Red Letter Day
| Red Letter Day | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Hamburg , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Indie pop |
| founding | 1989 |
| resolution | 1995 |
| Last occupation | |
| Oliver Goetzl | |
Vocals, guitar
|
Gerrit Herlyn |
| Florian Braunschweig | |
| Stephanie Hendel | |
guitar |
Thomas Overdick |
Red Letter Day was a Hamburg band founded in 1989 .
history
The band developed partly from the Jesterbells , where two of the four founding members of Red Letter Day ( Oliver Goetzl - vocals and drums and Gerrit Herlyn - vocals and guitar) already played together. The two were complemented by Florian Braunschweig (bass) and Stephanie Hendel (violin). The band was founded in the summer of 1989 and in the same year recorded their first 7 ″ vinyl EP untitled , which they released on Oliver Goetzl's indie pop label Marsh-Marigold Recordspublished. Numerous concerts and club tours followed in 1990 and 1991: a considerable fan base grew, especially in East Germany. In 1992, Thomas Overdick was added as the second guitarist. The band left a total of five releases - including two albums - before they broke up in 1995. Oliver Goetzl, Gerrit Herlyn and Thomas Overdick then continued to make music together as Knabenkraut and in 2015 celebrated the 20th anniversary of this still active Hamburg guitar pop band.
Red Letter Day's style is indie pop .
Discography
Albums
- 1990: Untitled (LP / Mini-Album, Marsh-Marigold Records )
- 1991: The Absurd Garden (LP, Marsh-Marigold Records)
Singles
- 1989: Untitled (7 ″ -EP, Marsh-Marigold Records)
- 1990: It's Absurd (7 ″ Split Flexi with Die 5 Freunde , Marsh-Marigold Records)
- 1993: Table and Chairs (3 ″ -CD, Marsh-Marigold Records)
Compilation Contributions
- 1989: Fall Apart on Turquoise Days (cassette, Red Roses For Me, England)
- 1990: Diary Without Words on El Dorado (LP, Roman Cabbage Vinyl)
- 1990: Arrived on Did the Sheep Eat the Flower or Not (Cassette, Blam-A-Bit)
- 1990: Killing Time on Mind The Gap (cassette, Mind The Gap)
- 1990: Fondest Wish on Heaven Sent (cassette, Heaven Sent Records)
- 1992: From Far Away on Nachtsonne (cassette, Pearl Fanzine)
- 1993: Hibernation , Reception Girl , It's Absurd on The Marsh Marigold Review / gold 01-10 (CD, Marsh-Marigold Records)
- 1993: Aeolian Harp (vinyl version) on Calling At Duke Street (LP, A Turntable Friend)
- 1993: Blues on The Noise And The Melodies - The Pearl-Compilation (CD, Pearl-Fanzine)
- 1995: I Can't Make Love To You Anymore on A Tribute To Felt (CD, Elefant Records, Spain)
- 1997: Aeolian Harp , Walls on The 2nd Marsh Marigold Review / gold 11-20 (CD, Marsh-Marigold Records)
- 1997: Aeolian Harp , Walls on Marsh Marigold Review 2 / gold 11-20 (CD, Quince Records, Japan)
- 1997: Killing Time on Mind The Gap: The Compilation-Tape (CD, Mind The Gap)
- 1998: Untitled on Proud And Wild Forever (cassette, Marsh-Marigold Records)
Web links
- Red Letter Day at Discogs (English)