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Captain Jack was a German Eurohouse/pop production team, fronted by core member, songwriter and vocalist Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez, who adopted the stage name Franky Gee. The original female vocalist on the group’s first two albums was Liza Da Costa, who attempted a solo career after leaving the Captain Jack team. She was replaced in 1999 by Maria Lucia ‘Maloy’ Lozanes, who in turn was replaced by Ilka-Anna-Antonia Traue (stage name: Illi Love) in 2001. Singer Sunny was the final female singer with Captain Jack.

The gimmick to Captain Jack’s music (and Franky Gee’s persona) was that of military training. Franky’s costume consisted of a stylized military general’s uniform, with a red hat based on that of the US Marines. Gutierrez chose this gimmick because of his service in the United States Army, a career he despised but was forced to follow when he was strapped for cash. After ending his time in the US Army, Gutierrez remained in Germany, where he was last stationed, and began a recording career under the name Westside.

While recording music under that name, he proposed the idea of a dance track based on a drill routine. That idea became his style: songs about peace and love in the style of a military regime, in protest against his years in the US Army. The hat—a US Marines “barracks cover” hat, in the color scheme evoking the Soviet Red Army—further protests the idea of the military, while symbolizing the idea of national unity. The first two albums, thematically, leaned heavily on sexual innuendo in its lyrics, its artwork, the stage performance and in its music videos.

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Luckydonkey wrote:
29 days ago

rules hard!

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mrzl wrote:
November 2009

aw, im getting all nostalgic here, this was so cool! http://bit.ly/54ImYe first cd's i ever bought with my own pocket money, just found 'm again ;) rip franky gee

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JaZoni wrote:
October 2009

Ejo zak zak zak Captain Jack is coming back! <3 R.I.P. Captain Jack. :(

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FearMyHate wrote:
October 2009

HEY HO CAPTAIN JACK! :D Love this song :D

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Alex_from_R wrote:
September 2009

RIP † CAPTAIN JACK IS FOREVER

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DeMaulwurfn wrote:
August 2009

HEY HO CAPTAIN JACK! >:C

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wellwisherelf wrote:
August 2009

RIP YOUR MUSIC WILL LIVE ON FOREVER

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pureHater wrote:
July 2009

"The Mission" - soundtrack of my childhood \m/

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Lencse wrote:
July 2009

Epic!

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ZarlaSheenaza wrote:
June 2009

RIP Captain Jack. :(

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quijeros wrote:
May 2009

Sorry, but Captain Jack just isn't right without Captain Jack himself.

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Bollyhol wrote:
May 2009

RIP

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Chaos-D wrote:
April 2009

he´s back!! [2] and sucks bigtime now

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sls wrote:
April 2009

RIP cpatain jack :(

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squerr wrote:
April 2009

http://www.last.fm/music/I+Don%27t+Appreciate+You+Accusing+Me+of+Killing+Your+Mother/_/Eurodance+is+Alive%21

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DjEAbD wrote:
April 2009

loooool

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Akoss87 wrote:
April 2009

I remember this song's when I was young :D. Very good music :).

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Patiomkin wrote:
April 2009

Classic stuff :) I remember listening to them, but now I don like such music.

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Bara_Megami wrote:
March 2009

I know Captain Jack was never a serious group by any stretch of the imagination, but I find it really offensive that the name "Captain Jack" is being still being used without Franky. And to top it off, the new songs are not even cheesy dance songs, they're poorly made hip-hop ones. I had no problem with is son being called "Captain Jack Junior", but when two nobodies step in and try to carry on the name...like, they should just fuck off.

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nathanzz wrote:
March 2009

Great!

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