De Randfichten
De Randfichten is a popular music group. It was founded in 1992 in Johann George town in the Ore Mountains.
- 2.1 albums
- 2.2 Singles
Career
Start of career
In 1992, Thomas " Rups " Unger and Michael " Michl " Rusty the original Arzgebirgschen Randfichten. The name Randfichten means the trees at the edge of a forest, which are particularly exposed to the weather and therefore need to be extra strong and resilient. Unger and Rusty first played mostly in private. As of 1995, they were supported for two years by Doris Mühlig († 2004) on the guitar. In August 1996 they performed for the first time on television (MDR ). 1997 came Thomas " Lauti " Lauterbach to the group, which calls itself since 2000 De Randfichten.
The debut album Do whistles dr fox ... appeared in 1997. The fox was the mascot of the trio and thus popular ( in stuffed form) accessory for fans of the group. After several appearances in local television shows, including in Achim's hit parade, De Randfichten 2000, awarded by the MDR with the named after Herbert Roth Award as best young band. In 2001 she wrote the music for the MDR- docu-soap fun skiing on Fichtelbergbahn. The following year she founded her own record label Rafi records.
The " Holzmichl "
With the single Alive because dr old Holzmichl yet ...? , Which reached third place in the German single charts, the group in 2004 was known throughout Germany.
The Song of the Wood Michel is an old folk song that is used in various versions of a text in many parts of Germany. The oldest known version of which dates from the Kaiserslautern area.
The song owes its character as a mood song, which is responsible for a large part of its success outside of the usual folk music audience, the fact that the audience at the text line "Yes, he 's still alive " both arms tear in the air and so actively involved be. After the song had been played in the winter 2003/ 04 on numerous winter sporting events like the Biathlon World Championships in 2004, it gained through regional awareness. In February 2004, it was released as a single, which was largely boycotted by many radio and music television stations. Nevertheless, the song the best-selling German-language single of the year 2004. From February 16 2004 to 7 March 2005, there was represented a total of 56 weeks in the official sales charts, making it one of the most successful German singles ever. Both the single and the album reached platinum status associated.
With the Holzmichl De Randfichten also reached an audience outside the folk music scene. Among other things, they were the first popular music group in the program Top of the Pops and The Dome and marketed merchandise such as in Seiffen / Erzgeb. Holzmichl - Smoker product.
The popularity of Randfichten particular through their song Holzmichl met with various reactions. An entrepreneur Chemnitz had T- shirts and stickers with the inscription Kill distribute the Holzmichel what was forbidden him after a trial at the instigation of Randfichten court. The other a branch in the NDH - range parody of the Randfichten named De fringe group rose in December 2004 entitled Holzmichel - The answer also in the charts.
After the " Holzmichl "
On 12th February 2005 De Randfichten reached the first Federal Vision Song Contest with the title now the party really starts in sixth place for the Free State of Saxony. In early 2006, followed with That comes from rowing a new version of the number - one hits of 1964 by Peter Leek & the plovers. In 2007, De Randfichten celebrated its 15th anniversary on stage. On 15 June 2007 they released a single anniversary and held on 7 and 8 July an anniversary party on the natural stage Greifensteine . After a creative break in 2009, the band returned in 2010 as Randfichten ( now without the " De ") with a new CD and the Hasenscheisse Cover Rups the BBQ at Koch Universal Music and a revised stage program back. The end of 2011, they released not only the single Crottendorfer Raacherkerzllied at their own label " Rafi Music", but were back at EMI Music. In addition, the " De " is again part of the band name. On 6 January 2012, the single was released you little fly commercially and as a download. End of January, followed by the album Broken Roots. Then started De Randfichten to her 20 - year stage anniversary, the anniversary tour.
The professing Christian Thomas Unger published in autumn 2012 a solo CD titled All I need, a " praise the Lord ", a direct response to the fact that he overcame his own words through his relationship with God anxiety and panic attacks. Unger's son, Tony, in the meantime also began a career as a folk musician, in 2009 withdrew in favor of his education. Finally, he founded his own band Take Away, the 2012 disbanded again.
Thomas Unger has announced plans to get off at the end of 2014 the Randfichten.
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 2001: Have fun skiing on Fichtelbergbahn (own production )
- 2004: Alive because dr old Holzmichl still, Living for dr old Holzmichl yet - Club Steppers Remix, De funny Holzhackerleit (EMI Music)
- 2005: Now the party really starts (EMI Music)
- 2006: That comes from boating (EMI Music)
- 2006: Anyone who still believes in angels (EMI Music)
- 2007: Nananana (EMI Music)
- 2010: Rups the BBQ ( Koch Universal Music)
- 2011: Crottendorfer Raacherkerzllied ( Rafi Music)
- 2012: You little fly ( EMI Music )
- 2012: You feat little fly. Markus Becker ( EMI Music ) '
- 2004: De Randfichten live ( > 25,000 copies verk = gold. )
- 2005: Heja ho - de Randfichten should do
- 2005: Winter in the Ore Mountains
- 2012: Recorded live Roots - 20 years Randfichten
Awards
Honor
To mark the 15th anniversary of the group in 2007, a memorial stone was on the square in Johanngeorgenstadt built and planted three spruces.