Kettcar
is an indie pop music band based in Hamburg, Germany.
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History
Former German
punk rock great Marcus Wiebusch of
...But Alive and bass player Reimer Bustorff, who were both members of
ska band Rantanplan, decided in 2001 to break away from punk's and ska's traditions of aggressive, political lyrics in favor of developing a more emotional, laid-back style. Together with Erik Langer (guitar), Frank Tirado-Rosales (percussion) and Marcus' brother Lars Wiebusch (keyboard), they formed Kettcar as a guitar pop group exploring the experiences of grown men in their 124,675,142,635,645,
When they failed in finding a label to publish their finished first album "
Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden
", Marcus Wiebusch and Bustorff banded together with
Tomte-singer Thees Uhlmann and formed the independent music label
Grand Hotel van Cleef out of Wiebusch's own B.A.-Records and Uhlmann's label Hotel van Cleef. In early 2002 "
Du und...
" became the first record to be released by the new label. Its success, while still moderate, exceeded expectations by far and Kettcar became darlings of the German music press.
Today the label is successful in Germany, having signed a number of other independent artists and releasing LPs from such acts as
Death Cab for Cutie in Germany, and takes up most of the band members' time. But they managed to record and release the even more successful second album "
Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Händen
". Their third album
Sylt was released on April 18th 2008.
Discography
Albums
- Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden
(2002) (You and how many of your friends
)
- # Volle Distanz (Full Distance
)
- # Ausgetrunken (Drunk Up
)
- # Money left to burn
- # Wäre er echt (Would he be real
)
- # Landungsbrücken raus (Landungsbrücken [an area of Hamburg's waterfront] Out
)
- # Balkon gegenüber (Opposite balcony
)
- # Jenseits der Bikinilinie (Beyond the Bikini-line
)
- # Lattenmessen (Crossbar measuring
)
- # Im Taxi weinen (Crying inside of the cab
)
- # Hiersein (Being here
)
- # Ich danke der Academy (Thanks to the Academy
)
- Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Händen
(2005) (Of sparrows, pigeons, Roofs and hands
)
- # Deiche (Levees
)
- # Die Ausfahrt zum Haus deiner Eltern (The gateway to your parents' house
)
- # 48 Stunden (48 hours
)
- # Einer (One
)
- # Tränengas im High-End-Leben (Teargas in High-End-Life
)
- # Balu
- # Stockhausen, Bill Gates und ich (Stockhausen, Bill Gates and Me
)
- # Anders als gedacht (Other than thought
)
- # Die Wahrheit ist, man hat uns nichts getan (The truth is, one hasn't done anything to us
)
- # Handyfeuerzeug gratis dazu (Cellphone-Lighter thrown in
)
- # Nacht (Night
)
- Sylt
(2008)
- # Graceland
- # Nullsummenspiel (Zero-Sum-Game
)
- # Am Tisch (At the table
)
- # Kein Außen mehr (No outside anymore
)
- # Wir müssen das nicht tun (We don't have to do this
)
- # Fake For Real'
- # Geringfügig, Befristet, Raus (Negligible, limited, out
)
- # Agnostik für Anfänger (Agnosticism for beginners
)
- # Verraten (Out [Of The Bag/In The Open]
)
- # Dunkel (Dark
)
- # Würde (Dignity
)
- # Wir werden nie enttäuscht werden (We'll never be disappointed
)
EPs
- Solang die dicke Frau noch singt, ist die Oper nicht zu ende
(2002)
- # Ausgetrunken
- # Wäre er echt
- # Hauptsache glauben
- # genauer betrachtet
Singles
- Deiche
(May 2005)
- # Deiche
- # Strangeways (Rough Mix)
- # Volle Distanz (Live in Bremen)
- # Musik sollte immer ein schönes Hobby bleiben
- 48 Stunden
(February 2005)
- # 48 Stunden
- # Die längste Zeit, die du verbringst
- # Wieso eigentlich Indie-Charts, Digger?
- Landungsbrücken raus
(2003)
- # Landungsbrücken raus
- # Hauptsache glauben
- # Genauer betrachtet
- # Landungsbrücken raus