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Waiting for steve, new EP new Song online!

About Me

These five guys from Giessen/Muenster of course are not the first ones asking what suceeds Emo...But seldomly the results sound as mature as on their brandnew EP "Lieutenant Dan". Northern european pathetic experimental soundscapes littered by some upbeat straight-forward songs. Imagine the aggressive raw early Jimmy eat world meeting the melancholic laid-back Editors, add some splashes of Sigur Ros..s or Elliott..s artfulness and you get a picture of the unique sound this band creates. This unique mixture adds up to a sound that almost anybody can enjoy. Starting out in 2000 as a three-piece the first full-length "on a sunday" was published soon. When tired happy homecoming arrived on the scene 2004, the band had shifted their focus on more complex and varied songs, musical and lyrics-wise, yet still with honesty and weakness attached to the lyrics. 2008 arrived the much awaited EP "Lieutenant Dan", where more upbeat disco-like-rhythms are incorporated. This band is set for bringing passionate music to the streets and clubs, leaving audiences overwhelmed and sweating... Having been on the road frequently the last two years the band has played with Seeed, Lampshade (DK), Fireflight (USA), triplet (Por), the violet burning (USA), Kevin Devine (USA), this beautiful mess (NL), Satellite 7 (NL), Jetsetready (NL), AIM (I), The flying windmill, Dorfdisco, last tuesday (USA), Munich (DK), blindside (Swe), deep insight (fin).... 2005 saw appearances at Freakstock..s mainstage and Christmas Rock night as well as in the livingroom-like atmosphere of Sofa Soundz at Muenster rocking like shit... When "tired happy homecoming" came out it was reviewed in theGerman Indie music mag Intro and moved to the 2nd best sold CD in the ASAPH (label distribution) charts, 1500 so far. In january 07 a concert hosted by the "Batschkapp" in Frankfurt was broadcasted on German TV stations HR and WDR in the format "newcomer TV". In June 07 followed a tour with the violet burning (USA), concluding at Freakfest in the Czech rep. 2007 saw participation at Flevo Festival in Holland and Christmas Rock night, this time on mainstage...at Freakstock 08 the band was headlining the mainstage. Keep on rocking in the free world...

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Member Since: 11/24/2005
Band Website: www.waitingforsteve.de
Band Members: Tom (bass,voc) "Rick" Ruben (guit) Ben (Guit) Timm (drums) Tino (keys)
Influences: Editors, Mogwai, Blink 182, Favez, Sigur Ros, Radiohead , the violet burning, U 2 (of course...)
Sounds Like: German Indie magazine Uncle Sally..s says: "...deren Stil von immenser Sehnsucht zeugt. Grosse Gesten sind angesagt, wofür waiting for steve durch das Wasser und nordwestlich des Ärmelkanals in die Lehre gegangen sind. Editors-Pomp, Keane-Schmelz und Mogwai-Atmosphäre vermengen sich zu Schwebetränen-Rock, der süsslich, jedoch nie wirklich klebrig ist. Dies liegt nicht zuletzt an eingestreuten Punk-Elementen, die für Schwung sorgen. Fazit: Ein musikalisches Stück Pathos der angenehmeren Sorte" (7 von 10 Punkten)
Record Label: pleitegeier
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Oh...look...a landscape"-Tour 10/07

Der lustige Umstand, in 4 der schönsten Städte zu spielen, gab der Tour den Namen.Angefangen in Heidelberg im Club "Zum Teufel" , was weniger auf die Gesinnung der sehr freundlichen Inhaber als auf de...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:48:00 GMT

The violent burning-Tour

17.6.:Ein ungeträumter Traum wird wahr: Mit meiner seit 15 Jahren favourite Band THE VIOLET BURNING auf Tour ! War etwas unsicher, ob es nicht Psychostress gibt, auch, weil ich Michael Pritzl als jema...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:39:00 GMT

Happy Emo-Tour diary

Happy-Emo-Tour Juni 061.tag: in kastellaun. Urige musikkneipe, die einzige im hunsrück ! voll mit 80 jugendgruppenteens und fussball-wm-gucker. Ich mag das gefühl gar nicht, um aufmerksamkeit kämpfen ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:56:00 GMT

life in a a band

Here are idiots dying for their art in your headphones.This is how we bend for what we love.This is how it feels to be one of ten people shaking their bonesto a band in an empty club.These are songs w...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:08:00 GMT

Tour diary April 06

Timms Tour diary April 06:   30.3.: Erste station auf der minitour: bayreuth, meine alte heimat. eine spontane aktion bei den jesus freaks, der gruppe, die ich vor 12 jahren (und jetzt habe ich g...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:26:00 GMT