Knorkator is a German band from Berlin-Köpenick that combined Industrial Metal with non-serious and comical elements. They proclaimed themselves to be "Germany's most band in the world" (German: "Deutschlands meiste Band der Welt"), as the title "The best band in the world" was already taken by Die Ärzte. The band was founded in 1994, but only played live gigs in the Berlin / Brandenburg area until 1998. Knorkator gained further fame (and some notoriety) in 2000 with their performance of Ick we...
Knorkator is a German band from Berlin-Köpenick that combined Industrial Metal with non-serious and comical elements. They proclaimed themselves to be "Germany's most band in the world" (German: "Deutschlands meiste Band der Welt"), as the title "The best band in the world" was already taken by Die Ärzte. The band was founded in 1994, but only played live gigs in the Berlin / Brandenburg area until 1998.
Knorkator gained further fame (and some notoriety) in 2000 with their performance of Ick wer zun Schwein (sic; literally - berlin dialect "I'm turning into a pig") in the German national qualification for the Eurovision song contest. Knorkator's wild stage shows and explicit lyrics, as well as the fact that nearly half of the vocalist's body is tattooed black, have earned them a reputation as a chaotic comedy band; however, the band's music actually shows considerable technical and artistic merit that is sometimes overlooked.
Most of Knorkator's lyrics are in German; however, some songs also feature English (Beating around the bush, Ma Baker etc.), Thai (Mai khao djai, Khid tyng baan), Latin (Aeger sum, Absolution) or French (Ma belle fêmme, Franz Hose) lyrics.
Discography:
CD's
1997 The Schlechtst of Knorkator 1999 Hasenchartbreaker 2000 Tribute to uns selbst 2002 High Mud Leader 2003 Ich hasse Musik 2007 Das nächste Album aller Zeiten 2010 Knorkator – Mein Leben Als Single (3 CD-Box Ltd. Ed.) 2011 Es werde Nicht
DVD's
2005 Zu alt 2008 Weg nach unten
Singles/EP's 1995 A 1998 Böse 1999 Weg nach unten 1999 Buchstabe 2000 Ick wer zun Schwein 2000 Ich lass mich klonen 2000 Komm wieder her 2003 Der ultimative Mann 2006 Wir werden 2007 Alter Mann 2007 www.einliebeslied.com 2008 Kinderlied Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
