Racetrack Babies
Encyclopedia
Racetrack Babies were a Danish
punk rock
band, formed in Copenhagen in 1998, whose successful debut album produced two MTV
music videos for the singles Changing Weather and It's OK. The band recorded three albums with various personnel changes before dissolving in 2007.
's "Up North" chart during August and September.
Following a brief break-up in 2004, the band reformed as a trio with Christian Andersen (guitar and vocals), Cecilie Ravik (bass), and Martin Bjerregaard (drums). The band recorded their second album, The End.
With new members in 2005 consisting of Christian Andersen, Morten Søfting, Cecilie Ravik and Søren Hansen, the band returned to the studio and recorded the album Summer Salt Santiago.
After a long illness Cecilie Ravik left the band in 2006 to finish her Finnish studies at Copenhagen University. After a tour of Denmark Søren Hansen also left the band due to stage fright and illness.
The band toured the United States in 2006 and received airplay on college radio stations with their song "The Storm" reaching 365 (out of 875) on the RIYL weighted college chart. The third album received some positive reviews there and was an editor's choice "Best of 2006" for Indie-Music online magazine.
After the US. tour, bass player Minh Le and drummer Morten Søfting left Racetrack Babies. In May 2007 Hans Christian Wayne went into the studio together with Henrik Jørgen Svendsen on drums, Hans Find Møller on bass and Søren Ernst Hansen on guitar and recorded the album The Captain of Sorrow, but it was never released.
Denmark
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punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band, formed in Copenhagen in 1998, whose successful debut album produced two MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
music videos for the singles Changing Weather and It's OK. The band recorded three albums with various personnel changes before dissolving in 2007.
Biography
The band was founded in 1998 by Jacob Aaby (guitar), Christian Andersen (guitar and lead vocals), Cecilie Ravik (bass) and Mads Hvidt (drums). In 2002, with Jamie Salazar replacing Mads Hvidt on drums, the band recorded its debut album, Love Sick for the band's own Musikministeriet label. The album was rereleased the following year on the Swedish label Dead Frog Records. The album received positive reviews and television and radio airplay throughout Scandinavia. Music videos for two of the album's singles, Changing Weather and It's OK, appeared on MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's "Up North" chart during August and September.
Following a brief break-up in 2004, the band reformed as a trio with Christian Andersen (guitar and vocals), Cecilie Ravik (bass), and Martin Bjerregaard (drums). The band recorded their second album, The End.
With new members in 2005 consisting of Christian Andersen, Morten Søfting, Cecilie Ravik and Søren Hansen, the band returned to the studio and recorded the album Summer Salt Santiago.
After a long illness Cecilie Ravik left the band in 2006 to finish her Finnish studies at Copenhagen University. After a tour of Denmark Søren Hansen also left the band due to stage fright and illness.
The band toured the United States in 2006 and received airplay on college radio stations with their song "The Storm" reaching 365 (out of 875) on the RIYL weighted college chart. The third album received some positive reviews there and was an editor's choice "Best of 2006" for Indie-Music online magazine.
After the US. tour, bass player Minh Le and drummer Morten Søfting left Racetrack Babies. In May 2007 Hans Christian Wayne went into the studio together with Henrik Jørgen Svendsen on drums, Hans Find Møller on bass and Søren Ernst Hansen on guitar and recorded the album The Captain of Sorrow, but it was never released.
External links
- official website
- racetrack babies on myspace