The Jinxs

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The Jinxs are a band from Hanover (not to be confused with the band The Jinx, which is often associated with Nazi punk ). Stylistically, the style of music of the Jinxs can be classified between rock, pop, folk, punk and music with a little electronic touch.

biography

Stagedive on March 22nd, 2019 in the Capitol (Hanover)

The Jinxs were founded in early 1989 in Mellendorf in Wedemark near Hanover. The song "JINX" by Peter and the Test Tube Babies was the inspiration for the band name The Jinxs .

After local success in Wedemark, the band achieved popularity in the Hanover region in 1991 through appearances in the Capitol and in the Bad Musiktheater . In 1993 she published her first sound carrier move , which was self-distributed and became known nationwide , not least through a tour in Russia with the groups Atoll (RUS) and Terry Hoax and winning the Hannover muckt auf competition of the Bild (newspaper) . In 1994 they signed a contract with EMI Music Publishing . In 1997, the single Stars (from the album Whatever They Say ) was released on Sony Music and was the band's biggest commercial success to date , at number 64 in the German airplay charts . These years represented the high point of the band, with appearances at the Hurricane Festival 1997 or the Taubertal Festival 1998.

The band broke up for the first time in 1999, but after a two-year hiatus, The Jinxs got back together in 2001 and played a comeback concert at the Capitol . Further appearances followed u. a. at the Deichbrand Festival . On November 16, 2012, their last big concert ( farewell concert ) took place in the Capitol in Hanover , the band wanted to finally break up (as in 1999). On December 2, 2017, however, the band resumed the tradition of Christmas concerts , which are traditionally performed in the Blues Garage (Isernhagen) . On March 22, 2019, the band performed a birthday concert on the occasion of their 30th anniversary in front of about 1000 spectators in the Capitol.

Band members

  • Kulle / Klaus Steffens ( guitar )
  • Torsten / Torsten Schacht ( vocals )
  • Tommy / Thomas Harms ( drums )
  • Basse / Sebastian Bartels ( bass , vocals)
  • Inga / Inga Schacht ( keyboard , vocals)

former members

  • Frank / Frank Utke (bass until 1996)
  • Chrischi / Christian Müller (guitar, keyboard, clarinet until 2004)

Discography

  • Move (1993): first self-distribution, later SPV , then enola
  • MI Young (1995): first self-distribution, later SPV, then enola
  • Stars , single (1996): enola
  • Whatever They Say (1997): first enola, later Prt or Sony Music
  • Move (1997) digitally remastered : enola
  • 8998 (1999): enola
  • Coming Home - Live from the Capitol Hannover (2001)
  • Infected (2004): Nuturn
  • Get Infected - Live (2005)
  • Sun And Lightning (2009)
  • Sun And Lightning incl. Three bonus tracks (2010): MIG Music

literature

  • Matthias Blazek: The Lower Saxony Band Compendium 1963-2003 - Data and facts from 100 rock groups from Lower Saxony . Celle 2006, p. 80 f. ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0 .
  • The Jinxs: Series of tweets on twitur.com , a Twitter clone

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c [1] Series of tweets about the band's history on the occasion of the band's 30th anniversary. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. ↑ Stefan Gohlisch: The Jinxs stop - but really now , article in the online edition of the Neue Presse (Hanover) , December 20, 2012, accessed on April 8, 2019
  3. ↑ Online edition of the HAZ , March 26, 2019, 00:15, [2] , accessed on April 8, 2019