Stigma (rock band)
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| General information | |
| origin | Hilden , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
| founding | 1997 |
| resolution | 2011 |
| Website | www.stigmamusik.de |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Marcus Modwozinski |
bass |
Tim Schulte |
guitar |
Srdjan "Gigi" Mrdjanov |
Drums |
Sven Hansen |
Stigma was a German alternative rock band from Düsseldorf , which was founded around singer Marcus Modwozinski in 1997 in Hilden .
history
Srdjan Mrdjanov (guitar), Tim Schulte (bass), Sven Hansen (drums) met in 1997 at the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Hilden and founded the band Stigma together with singer Marcus Modwozinski. They recorded their first CD, Take a Look Inside , in 1998 in Tom Albrecht's homebase studio in Gruiten . With Tief in Dir was the first song with German lyrics .
In the summer of 2002, Stigma recorded the first half of their debut album Stigma s / t in the Spacelab studio and shortly afterwards met Wolfgang Rohde , the ex-drummer of the band Die Toten Hosen , who took them to his Rock-am-Turm-Festival in Meerbusch invited. Shortly afterwards he offered the band his support and a publishing deal.
In 2002, Stigma won the Diebels Contest, where they played on the main stage at the Bizarre Festival in Weeze.
2003 followed a demo contract with East West Records ( Warner Music Group ), through which the band was able to record another five German-language songs in the studio. It did not end in a collaboration, but the new recordings provided the band with enough material to release a complete CD with twelve tracks . This happened in April 2003 in self-distribution under the name Stigma s / t , which received many good reviews. The first edition of 500 copies was sold within less than a year.
Many concerts followed throughout Germany and abroad, where Stigma u. a. with Incubus , Such a Surge , Donots , Puddle of Mudd , Die Toten Hosen and Emil Bulls were on stage.
In 2004 the band signed a record deal with the then new record label Goldene Zeiten , which Wolfgang Rhode had founded. On November 2, 2004, the album Ewig im Moment was released with 14 German-language songs, which was distributed throughout Germany.
A music video was shot in 2005 with director Aleksander Bach for the song Katharsis on the album . Katharsis was used worldwide by the Goethe-Institut to convey the German language .
In 2005 Stigma was on tour with her new album and played with Rock am Ring and Rock im Park , among others . At the beginning of 2006, Stigma played an unplugged concert at the UFA-Palast cinema in Düsseldorf . The Live & Unplugged CD was recorded there.
Her third studio album, Komawunderland , was released on April 25, 2008 and was recorded in December 2007 with producer Marius Gabriel Bucur at the Hansahaus Studios in Bonn . In November 2008, after playing many concerts together for eleven years, Stigma decided to take a six-month break. Since April 2009 they could be seen live again and represented on the “Machmalauter” tour of the Toten Hosen.
In 2011 the band decided to split up.
Stigma Live
Marcus
Photo for forever in the moment
Discography
- 1998: Take a Look Inside
- 2001: To Be Honest ...
- 2003: Stigma s / t (Sales: Motor Digital)
- 2004: Forever in the moment (Goldene Zeiten Records / Edel)
- 2006: Live & Unplugged (Goldene Zeiten Records)
- 2008: Komawunderland (Goldene Zeiten Records / Cargo Records)
