Baxter and finding out the secret of their phenomenal success. Screws are among the most popular dance music acts in the world how did frontman h. B. Backstab and his musicians make it to the top well take a closer look at their incredible success story. Their concerts are wild techno parties everyone can chant along with their simple vocals here scooter gets the fins on the floor for over two decades now the german trio has been turning out hits for International Dance floors. Its pretty incredible sometimes i cant believe it i cant get my head around how long its been. Like to focus on the here or now look to the immediate future. I dont intend to do it on the past. Ever since they started. Down in one thousand nine hundred three scooter have polarized audiences to some frontman h. P. Baxter and the guys are the best thing that ever happened to electronic dance music to others their everything thats wrong with it. Scooters responses to make videos that mock themselves the single cant stop the hard core samples a classic greeks talky tune and give it the classic scooter treatment. Scooter have an especially ecstatic fan base in Northern European countries like finland. The glories it feels exactly like it did in the nine hundred ninety s. And that this is a skewed. That weve been talking to every concert says ninety ninety nine. Scooter have sold over thirty million records worldwide so theyre well aware who they have to thank for their success. But its only still its always out of the fans who stayed with us for years but more just kept coming. And they keep coming right to this day because its hi hi. This is how scooter sounded back in one nine hundred ninety four the band from hanover scored a major hit with their second single hyper hyper. And since then scooter have been buzzing up and down the charts their formula works just as well as ever fast beats catchy melodies and rousing battle cries. Shut scooter have since released over fifty singles and established a constant presence on the european charts even so critics still. To make fun of their simple lyrics. You have to look at our lyrics in the context of the music and how they work together. They might not contain any meaningful message but they make people feel euphoric. Even today no matter which part of russia i met people come up to me. And greet me with a euphoric. The phrase may be devoid of meaning but its world famous and all across europe. Thank. You. Scooter are one of the most hard driving bands of the International Dance scene every year they play countless live shows from moscow. And they have absolutely no intention of taking a time out. Is. Theres no point in always keeping something alive thats gone retro weve got a huge repertoire of classics. Trucks typical techno trucks that we have to play now and then. But at least we try to reinvent ourselves and transform everything so it goes with the new time. So they waste no time with thoughts of quitting even after more than two decades scooter means. Twenty seventeen. All the techno giants released their nineteenth studio album. Immediately stormed into the top ten of the german charts the video for the single hit my gabba featuring. Was filmed on location in tokyo. Usa. Election but its. Way it. Went any way with the way. Way. Way way way. Way way way way way. Its. Been a. Thank. My guess. Would be zero zero. Zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. Zero zero. Zero. Zero zero zero zero zero. Pounds paid to get his stage name is. But he doesnt mind if fans call him scooter when i spot him on the street after all hes the face of the band special meets the man behind the stage persona. The crosseyed blond black clad extrovert in public h. B. Backs to piss in my eyes is the macho party animal. Thats invited to get is that his real name is a man of refined tastes his especially fond of vintage cars this nine hundred seventy three jaguar is among the jewels of his collection. Hes also a fan of english antiques whod have thought. Some of you. Love the look of old english movies or films furniture thats one hundred years old a moment even be fashionable in two hundred years time because it was never fashionable in the first place was a body more. Genuine i love the comfortable feel of it. Sitting in a leather chair in front of a roaring fire is of thats just my think this is just a small mind of the. Present as a file when it comes to music to hence the early school back in the u. K. So. Theres always been a clear separation between hanspeter get is and this alter ego h. P. Baxter. I want to go so far as to say that once paired together is more boring but hes definitely quieter more of a homebody and possibly even a bit more conservative than youd expect. But thats why i think you need to draw a line somewhere where you go crazy. The way. He was born in one nine hundred sixty four in a small town in northern germany and studied law in hanover before switching to music full time now in his fiftys has learned to appreciate a moment of quiet over a fine tea no wonder given his roots. And smells really good if. Born and raised in east freesia teas an integral part of the local culture. Speciality there is a blend of salon and a bit of darjeeling. Its very strong almost black and you drink it with rock sugar and cream. On. Top. Of. A man of contradictions at home hanspeter is reserved and day we say even a bit old fashioned. On the stage he transforms into h. P. Baxter and natural performer. Celebrating his goal which is what it should but its important to hold on to your sense of fun and stay in touch with desired geist. You