Sun was an Alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band from Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....

, Germany

Germany

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 with English lyrics and styles described as Crossover

Crossover (music)

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 and Progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

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The band was founded in 1991 by Ralf Aussem and Jörg Schröder.
Sun was considered for long time on critics as "German answer" of Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

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 or Tool

Tool (band)

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Furthermore the band supported Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

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 on their Ten Release Tour in 1992 and also Monster Magnet

Monster Magnet

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 in the year 1995.

Two years after founding their band they got their Majordeal on the label Gun Records

GUN Records

GUN Records was a record label located in Bochum, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany and was founded 1992 by Bogdan Kopec and Wolfgang Funk....

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The band became good known by their albums Murdernature, XXXX and Nitro as also by co-projects for sequels of the serial rock sampler Crossing All Over.
Further, the band used instruments atypical of rock, like English flutes.

In the year 2001 the band split up after different exchanges of bandmembers and severe illness of their singer. Their founder and musicwriter Ralf Aussem plays currently in the Scottish/German band Dead Guitars

Dead Guitars

In 2003 Pete Brough, one of the founder-members of German band , and Ralf Aussem, guitarist from the original 12DD cast, founder and mastermind behind Sun , joined forces with vocalist Carlo van Putten and collectively gave life to Dead Guitars....

Members

• Ralf Aussem (songwriting, guitar) - founder of Sun; current band: Dead Guitars
  Dead Guitars
  In 2003 Pete Brough, one of the founder-members of German band , and Ralf Aussem, guitarist from the original 12DD cast, founder and mastermind behind Sun , joined forces with vocalist Carlo van Putten and collectively gave life to Dead Guitars....
  
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• Jörg Schröder (vocals) and founder of Sun
• Holger Seeling (bass)
• Peter Körfer (guitar)
• Jörg Schneider (drums)
• Björn Lucker (drums)
• Kurt Schmidt (bass)

& Bogdan Skowronek (orig.drummer)

Discography

• 1991 - Urban Glowing
• 1992 - Murdernature
• 1993 - Jam House Wah
• 1994 - XXXX
• 1996 - Nitro
• 1998 - Launches (Best Of)
• 2001 - Sun