Sportfreunde Stiller

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Sportfreund Stiller

Background information
Origin	Munich, Germany
Genre(s)	Indie rock / Rock
Years active	1996 - Present
Website	http://www.sportfreunde-stiller.de/
Members
Peter Brugger Florian "Flo" Weber Rüdiger "Rüde" Linhof
Former members
Andi Erhard

Sportfreunde Stiller [ˌʃpɔʁtfʀɔɪ̯ndə ˈʃtɪlɐ] is a German rock band from Germering, near Munich in Bavaria.

The band was founded in 1996 by Peter "Balboa" Brugger (guitar, vocals), Florian "Rakete" Weber (drums, vocals), and Rüdiger "Rüde" Linhof (bass). They took their original name, Stiller, from their former football manager, Hans Stiller, at SV Germering. They later changed their name because a different band called Stiller owned the rights to this name. The term Sportfreunde literally translates to friends in sports and is also used in names of sports clubs (e.g. Sportfreunde Siegen).

Sportfreunde Stiller's track "Independent" from Die gute Seite was featured in the video game FIFA 2003.

In 2006 the band wrote "'54, '74, '90, 2006", a fan hymn for the German World Cup squad which became a number one hit in Germany; the song commemorates German championships in the 1954, 1974, and 1990 World Cups. After Germany lost in the semi-final against Italy on July 4, 2006, the song was reworked as "'54, '74, '90, 2010" in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Sportfreunde Stiller was nominated for Best German Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Their new album "La Bum" was released on August 3, 2007 (and reached the number 1 spot in Germany) with their single "Alles Roger" debuting on July 20, 2007 (reaching number 22 in Germany). The band was also nominated once again for the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards award for German Act of the year.

The entire La Bum album (bonus track edition) was added to the American iTunes store in early 2008.

[edit] Discography

1996:
- EP Macht doch was ihr wollt, ich geh jetzt (Do Whatever You Want, I'm Leaving)
1998:
- EP Thonträger (Sound Storage Medium)
1999:
- Maxi "Wellenreiten '54" (Surfing '54)
2000:
- Maxi "Fast wie von selbst" (Almost By Itself)
- LP So wie einst Real Madrid (As once Real Madrid)
- Maxi "Heimatlied" (Homesong)
- Split-Single "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" with Readymade (Ready Sport - Go! Tour)
2001:
- Split-Single "Friday I'm In Love" with Readymade (Ready Sport - Go!2 Tour)
2002:
- Maxi "Ein Kompliment" (A Compliment)
- LP Die gute Seite (The Good Side)
- Maxi "Komm schon" (Come On!)
- Maxi "Tage wie dieser" (Days like This)
- Split-Single "Schwule Mädchen" (Gay Girls) with Readymade (Ready Sport Go!3 Tour)
2003:
- Maxi "Ans Ende denken wir zuletzt" (The End Is The Last Thing We Think About)
- DVD: Ohren zu und durch" (Close Your Ears And Through!)
2004:
- Maxi: "Siehst du das genauso?" (Do You & I Think The Same?)
- LP: Burli (Little Boy)
- Maxi: "Ich Roque" (I, Roque/I Roque - a Bayern Munich former player)
- Maxi: "1. Wahl" (First Choice)
- Maxi: "1. Wahl (2. Wahl)" (First Choice(Second Choice))
- Maxi: "Ein kleiner Schritt (live)" (A Small Step)
- LP: Live
2006:
- LP: "You have to win Zweikampf"
- Maxi: '54,'74,'90,2006
- Maxi: Pogo In Togo (Moshpit in Togo)
- Maxi: Eine Liebe, Die Nie Endet (A love that never ends)
2007:
- LP: "La Bum"
- Maxi: Alles Roger (Everything is understood)
- Maxi:(Tu nur das) was dein Herz dir sagt (Do only what your heart tells you)
- Maxi: Antinazi Bund (Anti-Nazi Alliance, a stand-alone single not included on the La Bum album)
- Maxi: Advent, Advent (Released in December of 07 via newsletter)