...ficent first album in spring 1995. Over the years the name of the debut album has come to be the motto of the trio from Hamburg, ho have stood out as the only quality performers in the short-lived and often monotonous Dance and Techno scene. And not only are the beat and the sound going on, but the different singles and albums over the years have ended up becoming massive sellers, going gold and platinum throughout Europe.During June Scooter play on the summer solstice start of the summer at the Rantarock Festival in VaasaFinland. This becomes a tradition over the folloing years. ith a fe exceptions, Scooter have played at the festival every year since.Rick moves from Hanover to Hamburg. He brings his studio ith him hich then becomes the bands on studio. First production Back In The U.K..ith this single Scooter crack the British Top 20, reaching number 18! In Germany the song peaks at number 5. In Ireland the single is released ith the title Back In Ireland.1996Our Happy HardcoreTheir second LP Our Happy Hardcore, comes ith an extra CD ith photos, videos and information about Scooter. The first single out of this album is Let Me Be Your Valentine.ith Rebel Yell Scooter becomes the first Techno band to cover a rock song. The track, probably the first rock song in musical history to be covered ithout a single trace of a guitar, reaches number 8 in the German charts. In June Scooter release Happy Hardcore Clips the bands first video compilation. Only some days later the group are presented the Dance dOr music aard for Move Your Ass at the Midem music fair in Cannes.ith Im Raving, Scooter reach a turning point. hile the tempos of their previous songs ranged beteen 160 and 190 beats per minute BPM, Im Raving is 138 BPM and progressive House influences can also be heard in a Scooter song for the first time. The gamble pays off Im Raving reaches number 4 in Germany and also goes gold.In December Break It Up is released and becomes the first ever Techno ballad.1997Rough And Tough And Dangerous The Singles 94-98On their track Fire Scooter use a metal guitar riff. The single enters the charts at numer 6 on 8 April. Four eeks later it goes gold ith over 250.000 copies sold.The video for The Age Of Love is probably the most expensive video to date to come from a Techno act and ins a coveted video aard. The folloing Age Of Love tour becomes the bands first organised indoor arena tour. After the tour, Scooter release No Fate. At this point the band realise they are mentally exhausted and desperately need a creative break.At the end of November Rough And Tough And Dangerous The Singles 94-98 is released as the first look back on Scooters career.Second Chapter1998Its the first page of the second chapterA lot has happened ithin the band. Ferris has left, on one hand, because there ere disagreements on the musical future of the band. On the other, because Ferris anted to start concentrating on solo projects. They parted by mutual consent. A ne man as requested. He as soon found in Axel Coon, a ell-knon Hamburg trance and techno DJ, ho as on an internship in the Scooter studio at exactly the same time. The chemistry as right, Axel as the man to fill the gap in the band they quickly ent into the studio to ork on ne tracks.It did not take long for the first result of the no collaboration to come through. Ho Much Is The Fish A question hich still preoccupies fans from all countries today! One thing is certain, the song turned cut to be a real catchy track and turned gold ithin a short time in many countries. This proved to H.P. and Rick that they made the right choice in Axel. isHo Much Is The Fish as a real driving force for H.P., Rick and Axel. The three ent into the studio ith a ne lease of energy and ideas to produce the first album ith the ne line-up. No Time To Chill, the title of the album, as also the bands motto. Scooter started the second chapter of their musical development ith ne life all disputes and discrepancies ere forgotten. In September Scooter play in front of an enthusiastic crod of 17.000 in Mosco in St. Petersburg 10.000 fans hold a party at the city ice ring.Then they move onto Kazakhstan here the band plays in front of 3.500 fans in Almaty at the foot of the Himalayas.Scooter are voted the best act of the year by MTV Russia vieers.1999Are you ready for the ne technologyThe years starts ith the No Time To Chill tour it becomes Scooters online debut Scooter are one of the very first bands to document their complete tour in an online tour diary.In April the band celebrate their fifth anniversary. No other German TechnoDance act has been as consistent and successful as the trio from Hamburg.Faster Harder Scooter the title of the first single to be taken from the ne album Back To The Heavyeight Jam makes no promises that the album cannot keep. Scooter are crashing things up rock guitar riffs, increased tempo the band is louder and better then ever. Faster Harder Scooter quickly enters the German sales charts top 10, not least also thanks to airplay of the excellent video. The video, filmed in Cape Ton, shos the band driving in a daredevil buggy race through the South African desert.Axels unintended stunt is certainly orth a mention. He lost control of his buggy and turned it over several times. Nothing happened to him thankfully. The director as of course pleased about the incident because the camera as still rolling and the spectacular stunt as immortalsed on celluloid for the rest of the orld.The year as coming to an end and so as the millennium. The orld ent millennium crazy. Millennium champagne, millennium mugs H.P., Rick and Axel shoed that they had clearly enough of the hysteria among the millennium slaves. Their altitude toards the euphoria as certainly clear Fuck The Millenium a distinct message and as ever a definite indication that the band as going against the tide.The memorable single cover originates from a live appearance during a special Majorca edition of VIVA Clubrotation TV sho. H.P. exposed his backside in front of the running cameras and once again made it clear hat he thought about the millennium frenzy. Back To The Heavyeight Jam turned gold in numerous countries and even on the bands first album aard in Germany.In the Ukraine, Scooter are the first estern band to play concerts in Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv. In Kiev a total of 25.000 people come to the Olympic Stadium to see Scooter.2000e kno youre addicted to the real hardcoreIn the year 2000 Scooter founded their on label, Sheffield Tunes. H.P. gave himself the title Sheffield Dave. The time for pseudonyms had come. In fact H.P. changed his name constantly, sometimes he as Keyser Soze, sometimes Candyman and sometimes Screaming Lord.The first single Scooter released from the ne album Sheffield as Im Your Pusher. The track did go don ell among the fans, hoever, the band as not happy ith the results in hindsight. e didnt find our sound, our style, H.P. reckons, everything got jumbled up...
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