Artist: Tocotronic
Genre(s):
Rock
Indie
Discography:
Kapitulation
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
Pure Vernunft Darf Niemals Siegen
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
Tocotronic
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
K. O. O. K
Year: 1999
Tracks: 17
Es Ist Egal, Aber
Year: 1997
Tracks: 18
Wir Kommen Um Uns Zu Beschweren
Year: 1996
Tracks: 16
Nach der Verlorenen Zeit
Year: 1995
Tracks: 10
Digital Ist Besser
Year: 1995
Tracks: 18
Influenced by American bands like Nirvana, R.E.M., and Galaxie five hundred, German indie rockers Tocotronic started in Hamburg in 1993 when drummer Arne Zank and bassist Jan Müller, wHO had played together antecedently, added singer and guitarist Dirk Von Lowtzow to dispatch their lineup. Taking their sobriquet from the German name for the Nintendo-made herald to the Game Boy, Tricotronic (elsewhere called Game & Watch), Tocotronic released their debut individual, "Meine Freundin und Ihr Freund," in 1994, and before long they had gestural to L'Age d'Or Records -- a label right at the heart of the Beefburger Schule trend -- which issued the band's debut album, Digital Ist Besser, in 1995. Nach der Verlorenen Zeit, Wir Kimmen Um Uns Zu Beschweren, and Eastern Standard Time Ist Egal, Aber followed, and in 1999 K.O.O.K., a somewhat more introspective record, came out (as well as its have remixed version and English version a yr subsequently that). In 2002 Tocotronic released their self-titled album, and in 2005, afterwards longtime touring phallus Rick McPhail had joined the stripe on guitar and keyboards, the 12" Pure Vernuft Darf Niemals Siegen hit shelves.
