Red Aim was a German rock band. The group was founded in 1995 and mainly played stoner and raga rock.[1] After the change of vocalist to Karsten Brill, the music started to go more into the direction of punk rock and heavy metal.[2]
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| Origin | Saarbrücken, Germany |
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| Years active | 1995–2006 |
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| Past members | Karsten Brill Benjamin Buss David Kiefer Stefan Gemballa Pascal Flach Thorsten Erbel Christian Jost David Vogt Patrick Schappert Thore Huppert Christian Theisinger |
History edit
Red Aim was formed in 1995. Pascal Flach and Benjamin Buss knew each other from school.[3] The band released two independent EPs Sinai Jam (1996) and Orange (1998) before signing a deal with 'I Used to Fuck People Like You in Prison Records' (later known as People Like You Records). Red Aim's first album with them was Call Me Tiger.[4] The album contained two bonus tracks from Orange. It was recorded again after Karsten Brill replaced Pascal Flach.[5] Stefan Gemballa joined the band as a drummer. In the same year, Red Aim released their cover of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper".
In 2000, Red Aim was on a tour with Dutch band 7Zuma7.[6] In the same year, they released The Aprilfuckers EP and in 2001 Saartanic Cluttydogs. After signing a deal with American label Metal Blade Records, the band changed their line-up. Bassist Thorsten Erbel was replaced with David Vogt and Christian Jost joined as a keyboardist.[7] In August 2001, they played a concert at Summer Breeze Open Air. In 2002, they released Flesh for Fantasy.[8] In April 2002, Red Aim supported In Extremo during their tour.[9]
In the beginning of August 2002, the band played on Wacken Open Air. In 2003, they released Niagara. On 6 December 2003, Stefan Gemballa got badly injured by a drum monitor that hit him in the head during a concert in Saarbrücken.[10]
In 2003, Red Aim musicians founded a new band Powerwolf.
Members edit
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Discography edit
- Sinai Jam (EP, 1996)
- Orange (EP, 1998)
- Call Me Tiger (1999)
- The Aprilfuckers EP (EP, 2000)
- Saartanic Cluttydogs (2001)
- Flesh for Fantasy (2002)
- Niagara (2003)
References edit
- ^ Sinai Jam by Red Aim, retrieved 26 August 2019
- ^ "Red Aim - Red Aim • metal.de". metal.de. 26 April 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "BODYCHECK Nr.11". www.heavy-metal.de. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Red Aim | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Interviews & Artikel : RED AIM :: ox-fanzine.de". www.ox-fanzine.de. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Flesh For Fantasy | metalinside - Das Rock und Metal Online-Magazin". www.metalinside.de. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "RED AIM: Ray Kitzler an der Hammond • News • vampster.com". vampster.com (in German). 3 July 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Red Aim | metalinside - Das Rock und Metal Online-Magazin". www.metalinside.de. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ GmbH, Stephan Jaensch, Jan Vesper, Marian Gaebler, Kristopher Jelinek, Philip Richter (Layout, HTML, CSS)-intosite. "Live: In Extremo". www.urbanite.net (in German). Retrieved 26 August 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "RED AIM: Mitch Buchanan bei Live-Show verletzt • News • vampster.com". vampster.com (in German). 10 December 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
