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Hamburg, Germany (1987 – 2008)

“Wolfsheim” (pronounced [ˈvɔlfshaɪm]) is a German band from Hamburg. Their musical style takes cues from the New Romantics, New Wave and Synthpop; the lyrics tend to be melancholic, but at the same time modernist. They were inspired by the name of a fictional character from Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.


Formation
The band was founded in 1987 by Markus Reinhardt and Pompejo Ricciardi. Reinhardt’s brother Oliver Reinhardt joined the band sometime afterward. After producing a demo tape, co-founder Ricciardi left the band and was replaced by Peter Heppner. Heppner had known the band from mutual friends and from growing up in the same neighborhood in Hamburg. Oliver Reinhardt departed the band, leaving the current lineup as Peter Heppner (vocals) and Markus Reinhardt (electronics).

After producing two new demo tapes, Wolfsheim applied at various labels, until they caught the attention of Strange Ways Records, which has since published all their records.


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In 1991, the single “The Sparrows and the Nightingales” was released, followed by the single “It’s Not Too Late (Don’t Sorrow)” and their first album “No Happy View” in 1992. While No Happy View was recorded in two weeks, the sophomore “Popkiller” (1993) was given more time to be produced. This allowed Wolfsheim to incorporate more classical elements.

In 1995, Wolfsheim released a compilation, “55578”, which stayed on the German Media Control Charts for five weeks. Its name is the postal code for Wolfsheim, Germany.


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  • shitnase

    <3

    Thursday morning

  • skinnydrifter

    I like Hurts too

    18 days ago

  • trustmejulia

    So what is so common between Wolfsheim and Hurts? That they are both belong to synthpop? or that Theo has some similar features in his appearance to Heppner? Nonsense. And btw. Wolfsheim is MUCH better ^__^

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  • Ashei

    fruity band all together

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  • flatlyne2001

    Worst live bad ever :(

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  • Ashei

    it's hard to hide my secrets from you, hasselhoff

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  • KeatonXZX

    haha I was looking at last.fm while reading the Great Gatsby at this exact moment and i saw this. i might just listen to them.

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  • Lost-In-My-Mind

    Bravo!

    March 2012
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