Slut (band)

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Slut lead vocalist Christian Neuburger in 2011

Slut is a German indie rock band from Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The band's lyrics are primarily written and sung in English.

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History

The band was founded in 1994 by Christian Neuburger (vocals, guitar), Matthias Neuburger (drums), Rainer Schaller (guitar), Gerd Rosenacker (bass guitar) and Phillip Zhang the accompanying keyboard artist. After they recorded their first album, Rene Arbeithuber (keyboard, vocals, guitar) also joined. From 1997 to 1998, along with Rene and Rainer's band, 'Pelzig', they lived and recorded in a castle near Ingolstadt. In 2002, two of their singles charted on the DAC: Easy to Love got to No. 8, and Time Is Not A Remedy hit No. 18. [1] In 2005, Slut represented Bavaria in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, with the song "Why Pourquoi (I Think I Like You)", placing 12th with 17 points. [2]

Discography

Albums

Singles

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References

  1. "Jahrescharts 2002" [Charts of the Year 2002] (in German). Djcharts.de. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  2. "Bundesvision Song Contest". fan-lexikon.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.