Throw That Beat in The Garbagecan!
| Throw That Beat in The Garbagecan! | |
|---|---|
 Reunion concert at the “Lido”, Berlin, 2014 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Nuremberg , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , twee pop |
| founding | 1986, 2014 |
| resolution | 1997 |
| Current occupation | |
| Klaus Cornfield | |
Guitar, vocals |
Oliver "Polli Pollunder" Kolb |
| Lord Ray | |
Keyboard , vocals |
I like Candy X07 |
| Lotsi Lapis Lazuli (until 1993 and from 2014) | |
Drums , vocals |
Alex stings |
| former members | |
Drums |
Rossy (until 1988) |
Drums |
H. K. Animal (1989-1991) |
singing |
Gina V. D'Orio (1994-1995) |
Throw That Beat in The Garbagecan! (or THROW THAT BEAT IN THE GArbAgECAN! ) is a German indie rock band from the 1980s and 1990s.
history
The band was founded in 1986 in Nuremberg by Klaus Cornfield and Oliver Kolb. The band name is borrowed from a song title of the B-52’s . The best-known incarnation of the band consisted of Klaus Cornfield ( vocals , guitar ), Oliver "Polli Pollunder" Kolb (guitar, vocals), Lord Ray ( bass ), Iwie Candy X07 ( keyboard , vocals), Lotsi Lapislazuli (vocals, recorder , Melodica , glockenspiel ) and Alex Sticht ( drums , vocals).
The album debut Tweng! (1988) was recorded without female reinforcement and with a certain lo-fi attitude. In the following year the siblings Iwie Candy X07 and Lotsi Lapislazuli joined the band and helped define the typical Throw-That-Beat-Sound, which for the first time in this form on Large Marge Sent Us! (1989) could be heard. On the first album (1988) Rossy played the drums, on the second (1989) H. K. Animal and on the third album (1991) H. K. Animal (as "Hansel") and finally Alex Sticht shared the drummer position. The first few years of the band's history were recorded by Klaus Cornfield in the comic Throw That Beat In The Garbagecan (1992).
In 1990 Throw That Beat in the Garbagecan were signed by the major label EMI Music (at that time the largest record label in the world), which released all albums from Not Particularly Silly . In the same year they made it onto the cover of Spex .
In 1993 Lotsi Lapislazuli left the band to concentrate on studying graphics. Gina Vaporjieff D'Orio (formerly Lemonbabies ) took over the role of the background singer from 1994. Since the 1994 album Superstar , the band has performed under the shorter name Throw That Beat! on.
The band traveled all over the world (including Japan, USA, Great Britain, Portugal) and played well over a thousand concerts. In 1994 Throw That Beat! at the legendary Roskilde Festival .
Despite the popularity of audiences and music critics at home and abroad, the band's big breakthrough was denied. In 1997 the band broke up by mutual agreement after a tour that was only moderately attended. After the split, Klaus Cornfield, Gina D'Orio, Lord Ray and Alex Sticht continued on stage with various band projects, while the other band members shifted their professional focus to work behind the scenes.
On September 13, 2014 the band gave a concert in the sold out Berlin club Lido after a 17-year break with the classic line-up of Lotsi Lapislazuli and Alex Sticht (and with a guest appearance by Gina D'Orio) . Speculations about the continued existence of the band were not denied convincingly by the band members. On April 16, 2016, a second reunion concert took place in the Künstlerhaus Nürnberg . According to their own statement, they played their very last concert on October 26, 2018 in Hamburg's Knust .
style
The band's musical style is melodic guitar pop with catchy, sometimes sugar-sweet melodies and sometimes playful, almost child-like singing, often contrasted by melancholic, sometimes psychedelic rock epics (which can be easily understood from the first two tracks by Superstar , where the band this contrast consciously stages). The band draws on stylistic elements of beat , rock 'n' roll , garage rock and glam rock and occasionally quotes (especially on the first three albums) the style of children's songs or songs from children's television in instrumentation, themes and melodies . From Superstar (1994) onwards, grunge guitars and occasionally drum computers and strings are also used.
Further typical elements (which, however, do not necessarily have to be present):
- Song keys mainly in major,
- occasional use of the wah-wah effect on the guitar (from 1991),
- clearly audible female background voice , which is partly performed independently of the lead voice (from 1989),
- often polyphonic background choir,
- Electric guitar as the leading harmony instrument ,
- occasional, mostly short, electric guitar solos .
- The keyboard sound is mainly an electric organ sound with chorus and a simulated Leslie effect (from 1989).
