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Moo : Guitar Andy : Guitar Max : Bass Vivian : Vocals Felix : Drums ALOHA FROM HELL is a German pop-rock band consisting of Vivien Eileen “Vivi” Bauernschmidt (vocals), Moritz “Moo” Keith (guitar), Andreas “Andi” Gerhardt (guitar), Max Forman (bass) & Felix “Feli” Kreith (drums). They were the winners of a new band contest, sponsored by the German teen magazine “Bravo”. When German rock shooting stars Aloha From Hell lifted off to conquer the charts, it happened so fast that it must have nearly blown up all “Fasten your seat belts“-signs on board. With their super-catchy radio rock track „Don‘t Gimme That“, which was launched as the first single in Germany in June 2008, Vivi, Moo, Andy, Feli and Max settled down easily in German Airplay-Charts, got played in heaviest rotation at German music TV-channel VIVA (a MTV Viacom Company) and finally made it straight into the official sales Top 30 – despite heavy competition from various football-themed hits (due to the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland at the time). The song remained in the German singles charts for more than two months. This fast-paced start did not only pull a huge amount of new fans in Germany, the AFH hype has reached an international level. More than a million music fans from all over the word visited the band‘s MySpace-Site, every day more than 2500 visitors check out the site (peak: up to 45.000 a day). More than 1.5 million people watched the Aloha From Hell debut video on YouTube - within only three months. But the five group members from Aschaffenburg (Bavaria) had not shot their wad with their first smash hit. With the big ballad “Walk Away“ the young band delivered an alarmingly perfect follow-up: The goose-bumps inducing song, which offers all it takes to fill the largest stadiums und was picked by Germany’s largest private TV network RTL as the trailer song for their massive Christmas-campaign, stormed the German charts and peaked at number 26. For the fist time in their career the five-piece entered the Top 50 of the German radio charts. Another astonishing figure: The videos for “Don‘t Gimme That“ and “Walk Away” gathered more than FIVE million views on video websites YouTube and MyVideo (biggest German video platform)! Both singles were produced by Alex Wende and René Rennefeld who have proven their chart-capability with their work for many other very successful German bands like Die Prinzen and H-Blockx. The songs were recorded at famous Hansa Studios in Berlin, where icons like Depeche Mode, Lou Reed and David Bowie created some of their legendary masterpieces. In the last months, Aloha From Hell completed their first album “No More Days To Waste” there – an overwhelming experience for the teenagers. The 17 songs strong debut set was released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic on the 16th of January 2008 – plus it’s available in the US via iTunes Shop! Releases in other countries (i.e. France, Japan) are currently being lined-up. Given their worldwide appeal and growing popularity (with thirty (!) international fan clubs and support websites in Poland, Hungary, Norway, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Russia, Belarus, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Austria and the USA) it’s likely Aloha From Hell can add several countries to that list very short Besides laying down the songs for their highly anticipated debut album, the band played around 40 shows between July and December 2008, among them big events and venues like Energy In The Park und You Fair in Berlin, Mega Rock in Erfurt, Olympiahalle and Tollwood in Munich, Stararena in Braunschweig and on the New Year’s Eve in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Despite their career has just having started, the five musicians already received some prestigious awards: After the initial prize from Europe’s biggest youth magazine BRAVO in the category “newcomer” in 2007, Aloha From Hell were handed the “Bayerischen Musikpreis” and were nominated as best newcomers in the Jetix Awards 2008. After their success and ever-growing popularity among BRAVO readers the band is a hot favourite for the “BRAVO Otto” this year. Right from the start it was clear for the band members to write their songs in English only. “The music we grew up with and listen to today, is in English“, says Vivi, “As a consequence, it was absolutely logical for us not to sing in German. Besides, it is much easier for me to express what I want to say in English“. The band already showed their international appeal in the choice of the location for the shooting of their second video: Vivi, Moo, Andy, Feli and Max picked the famous El Mirage Dry Lake near Los Angeles, where clips for U2 (“Vertigo”) and Madonna (“Frozen”) were filmed. This trip to the origins of Rock‘n‘Roll was an amazing experience for the young musicians, not only due to the video shoot in a spectacular setting. Besides extensive R‘n‘R-Sightseeing in the City of Angels, the band gave an interview accompanied by an unplugged life performance at one of the biggest rock stations in town: Indie 103.1, where musical heroes like Sex Pistols‘ guitarist Steve Jones, Dave Navarro (Jane‘s Addiction, Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Henry Rollins and band members of Guns N‘ Roses host their own shows. The incredible rise of Aloha From Hell didn’t go unnoticed in the international music business: Acknowledgement for their infectious melodic rock was granted from prominent side by their international label mates Leona Lewis and Madcon, with whom Aloha From Hell recently performed. All these are important steps on the band‘s journey towards an international career, which the band describes most moderately. “We would like to make ourselves a name in the music business and uphold it for as long as possible“, says Moo. With an incredible first album, a cute version of Cindy Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and their forthcoming third single “No More Days To Waste” they have all what it takes to take the music world by storm