Tocotronic
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Tocotronic is a German rock band founded in 1993 (see 1993 in music). Similar to Blumfeld, Tocotronic not only innovated German language 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 training jackets with cheap second-hand ad-shirts famous in Germany) to the playful and weird look of their early records.
Tocotronic come from Hamburg and are released on L'Age D'Or, together with Die Sterne - forming the so-called Hamburger Schule ("School of Hamburg"). The band members are bassist Jan Müller, drummer Arne Zank, and guitarist and singer Dirk von Lotzow. Starting with the latest album "Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen" a new guitarist and keyboarder, Rick McPhail, has joined the band. He used to play with Tocotronic on live shows before.
Discography
- Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen" (2005) (Pure Reason May Never Win)
- Tocotronic (2002)
- K.O.O.K Variationen (2000)
- K.O.O.K. (1999)
- The Hamburg Years (1998)
- Es ist egal, aber (1997) (It Doesn't Matter, But)
- Wir kommen um uns zu beschweren (1996) (We're Coming To Complain)
- Nach der verlorenen Zeit (1995) (After The Lost Time - a word play on the German title of Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time (Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit))
- Digital ist besser (1995) (Digital is Better)