Play J.B.O. Radio

J.B.O.

On Tour

3,075,007 plays (131,935 listeners)

Listening now: team-o

402 shouts

Add to my Library Share

Erlangen, Germany (1989 – present)

J.B.O. (founded in 1989) is a German metal/rock band with comedy lyrics. They are especially known for their parody cover versions of famous songs.
The name, originally “James Blast Orchester”, was meant as a parody of a German easy listening act named “James Last Orchestra”.

They had their first concert in October ‘89 on a newcomer festival in their hometown Erlangen, Franconia. From the start meant as a comedy rock act, the setlist consisted mostly of cover versions of evergreens with new funny lyrics.

The line-up:
Hannes ‘G.Laber’ Holzmann, guitar/vocals
Vito C., guitar/vocals
Schmitti, bass
Holmer ‘a Bier’ Graap, drums

The first five years the band was only a side project. All members tried to be successful with other bands. At least they were able to earn their money with playing music.


1994 one Song of J.B.O. PlayEin Guter Tag Zum Sterben (a perfect day to die) was on rotation on the local radio station. As it was only a demo-tape but more and more people asked for a CD, J.B.O. decided to get this done. They recorded their first CD in one day and two nights. It was the EP Eine gute CD zum Kaufen (a perfect CD to buy) which sold pretty good for a local act. The next EP BLASTphemie was just an Xmas present for the fans.

The real strike came in 1995 with their first longplayer Explizite Lyrik. The title is a word by word translation of the “parental advisory” sticker which can be translated as “bold poetry”. There were 20 Tracks with all the hits of the first five years of J.B.
Read more… Edit

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1 Play
309
2 Play
Frauen full track
243
3 Play
237
4 Play
Kuschelmetal full track
226
5 Play
207
6 Play
Gimme Doop Joanna full track
183
7 Play
166
8 Play
157
9  
145
10 Play
J.B.O. full track
136
11 Play
134
12 Play
Ejaculatio Praecox full track
133
13 Play
132
14 Play
Ich will Lärm full track
130
15 Play
122
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 402 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

Add event See more

Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels