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Robert Elektrozoo (2013)

Robert Elektrozoo (* 1983 as Robert Petzold in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz ), Germany) is a German blues and rock guitarist, singer and songwriter .

Career

At the age of 18 he founded the Chemnitz band Subcultures In A Fridge . When he moved to Leipzig in 2003, the band broke up. In 2004 he founded the 3apes band together with Robert Schneider and Christian Thurow . Until the breakup in 2016, he was the main stylist of the band as a guitarist and singer and had more than 300 concerts. In 2006 he won the Courage Show Contest with the 3apes band . Since 2017 he has been working as a guitarist and singer with The Residudes .

Private

Elektrozoo has lived in Leipzig since 2003. From 2007–2009 he was part of the jury of the courage show competition. In addition to his work as a musician, he is active as a painter, composer and tailor . Until 2015 he designed and manufactured designer shirts for his own fashion label Zootex - Die Hemdenmanufaktur .

Discography

Albums

  • 2006: 3apes band: Tidy and Well Dressed Gossip (CD, self-distribution)
  • 2006: 3apes band: Live With Winter (CD, self-distribution), Johnny Winter Live Support
  • 2007: 3apes band: Stark Raving Mad (CD, self-distribution)
  • 2008: 3apes band: Stark Raving Mad 2.0 (CD, CASPERHAUSERmusik)
  • 2012: 3apes band: The Unknown Side of Monkey Business (Web Release, CASPERHAUSERmusik)
  • 2015: 3apes band: Shady Monkeys (Web Release, CASPERHAUSERmusik)
  • 2017: The Residudes: Brighter Than Fog (Web Release, CASPERHAUSERmusik)
  • 2018: The Residudes: Degraded From A Jester To A Fool (Web Release, CASPERHAUSERmusik)

Awards

  • 2006: Courage-Show-Contest, Best Music Group
  • 2012: FLYING MUSIC CIRCUS

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ex-singer of 3apes is working on a new project, article in the online edition of the LVZ. Leipziger Volkszeitung, May 18, 2017, accessed on June 9, 2018 .
  2. ^ Tidy and Well Dressed Gossip. Retrieved June 9, 2018 (review).
  3. ↑ Stark Raving Mad 2.0 in the archive of the German National Library. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  4. ^ Flying Music Circus Contest
personal data
SURNAME Elektrozoo, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petzold, Robert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German blues and rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Karl Marx City