need to keep drawing inspiration but without losing sight of who you are because you. Are not going to reinvent myself as a german language singer songwriter with a guitar any day soon thatll never happen but scooter tries to be as versatile as possible as long. As i get is knows. What audiences want and how to give it to them the fact hes never taken himself too seriously is also obvious in this video which screws are produced in collaboration with a comedy group. Screw. Skitter are known to work with other musicians regularly in twenty fourteen yo ass rap wiz khalifa featured on baker and plants although he doesnt appear in the video for the track its well worth checking out. Thank you time now for some more exciting stories about. Stress. Back in the nineteen eighties h. P. Baxter was making a very different sound in one thousand nine hundred seventy along with rick jordan he founded since pop band celebrate the none. Of the h. P. Backs desisted but it maxine was also a member of the group. The second single will you be that made it to number five in the club charts in the u. S. But the band broke up in ninety ninety two a year latest go to image on the scene. Which is front man doesnt only use his image to promote his music in twenty thirteen he appeared in a russian t. V. Ad for it an Electronics Chain were told. Oh anything more powerful he asks us new takes he wants food and i was given the lines in the script in advance to practice with an assistant. She read it out loud and i repeated. But who knows what i really ended up saying i wouldnt really know. The musicians foray into advertising didnt end with that team is in twenty fifteen he appeared in an ad for a german Supermarket Chain flamboyant as a ho march the first. I know when im trying to. Make. This is an advantage because an International Incident in august twenty seventeen by taking part in a Music Festival in balaklava in crimea the black sea financier has been occupied by russia since twenty fourteen by international will it still counts as part of ukraine. Anyone entering crimea from russian territory as did h. P. Baxter and his band mates is breaking ukrainian law now ukraine has opened Legal Proceedings against them they could face up to eighty years in prison. Scritches says they werent aware they were breaking any laws they just wanted to visit their fans. Everything from the vibrant world of music on facebook and. Stories stars and the latest from the music scene. Joining us in the universe of pop on facebook send us a message we love hearing from. You. In two thousand and seven when i knocked madonna off the top of the british album charts with their album jumping all over the world. Heres the title track. Lets take a closer look now at scooters incredible success the group of landed more than twenty top ten singles in germany alone and stormed the charts in several other countries to watch their secret. One of skate his First International hits was rebel yell if you can an anthem of the rave generation. In fact its a cover of a hit from the eightys by billy idol schism were quick to realize the potential of taking hits everyone knows and giving them the techno treatment. The main thing is knowing how to repackage it. You have to pick up on certain elements that lend themselves to reworking. I think thats the. Core you cant just steal a tune and assume it will be a hit its never that easy. So i put the sun on. The skids have sampled all sorts of tracks over the years some fans probably dont even know all the original bears and. Then you said. Like this is the charm song from nine hundred seventy nine and you guys. Thank you now the trademark is h. B. Back to socalled shouts. That the function is nothing more no less than fun. Sometimes i think its funny when people start philosophizing quite seriously about the lyrics and say what kind of bull is this. For example with the single oyo everywhere i go all the ladies want to touch me of course its a mix of Wishful Thinking and im making fun of myself. Because i told. Sharing the responsibility for Todays School to sound is. A young d. J. And producer from austria he joined the crew in twenty fourteen. Thanks so much because sometimes theyve got funny words for thing that there are lots of things which can really be described in one word especially in producing music if the guys have come up with words that they use just as naturally as if they were in the dictionary to denote a particular sound or Something Like that. For example did. It may not be in the dictionary but its a skit a classic and just too good not to recycle say jim. Hes technically trained. Even if to keep on taking flak for their sound they dont feel that by the critics. Music even if no one of. A lot of records. So when we hear people saying oh yes who listens to them. We know there must be more people out there who enjoys. It almost as male. Over twenty years now maybe they know better than to tag her with success. Skewed his first global hit from nine hundred ninety four mixed techno beats with the bands trademark spoken lyrics style. To greet the band on stage. Until next time on poppy. Thank you. Heidi. Will how you. Feel im. High how. To. Cook. Ready checked go. Duramax looks at winter fashion trends. Designers are rediscovering some traditional. What will the stop. An expedition in search of an ancient denizen of kazakhstan the sign got antelope to species since mammoth time. Or year ago scientists found evidence of a mysterious catastrophe i saw with my own eyes the first dead saigons dying there. 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