Virginia Jetzt!

Virginia Jetzt!
Background information
Origin Elsterwerda, Brandenburg
Germany Germany
Genres Pop, Indie pop, Schlager
Years active 1999–2010
Labels Universal Music
Website http://www.virginia-jetzt.de/
Members Nino Skrotzki
Thomas Dörschel
Mathias Hielscher
Angelo Gräbs

Virginia Jetzt! was a German Indie-Pop band founded in the small town of Elsterwerda in Brandenburg in 1999; the quartet dissolved in October 2010.

The band has released four albums so far, their 2003 debut album Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Jetzt? — a reference to the Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — followed by Anfänger (English: Beginner) in 2004, Land Unter (English: Land Under) in 2007, and "Blühende Landschaften" (English: "Blooming Landscapes") in 2009.

Anfänger spawned three single releases; "Ein ganzer Sommer" (German Charts # 28, 2004), "Das ganz normale Leben" (# 72, 2004) and "Wahre Liebe" (# 49, 2005).

In 2005, the band represented Brandenburg in the Bundesvision Song Contest 2005, with the song "Wahre Liebe", placing 8th with 54 points.[1]

January 2007 saw the band release their album Land Unter, containing the singles "Bitte bleib nicht, wenn du gehst"(German Charts # 54, 2006) (English: "Please don't stay, if you leave") and "Mehr als das" (# 75, 2007) (English: "More than that").

Discography

  • Virginia jetzt! (2000)
  • Pophymnen (2001)
  • Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Jetzt! (2003)
  • Anfänger (2004)
  • Anfänger Tour Edition (2005)
  • Land Unter (2007)
  • Blühende Landschaften (2009)

References

  1. ↑ "Bundesvision Song Contest". fan-lexikon.de (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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