Band Ohne Namen
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Band Ohne Namen was a duo composed of Guy Gross and Claus Capek, both from Germany
. They are most famous for their hip-pop record Boys, which charted in many European countries in the year 2000
.
The original version of Boys as featured in their debut album No. 1 consisted of German
lyrics interrupted by an English
chorus. The single became a hit after it was translated fully into English, which spurred their next album B.O.N. in the USA, which was an all-English version of No. 1.
The follow-up English single Nobody was not as successful, and did not enter the English charts, although it featured on the UK MTV Hits
music channel. Their follow-up track in German, Take My Heart, was certified "gold" in Germany.
Their third album See My Life, was the duo's last album before their split in 2003
.
Guy Gross went on to release an EP in 2005
called Nothing to Lose aka Nichts zu Verlieren.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. They are most famous for their hip-pop record Boys, which charted in many European countries in the year 2000
2000 in music
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The original version of Boys as featured in their debut album No. 1 consisted of German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
lyrics interrupted by an English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
chorus. The single became a hit after it was translated fully into English, which spurred their next album B.O.N. in the USA, which was an all-English version of No. 1.
The follow-up English single Nobody was not as successful, and did not enter the English charts, although it featured on the UK MTV Hits
MTV Hits
MTV Hits is an American music video channel that debuted on May 1, 2002. The format of the network resembles that of the classic MTV before the additional of other programming to that network in the 1990s and their slow decline of music video programming...
music channel. Their follow-up track in German, Take My Heart, was certified "gold" in Germany.
Their third album See My Life, was the duo's last album before their split in 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
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Guy Gross went on to release an EP in 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
called Nothing to Lose aka Nichts zu Verlieren.