With a few exceptions, the lyrics are in English and mostly deal with topics typical of pop, such as being in love and the pain of separation ( Funny, How Love Is , Talkin '' 'bout Love, etc.). The lyrics are often stylistically exaggerated (“Baby!”, “Honey!”), Often humorous or sarcastic ( You Only Think Of Me When There's No Program On TV , Some Alien… etc.). Texts that deal with the subjects of “longing for childhood” or childhood experiences ( A Chocolatbar For Breakfast , Just 16 etc.) fall outside the typical pop context . Occasional song lyrics that are directed at other band members ( Lotsi Go Go Go , Let Me Sit Next to Iwie etc.) are also rather unusual .
The main songwriter was Klaus Cornfield; But the other band members also contributed numerous songs, for which they usually also took on the lead vocals. The visual component was also important to the band: They produced numerous video clips (e.g. no less than six for the album Not Particularly Silly ), some of which were also integrated into the stage show, as well as the short film Cool - the Movie . The record covers were designed in a comic style (except for Sex Tiger ) and some were provided with comic strips penned by Klaus Cornfield and Lotsi Lapislazuli.
Discography
Albums
- 1988: Tweng!
- 1989: Large Marge Sent Us!
- 1991: Not Particularly Silly
- 1992: cool
- 1994: superstar
- 1996: Sex Tiger
- 2016: Back from the Garbagecan - Live at the Lido Berlin
Singles and EPs
- 1989: Bang!
- 1990: Pippi Longstocking
- 1991: A Kiss from You Each Day
- 1991: We Were Waiting
- 1991: A Choclatbar for Breakfast
- 1992: cool
- 1992: I Just Can't Hide It
- 1993: Over & Over
- 1994: The Show Has Just Begun
- 1994: I Won't Give Up
- 1996: Suburbia
- 1996: Fashion Train
Compilations
- 1991: Large Marge Sent Us! And More… (CD with the complete albums Large Marge Sent Us and Tweng as well as the singles Peng! And Pippi Longstocking )
Videos
- 1989: You're Exactly What I Want
- 1989: Under Water
- 1991: A Kiss From You Each Day
- 1991: Je pense toujours à toi
- 1991: She Came from Orion
- 1991: I Wanna Be With You
- 1991: You Only Think of Me When There's No Program on TV
- 1991: A Choclatbar For Breakfast
- 1992: There's Something
- 1992: Save the Way
- 1992: cool
- 1993: Over & Over
- 1994: I Won't Give Up
- 1994: Let's Get Into It
- 1994: The Show Has Just Begun
- 1996: Suburbia
- 1996: Fashion Train
- 1996: Shoot Me With A Pricegun
Web links
- The band's website. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on August 17, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- Throw That Beat in The Garbagecan! at Discogs (English)
- Article in the Pretty Paracetamol blog
- Radio interview with Klaus Cornfield , BR2 Zündfunk (2013)
- Website for the singer / songwriter project by Alex Sticht
Videos
- Video: "A Chocolate Bar For Breakfast"
- Video: "You Only Think of Me When There's No Program on TV"
- Video: "I Won't Give Up"
- Video: "Save the Way"
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the German National Library
- ↑ Spex, issue 1/1991 ( cover picture ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Article on Throw That Beat! in Intro ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Interview with Klaus Cornfield
- ^ Archives of the Roskilde Festival
- ↑ Radio interview with the band on September 12, 2014, 3 p.m., FluxFM
- ↑ Interview on www.satt.org
- ↑ Event at www.lido-berlin.de
- ^ Night culture Nuremberg: Throw That Beat in the Garbagecan! + Support. nuernberg.nachtkultur.info, 2016, accessed on March 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Entry on Discogs
- ↑ Entry on Discogs
- ↑ Video: You're Exactly What I Want
- ↑ Video: Under Water
- ↑ Video: A Kiss From You Each Day
- ↑ Video: Je pense toujours à toi
- ↑ Video: She Came from Orion
- ↑ Video: I Wanna Be With You
- ↑ Video: You Only Think of Me When There's No Program on TV
- ↑ Video: A Choclatbar For Breakfast
- ↑ Video: There's Something
- ↑ Video: Save the Way
- ↑ Video: Cool
- ↑ Video: Over & Over
- ↑ Video: I Won't Give Up
- ↑ Video: The Show Has Just Begun
- ↑ Video: Suburbia
- ↑ Video: Fashion Train
- ↑ Video: Shoot Me With A Pricegun
