Lars Fischer: Vocals and Bass Hannes Huemmer: Guitar and Backing Vocs Bjoern Rogatti: Drums
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Influences
Maybe Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Spoon and the great Robin van Velzen.
And also Jimmy Page, Queens of the Stoneage, Robbie Williams, Queen, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Can, Ashra Tempel, Bootsy Collins, Beastie Boys, Sub Pop, Grand Master Flash, Duran Duran, David Bowie, The Sound, Grobschnitt, Urlaub in Polen, Hawkwind,
Sunn O))), Scumbucket, Gloria Gaynor, King Crimson, Gonzales, Kaleidoscope, Christian Bruhns, Bullet LaVolta and Electric Mayhem.
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Sounds Like
Grand Sports leave no doubt, here are boys doing what they enjoy the most.
Regardless of what the latest hype dictates, or which haircuts suburbian wannabe popstars are wearing, this is all about the raw power of fossil fuels, hot rodded 70s Supercars and steaming Tube Amps.
One hook line chasing the next presented by Lars Fischers powerfull voice, above a solid wall of virtuous guitars and bass lines cast in concrete. With the full load of testosterone, the steamhammer - like drums beat every clubs temperature gauge deep into the red area.
Every concert means a sportive challenge to the three guys from Nürnberg, to give all they got, reaching for the ultimate performance. A musical burn out for pit babes and adrenalin junkies, driven by an high precision engine with an efficiency at 100%
Very briefly, Grand Sports sound less European than rather American, they play rock with 70s intensity, tighten it up with 80s beats, crown it with wonderful sonorous singing on top, and pack it into a pleasant 3 minutes steaming giftbox .
LIVE
ARTWORK
SUPPORTS:
* FU MANCHU
* Earthbend
PAST SHOWS:
03 Jul 2009 - RELEASE_PARTY -- K4, Zentralcafe (mit Lowtus), Nürnberg
20 Jun 2009 - U-Turn Festival Herzogenaurach
28 Mrz 2009 - Lucky 7..s, Würzburg
21 Mrz 2009 - @ Reil 78, Halle
07 Mrz 2009 - @ MUZ-Club + Bambi Davidson, Nürnberg
09 Jan 2009 - Club Bermuda Pommelsbrunn
19 Dez 2008 - K4 Zentralcafe mit Sexo Y Droga, Nürnberg
15 Nov 2008 - Club Stereo, Nürnberg
25 Okt 2008 - Verstärker - Musikmesse (+RobocopKraus, TheAudience, Missouri...); ____________E-Werk Erlangen
02 Aug 2008 - Labertal Festival, Schierling
25 Jul 2008 - @ Zosch * Berlin-Mitte
23 Mai 2008 - Omega , Erlangen
12 Apr 2008 - Indoor Festival (2days) JUZ Rabatz Herzogenaurach
03 Apr 2008 - E-Werk Kellerbühne, Erlangen
25 Mrz 2008 - Club Stereo, Nürnberg
08 Mrz 2008 - JUZ Hersbruck zusammen mit "The Dope"
16 Jan 2008 - Club MUZ with Vernissage, Nürnberg
12 Jan 2008 - JUZ Eckental
28 Dez 2007 - K4 - Zentralcafe - Monsters Of Nämberch, Nürnberg
05 Nov 2007 - Erlangen E-Werk Saal - Support for Fu Manchu
01 Nov 2007 - E-Werk Kellerbühne
23 Okt 2007 - Club Stereo, Nürnberg - mit Earthbend
16 Okt 2007 - Kunstverein, Nürnberg - mit Los Natas
16 Jun 2007 - Desi - Radio Z Sommerfest, Nürnberg
01 Jun 2007 - Raum 4 , Fürth
After recording "Everywhere You Go" very shortly after getting the band together,
this is actually the album where we found together. 12 songs that are quite a result
of some kind of a ongoing song-battle between Lars and Hannes.
We chose Guido Lucas as a Co-Producer to get a really raw and intense rock-sound
contrasting our mostly short pop-songs. He did a really good job and we all had
much fun in (Noise)dorf:))
After being accused to have the last album done mainly by our guest-musicians (which is simply not true, they were all our slaves:)),
this time, NO ONE but us took part on this record. All the choirs, synths,
organs, mellotrons, sounds, percussions etc. were done by us three. Needless to say the songs, too.
By the way, it was much easier to work that way, cause we didnt had to "whip" somebody to get it the way we wanted;)
Reviews:
RockCityNews Juli/August 2009:
"Rrrrespekt! Kommt aus Nürnberg, klingt aber
100%ig international! ..." 6 von 9 Punkten
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LP "EVERYWHERE YOU GO" (Released 2008)
Recorded and mixed by the Band itself.
Thanx to: Christian "Wuschi" Ebert from Missouri for pianos and Organs "BlackPearl" Lydia for additional Vocals Dominik Frey from Yohto for percussions on "Everywhere You Go" Betty Mugler from Hidalgo for angel-choirs on "Counting" Robin van Velzen from MotherSon&HolyGhost
for lyrics and vocals on "Donkey Loyalty" Karin Duerr for additional Vocals on "The Can"
Mastered by Christoph Beyerlein at Separate Sound Studio
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If you are interested in our MAILORDER, BOOKING or NEWSLETTER, please write here:
hanneshuemmer(et)hotmail.com
Available is the 13-Track-CD "Everywhere You Go" for 5 € + Shipping
T-Shirts availabe (T-Shirt and Girls-Shirt), light blue printed on dark blue, 12 €...
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das wochenende kommt: fr. uk massive - sa. kiss klub !!! gewinnt freikarten! einfach mail mit dem wunschabend zurück und daumen drücken. die rakete wünscht ganz viel glück!
Hey Sports! Wenn Nürnberg mal etwas näher um die Ecke wär, wär die Nacht gerettet! Nun bleibt uns nur von hier aus eine GRANDiose RR-Party zu wünschen! Also Glückwünsche und alles Gute, Freunde! THE BEND
die Caravelle liebt wieder. Nach gefühlten 1000 Jahren, die wir, erstarrt vor Angst eine Defaltion könnte uns unserer Sexyness berauben, in der Fötusstellung verharrt haben, sind wir nun wieder bereit Liebe geschehen zu lassen unzwar am
19.6.2009 im E-Werk.
Wir werden nun also auf heimischem Boden unsere Erneuerung zelebrieren mit 4 neuen Songs und als Abschied unseres lieben Freundes und Saxofonisten Max, der für ein Jahr nach Austin, Texas grillen geht.
Doch der eigentliche Grund ist natürlich Robert Rausch, der seine brandneue CD vorstellen und erstmalig auch anbieten wird.
Heimspiel – auswärts Club Stereo 16.6. 09 ab 20:00
Der Höhepunkt der diesjährigen Vetterleswirtschaft, diesmal mit Smul Meier Nicolas Schmidt Fritz Hannes Hümmer Interference.here.de B_ella Point Mautz Brothers
Danke ebenfalls für's Anfreunden und den netten Kommentar - und sehr unterhaltsam, Eurem ausgezeichneten Kraftrock zu lauschen - das macht wach nach zuviel Ambient ;-)
Alles Gute, schöne Grüße und viel Erfolg,
Michael
P.S. The Orb ist schon mal nicht schlecht...was hat der Gute denn zwischen seinen Zwischenstücken gemacht?
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