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Tocotronic
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german, indie, hamburger schule, alternative, rock… see all
Hamburg, Germany (1993 – present)
Tocotronic is a German rock band formed in 1993. Similar to Blumfeld or Die Sterne, Tocotronic not only innovated German language rock music, but also inspired a number of later bands, such as Wir sind Helden. Their influence on pop culture is widespread, from fashion (Tocotronic made the combination of 1970s style track suit tops with cheap second-hand ad-shirts famous in Germany) to the playful and weird look of their early records.
Tocotronic are from Hamburg and are released on L’Age D’Or, together with Die Sterne - forming the so-called hamburger schule (“School of Hamburg”). However, they dislike this classification; they rather like to see their music as “discursive-rock”, which emphasizes their rather intellectual approach on pop music.
Despite never being overly commercially successful, Tocotronic have a steady fanbase in Germany and their records have been reviewed in mainstream newspapers and music magazines alike.
The band members are bassist Jan Müller, drummer Arne Zank, and guitarist and singer Dirk von Lowtzow. Starting with the album “Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen” a new guitarist and keyboard player, Rick McPhail, has joined the band. He used to play with Tocotronic at live shows before.
Discography:
* Kapitulation (2007)
* The Best of (2006)
* Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen” (2005) (Pure Reason Must Never Prevail)
* Tocotronic (2002)
* K.O.O.K. (1999)
Tocotronic are from Hamburg and are released on L’Age D’Or, together with Die Sterne - forming the so-called hamburger schule (“School of Hamburg”). However, they dislike this classification; they rather like to see their music as “discursive-rock”, which emphasizes their rather intellectual approach on pop music.
Despite never being overly commercially successful, Tocotronic have a steady fanbase in Germany and their records have been reviewed in mainstream newspapers and music magazines alike.
The band members are bassist Jan Müller, drummer Arne Zank, and guitarist and singer Dirk von Lowtzow. Starting with the album “Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen” a new guitarist and keyboard player, Rick McPhail, has joined the band. He used to play with Tocotronic at live shows before.
Discography:
* Kapitulation (2007)
* The Best of (2006)
* Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen” (2005) (Pure Reason Must Never Prevail)
* Tocotronic (2002)
* K.O.O.K. (1999)
Videos
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Mein Ruin
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Tocotronic - Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen (Unplugged)
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Tocotronic - Wehrlos
Top Albums
Shoutbox
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kerubim wrote:
kein "die welt kann mich nicht mehr verstehen" in der top-15? *verwundert*
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Legopop wrote:
Irre!
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McJonny wrote:
4 Mio plays und ich hab meine 4.444 dazu beigetragen =)
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tigerbeerx wrote:
They are so great here http://isound.be/Search/?bg=Tocotronic
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mietpistole wrote:
Be honest.
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mietpistole wrote:
Und das mit der Musik war der Dings.
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mietpistole wrote:
Und das mit der Frisur war ich.
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mietpistole wrote:
Das mit den Trainingsjacken war Knarf. Be honest.
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soad_91 wrote:
ups,....hätte das vlt beim Event reinschreiben sollen >.<
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soad_91 wrote:
hm,...wohne in Pforzheim (bei Karlsruhe / Stuttgart)....und bin z.Z. am Überlegen, ob ich wegen Tocotronic die lange Reise auf mich nehmen soll.....die Fahrt nach Basel allein wär schon ziemlich teuer,.....und dann bräuchte ich für die Nacht noch ein Dach über dem Kopf....... würde ein Tocotronicfan (rein hypothetisch) einen seinesgleichen (männlich, 17) ein Nacht bei sich irgendwo (beispielsweise der Boden) nächtigen lassen? hm...
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tape_tv wrote:
Mehr Videos von Tocotronic gibts auf tape.tv http://www.tape.tv/artist/tocotronic Viel Spaß beim Anschauen!
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BangYourHeads wrote:
"Ja", "Free Hospital", "17", "Das Geschenk", "Ich möchte irgendetwas für dich sein" & "Näher zu dir" sind meine 5 Lieblingstitel, keiner taucht in den Top 15 auf. Ich doofer Exzentriker. :(
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polarkreis18 wrote:
über sex kann man nur auf englisch singen.
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mockingbird_ wrote:
am ende bin ich nur ich selbst.
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D-ark wrote:
Lang lebe Tocotronic. Grussen aus Holland.
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tape_tv wrote:
Noch mehr Videos von Tocotronic gibts auf tape.tv http://www.tape.tv/artist/tocotronic Viel Spaß beim Angucken!
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myzee wrote:
oh mann, das bild ist ja lustig und bitter zugleich - eine parodie auf ihre früheren jahre - oh gott, zum glück ist es nur ein bild
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ALLexiy wrote:
Tocotronic-best sind was in der deutschen Musik!
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HcFelix wrote:
Tocotronic - Gehen die Leute einfach geil der song!
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guru_mosh wrote:
Kapitulation.
Events
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Oct
17
Tocotronic
Schauspiel Leipzig, Centraltheater, Leipzig, Germany
20 shouts
| 56 attendees
Listeners
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farfromfinished
Listening now
to Es ist egal, aber -
spiros81
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to Mein Prinz -
MarioNetz
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benba8
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jazzy_ass
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Recent Activity
- maloeffekta, konsumverweiger, killerkirsche55 and 14 other people added Tocotronic to their libraries. 7 hours ago
- Roterstern45 wrote about Tocotronic in Another boring Afternoon. yesterday afternoon
- Nietzsche1844, MichaBenjamin, mutandoni and 7 other people added Tocotronic to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
- rockjournal wrote about Tocotronic in List of the bands I've seen live so far. yesterday morning
- spidermiss tagged Tocotronic with ‘indie rock’. yesterday morning
- jorgeabsk8, Erich-Knoet, fabianbohr and 16 other people added Tocotronic to their libraries. yesterday morning
- JohannaVonO tagged Tocotronic with ‘german’ and ‘indie’. August 2008
- Howlin_Pelle connected Tocotronic to the group FM4 Frequency Festival. August 2008
- Ratatui tagged Tocotronic with ‘hamburger schule’. August 2008
- Corporal-Clegg tagged Tocotronic with ‘alternative’ and ‘indie’. August 2008
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