Son Goku was a German

Music of Germany

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 rock

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 band

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. The music was a mix of hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

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, alternative

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, reggae

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 and electronic sounds. The band was named after the Son Goku

Son Goku (Dragon Ball)

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 character in the Dragon Ball

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series. Son Goku's first and only album, Crashkurs (Crash course), was released in 2002

2002 in music

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 and reached a peak position of 15 on the Media Control Charts

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. Son Goku has since disbanded due to "dissension" amongst the members.

Origins

Son Goku was a side project of Thomas D

Thomas D

Thomas D. is a rapper in the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. He frequently works on solo projects.- Life :...

, of Die Fantastischen Vier

Die Fantastischen Vier

Die Fantastischen Vier , also known as Fanta 4, is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, Germany. The members are Michael Bernd Schmidt alias Smudo, Andreas Rieke alias And.Ypsilon, Thomas Dürr alias Hausmeister Thomas D and Michael 'Michi' Beck alias Dee Jot Hausmarke...

 fame. The band originated from the M.A.R.S. (Moderne Anstalt Rigoroser Spakker, or Modern Institute of Adamant Spakkers), a commune

Commune (intentional community)

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 of artist

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s and musician

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s founded by Thomas D in 1998. Thomas D named the band after Son Goku, the protagonist of the Dragon Ball series (an animated Japan

Japan

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ese anime series), as the character embodied the band's philosophy

Philosophy

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; Thomas D stated he was "fascinated by Goku's naïveté and cheerfulness, yet, at the same time, a great warrior saving the world".

Music

Son Goku was formed with the "desire for a new form of expression and a fresh sound", resulting in a mix of hardcore punk, alternative, reggae and electronic sounds. Established band members and access to their own recording studio

Recording studio

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 at the M.A.R.S. commune allowed for experimentation with the genre

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s.

Son Goku's only single, Alle für Jeden, was released on June 17, 2002, followed by the album Crashkurs on July 29, 2002. Son Goku disbanded on or before January 1, 2003, due to "dissension" amongst the members.

Thomas D

Thomas D is best known as a member of the German hip hop

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 band Die Fantastischen Vier. Thomas D had also undertaken previous solo projects. Son Goku was the first in which he did not rap

Rapping

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. Thomas D founded Son Goku with Bertil Mark and provided vocals and lyrics

Lyrics

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 for the band.

Komi Togbonou

Komi Togbonou had played in the band Gajanaut and provided vocals and played digeridoo for Nina Hagen

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, Die Fantastischen Vier und Thomas D in both studio and concert

Concert

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 settings. Togbonou provided vocals and lyrics for Son Goku.

Bertil Mark

Bertil Mark was born in 1976 and had his first performance experience in a youth theater production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

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. Mark had worked with other German bands including, among others, 5 Sterne Deluxe and Fettes Brot

Fettes Brot

Fettes Brot is a German hip hop group founded in 1992.Fettes Brot is German for fat bread. "Fett" is a German slang term for "excellent" and brot is slang for "hash". The band took the name from a fan who called them "Fettes Brot" after an early gig, which was probably meant as a compliment, but...

. Since 1999, Mark had been producing for his own studio, Haus Erika Productions, and for the M.A.R.S. commune. Mark was Son Goku’s drummer

Drummer

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 and producer

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.

Axel Hilgenstöhler

Axel Hilgenstöhler was the guitarist

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 of "Thumb" for 7 years and was involved in production and songwriting for Clueso

Clueso

Clueso is a German singer, rapper, songwriter and producer.Clueso, named after Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther, started making music in 1995. In 1998 he got to know his future manager Andreas Welskop and gave up his hairdressing apprenticeship. His first vinyl Clüsolo was released on BMG...

, MC Lenny, Ferris MC, Tyree Cooper, Tyrone Rickets, Virginia Nasiamento and Africa Islam. Hilgenstöhler had also toured with bands such as Henry Rollins

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, The Prodigy

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, Foo Fighters

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 and Bad Religion

Bad Religion

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. Hilgenstöhler was a guitarist and producer for Son Goku

Jochen Hornung

Since 1999, Jochen Hornung has been a guitarist in several hardcore bands, most notably "Beat Down". Hornung has also been a columnist for Zap Magazine, a concert presenter and run his own record label

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. Hornung met Thomas D through his work with Die Fantastischen Vier.

Paul J Greco

Born in 1966, Paul Greco toured worldwide as part of Chumbawamba

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 from 1992 to 1999. Since 2000, Greco had been doing studio work in Germany with Clueso, Arj Snoek and Klaus Cornfield. Greco is the bassist

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 for Son Goku.

Crashkurs

Crashkurs (Crash Course) is Son Goku's first and only studio album

Studio album

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. The album took six months to prepare and, of the approximately 16 to 18 songs written, 14 were chosen. The album peaked at number 15 on the Media Control Charts

Media Control Charts

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 (official German music charts) and 35 on Austria

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n charts.

Track	Length	German Title	English Translation
1.	4:43	An Alle	To all
2.	3:38	Crashkurs	Crash course
3.	3:52	Gebet Dank	Give thanks
4.	2:40	Alle Für Jeden	Everyone for all
5.	3:47	OM	OM
6.	4:03	Hier Sind Wir Sind Hier	Here are we are here
7.	3:51	Tut Mir Leid	Sorry
8.	4:31	Ist Das Dein Leben?	Is this your life?
9.	4:34	Wessen Schicksal	Whose fate
10.	3:51	Sofort Aufhören	Stop immediately
11.	4:05	Leicht	Easy
12.	3:35	Läutet Alle Glocken	Sound all [the] bells
13.	2:57	Wann Willst Du Leben Wenn Nicht Jetzt?	When do you want to live, if not now?
14.	7:53	Space	Space

Alle für Jeden

Alle Für Jeden (Everyone for all) is Son Goku's first and only single

Single (music)

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. The single peaked at number 86 on the Media Control Charts.

Track	Length	German Title	English Translation
1.	2:41	Alle für jeden (Original Mix)	Everyone for all (Original Mix)
2.	3:50	Party für jeden (Hotel Sp. Mix)	Party for all (Hotel Sp. Mix)
3.	4:23	Alle für jeden (DJ Friction RMX)	Everyone for all (DJ Friction RMX)
4.	2:40	Alle für jeden (Instrumental)	Everyone for all (Instrumental)