with cover songs - released together with Veto )
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] , additional text.
- ↑ Chart tracking: DE
- ↑ Radio Havanna: The track-by-track for the cover album "Gossenhauer". In: MoreCore.de. January 17, 2020, accessed on January 28, 2020 (German).
