Kettcar

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Kettcar
Origin	Hamburg, Germany
Genre(s)	Indie, Pop
Years active	2001-present
Label(s)	Grand Hotel van Cleef
Associated acts	...But Alive, Rantanplan
Website	Official Website
Members
Marcus Wiebusch Reimer Bustorff Erik Langer Frank Tirado-Rosales Lars Wiebusch

Kettcar is an indie pop music band based in Hamburg, Germany.

Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 EPs 2.3 Singles 3 External links

[edit] 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 lyrics.

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 will be in stores April 18th 2008.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• Du und wieviel von deinen Freunden (2002)
  1. Volle Distanz
  2. Ausgetrunken
  3. Money left to burn
  4. Wäre er echt
  5. Landungsbrücken raus
  6. Balkon gegenüber
  7. Jenseits der Bikinilinie
  8. Lattenmessen
  9. Im Taxi weinen
  10. Hiersein
  11. Ich danke der Academy

• Von Spatzen und Tauben, Dächern und Händen (2005)
  1. Deiche
  2. Die Ausfahrt zum Haus deiner Eltern
  3. 48 Stunden
  4. Einer
  5. Tränengas im High-End-Leben
  6. Balu
  7. Stockhausen, Bill Gates und ich
  8. Anders als gedacht
  9. Die Wahrheit ist, man hat uns nichts getan
  10. Handyfeuerzeug gratis dazu
  11. Nacht

• Sylt (2008)
  1. Graceland
  2. Nullsummenspiel
  3. Am Tisch
  4. Kein Außen mehr
  5. Wir müssen das nicht tun
  6. Fake For Real'
  7. Geringfügig, Befristet, Raus
  8. Agnostik für Anfänger
  9. Verrat
  10. Dunkel
  11. Würde
  12. Wir werden nie enttäuscht werden

[edit] EPs

• Solang die dicke Frau noch singt, ist die Oper nicht zu ende (2002)
  1. Ausgetrunken
  2. Wäre er echt
  3. Hauptsache glauben
  4. genauer betrachtet

[edit] Singles

• Deiche (May 2005)
  1. Deiche
  2. Strangeways (Rough Mix)
  3. Volle Distanz (Live in Bremen)
  4. Musik sollte immer ein schönes Hobby bleiben

• 48 Stunden (February 2005)
  1. 48 Stunden
  2. Die längste Zeit, die du verbringst
  3. Wieso eigentlich Indie-Charts, Digger?

• Landungsbrücken raus (2003)
  1. Landungsbrücken raus
  2. Hauptsache glauben
  3. Genauer betrachtet
  4. Landungsbrücken raus

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Band owned record label