The most popular dance music acts in the world how did frontman h. P. Baxter and his musicians make it to the top well take a closer look at their incredible success story. Thank. Their concerts are wild techno parties everyone can chant along with their simple vocals here scooter gets the fins on to the floor for over two decades now the german trio has been turning out hits for International Dance floors. Thank. God. Its pretty incredible sometimes a comma leave it i cant get my head around how long its been. Like to focus on the here and now look to the immediate future. I dont intend to do it on the past. Thanks ever since they started out 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 that. Scooters response is to make videos that mock themselves the single. Stop the hard core samples a classic greeks talky tune and give it the classic scooter treatment. Or you tube scooter have an especially extatic fan base in Northern European countries like finland. Always it feels exactly like it did in the one nine hundred ninety s. But this is a scooter. 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 a way were proud of the fans who stayed with us for years but more just kept coming. And they keep coming right to this day because thats how you think. 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. Thanks. Scooter have since released over fifty singles and established a constant presence on the european charts even so critics still like to make fun of their simple lyrics but. The message of the text 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 the month of any. Of them. Even today no matter which part of russia i met people come up to me. And greet me with a euphoric. Thank you. The phrase may be devoid of meaning but its world famous and all across europe. Thank. You. Thank scooter are one of the most hard driving bands of the International Dance scene every year they play countless live shows from moscow to slow and they have absolutely no intention of taking a time out thanks but. Theres no point in always keeping something alive thats going retro weve got a huge repertoire of classics. Trucks typical scooter techno trucks to we have to play now on that. But at least we try to reinvent ourselves and transform everything so it goes with the new time. And you know its high possibly. So they waste no time with thoughts of quitting even after more than two decades scooter means raving nonstop. A a. Twenty seven teams all the techno giants released studio album. Immediately stormed into the top ten of the german charts the video for the single hit. Was filmed on location in tokyo. Thank you thank you you thank. Yes. And. With you. With. I know. Its. My guess. Would be. My. Guess. And. Maybe you. Pay to get a stage name is h. B. Baxter but he doesnt mind it 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. Broadside blonde black extrovert in public h. P. Back to my eyes is the macho party animal. Thats in private i 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 but if. I love the look of old english movies or films furniture thats one hundred years old and wont even be fashionable in two hundred years time because it was never fashionable in the first place. Anymore to. Genuine i love the comfortable feel of it. Sitting in a leather chair in front of a roaring fire thats just my think this is just the wine of the. Season and the fall when it comes to music to hence the early school back in the u. K. So. Theres always been a clear separation between one space i get is and his alter ego h. P. Baxter. If. I want to go so far as to say that once paired together this is more boring but hes definitely quieter more of a homebody im possibly even a bit more conservative than youd expect. But thats fine i think you need to draw a line somewhere where you go crazy. By the way. He was born in 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 ts an integral part of the local culture. Speciality there is a blend of us. 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. Thank god we can use dogs as 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. You yes im 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. And space 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 dutch comedy quick. Buck. Scooter and im to work with other musicians regularly in twenty fourteen wiz khalifa featured on the big room blitz 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 seven along with jordan he founded since pop and celebrate the nine. H. P. Bax 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 your latest go to image on the scene. Stooges front and doesnt only use his image to promote his music in twenty thirteen he appeared in a russian t. V. Ad praise an Electronics Chain for the good. Old anything more powerful. 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 vacuum cleaners in twenty fifteen he appeared in an ad for a german Supermarket Chain flamboyant as a ho march just the first. I know when im trying to. Make. This inadvertently caused an International Incident in august twenty seventeen by taking part in a Music Festival in balaklava in crimea the black sea even insular 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 eight 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. Join us in the universe of pop on facebook send us a message we love hearing from. You. Did a massive kill 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 to. Use 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 skits who 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 better sense. Than to say. Like this is the champs song from nine hundred seventy nine to zero. Thank you another trademark is h. P. Thats just so cool 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 go there. Sharing the responsibility for todays screw to sound is. A young d. J. And producer from austria he joined the crew in twenty fourteen. Because sometimes theyve got funny words for thing that there are lots of things which cant really be described in one word especially in producing music but 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 those of a typhoon and. For example did did did. It may not be in the dictionary but its a skit a classic and just too good not to recycle say jim. These tech never. Even if skates to keep on taking flak for their sound they dont feel that by the critics. Music even if no one of them. We sell 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. Now maybe they know better than to tamper with success. From nine hundred ninety four mixed with the bands trademark spoken lyrics style. To greet the band on stage enjoy his classic track until next time on. Will hi hi. Thank. You hi paul. He risked everything for democracy his reputation his korea even his life. One of the greatest statesmen of the final republican. A committed democrats with great. Gustafsson on the republican fifty minutes long. History books are brought to life. Maybe the stories therein get a rewrite. The story of the russian revolution. From the perspective of writers thinkers and the government. What did it feel like to live in times of a revolution. Nineteen seventeen a real october starting october twenty fifth t w i. Think stajan the stadium was so loud it was a really special event are numbered all my life everybody have a dream. 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