Jennifer Rostock
is a German punk rock band that formed in 2007 in Berlin. They first gained national recognition when they competed at the German television event Bundesvision Song Contest in February 2008.
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History
Jennifer Weist (born December 3, 1986)
and Johannes "Joe" Walter-Müller are both natives of the German
Baltic island
Usedom, where they first met in kindergarten. Walter-Müller started to take music lessons as a five-year-old; he initially learned the
violin, later he started to play the
piano. At the age of 13, he met Weist again when she was singing at a
karaoke show, and he invited her to join his school band. They experimented with different genres such as
rock,
pop, and
swing. In the beginning they sang in
English, later in
German, and they eventually wrote their own songs.
[1] In 2004, both founded the band Aerials.
[2]
They met Werner Krumme, who later became their record producer, during a songwriting workshop in
Rostock.
[3] After both finished high school (
Gymnasium
) in the summer of 2006, they moved to
Berlin to pursue a career in music. There they also met their future band members Alex, Christoph, and Baku.
The band's name was originally based on a misunderstanding. Employees at the Planet Roc recoding studios in Berlin repeatedly addressed notes for them to "Jennifer Rostock".
[4] Weist later explained: "Jennifer was directed at me, and Rostock, because they remembered we are from the coast, and Rostock was probably the only town the studio guys knew up there." This working title was eventually embraced by the band and became their official name.
In 2007, the group gave their first concerts as Jennifer Rostock and they signed a recording contract with
Warner Music.
They mainly performed in the Berlin club scene and played as opening acts for the British bands
Chikinki and
Gallows.
In October, Jennifer Rostock released the
EP Ich will hier raus
as a
vinyl record and they first receiving radio airplay by local stations in Berlin. In February 2008, their first single, "Kopf oder Zahl", was placed in
rotation by
MTV Germany. They competed with that song at the
Bundesvision Song Contest, a German television show based on the
Eurovision Song Contest, and came in fifth.
[5] Jennifer Rostock’s debut album,
Ins offene Messer
, was released the following day and reached number 31 in the German album charts.
They released two additional singles from their debut album, "Feuer" and "Himalaya". In June, Jennifer Rostock performed at
MTV Campus Invasion
in
Jena, which was broadcast live by MTV, and they played at music festivals and concerts throughout Germany; they also had several shows in
Austria and
Switzerland. In October, they performed their song "Himalaya" at the tour premiere of German rock musician
Udo Lindenberg in Rostock.
[6]
Music
Jennifer Rostock's line-up consists of
lead vocalist Jennifer Weist,
keyboardist Johannes "Joe" Walter-Müller,
guitarist Alex,
bassist Christoph, and
drummer Baku.
The group's unconventional German lyrics are collectively written by Weist and Walter-Müller who also compose and arrange the songs.
Although difficult to categorise, Jennifer Rostock are sometimes compared to the
Neue Deutsche Welle, especially due to their first single, "Kopf oder Zahl", and its similarities to the German 1980's band
Ideal. The German newspaper
die tageszeitung
described their music as "between
glam punk,
electropop and Berlin-
rock".
[7]
Discography
Albums
| Year
| Title
| Peak positions
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GER
[8]
| AT
[9]
| CH
[10]
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| 2008
| Ins offene Messer
- 1st studio album
- Released: February 15, 2008
- Format: CD
| 31
| —
| —
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Ins offene Messer - Jetzt noch besser!
- Bonus album version
- Released: November 28, 2008
- Format: CD + DVD
| —
| —
| —
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| 2009
| Der Film
- 2nd studio album
- Released: July 10, 2009
- Format: CD
| 13
| —
| —
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Singles
| Year
| Single
| Peak positions
| Album
|
GER
[11]
| AT
| CH
|
| 2008
| "Kopf oder Zahl"
| 48
| 69
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| Ins offene Messer
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| "Feuer"
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| 24
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| "Himalaya"
| 85
| —
| —
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| 2009
| "Du willst mir an die Wäsche"
| 34
| 70
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| Der Film
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EPs
References
- Usedomer Band rockt beim Bundesvision Song Contest für M-V. MVregio. December 12, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Jennifer Rostock. FanLexikon.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Jennifer Rostock (Biographie). laut.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Jennifer Rostock Bandinfo & Biographie. booni.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Die Sieger des BuViSoCo: Subway To Sally. MTV.de. February 15, 2008. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- dpa. Udo Lindenberg begeistert in Rostock. DerWesten. October 7, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Jennifer Rostock. ''die tageszeitung''. December 17, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Chartverfolgung / Jennifer Rostock / Longplay. Musicline.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Discographie Jennifer Rostock. austriancharts.at. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Discographie Jennifer Rostock. hitparade.ch. Accessed December 12, 2008. {{de icon}}
- Chartverfolgung / Jennifer Rostock / Single. Musicline.de. Accessed December 10, 2008. {{de icon}}