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</td></tr><tr><th>Country</th><td>Germany</td></tr><tr><th>Years active</th><td>1993 – present</td></tr><tr><th>Genres</th><td>Techno
Trance
Happy hardcore
Rave
</td></tr><tr><th>Labels</th><td>Sheffield Tunes, Kontor Records</td></tr><tr><th>Members</th><td> H.P. Baxxter
Rick J. Jordan
Michael Simon
Jens Thele (Manager)</td></tr><tr><th>Website(s)</th><td>www.scootertechno.com
Official Myspace</td></tr>

Scooter

Scooter is a German techno band. The band is currently made up of members H.P. Baxxter, Rick Jordan and new member Michael Simon. Among their more well-known hits are "Ramp! (The Logical Song)", "Hyper Hyper", "Fire!", "How Much Is The Fish?", "Nessaja", "Weekend!", Maria (I Like It Loud), One (Always Hardcore) and "Hello! (Good to be Back)".

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[edit] History

Originally the group started as a side project in 1994. Their debut single Vallée De Larmes (French for Valley Of Tears) reached #8 on the German dance chart. In April of that year, Scooter played their first live show in Hamburg, Germany, where vocalist H.P. Baxxter began freestyling off the top of his head to an instrumental dance track. At that point, Scooter officially became a group, and Baxxter's rapping would become one of the band's trademarks.

In 2002, Scooter enjoyed somewhat of a comeback, with 6 top twenty UK singles ("Ramp! (The Logical Song)", "Nessaja", "Posse (I Need You On The Floor)", "Weekend!", "The Night", and "Maria (I Like It Loud)") all charting in an 18 month period (prior to this comeback, they only ever had one top twenty single in the UK, "Back In The UK"). Ramp! (The Logical Song) went gold or even platinum in many countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom and Norway.

They have a sort of "trademark" style of techno, with most of their songs featuring some "rap shouting", sometimes featuring a high pitched vocal, which is evident especially on their biggest hit "RAMP! (The Logical Song)" (which samples "The Logical Song" by Supertramp). Much of their music features elements of a live performance, including the roar of the crowd, and the echoing sound of H.P.'s voice.

This style is very similar to the slightly earlier, but now mostly forgotten Scottish dance act Ultrasonic, who had minor chart hits with "Obsession" in 1992 and "Annihilating Rhythm" in 1993. Ultrasonic would later remix Scooters "Move Your Ass" while Scooter in return remixed Ultrasonic's "Check Your Head".

Scooter's style would also appear to harp back to that of The KLF, especially so with the track entitled "Posse! (I Need You On The Floor) - with a sample which re-occurs throughout the work of The KLF. KLF references are also frequently used in Scooter songs. Both bands have released singles with the title "Fuck the Millennium": KLF in 1997 under the pseudonym 2K, and Scooter in 1999. Relatively lengthy and complex samples used in KLF tracks have often surfaced in Scooter tracks, such as the entire opening seconds of the KLF's 3am Eternal being used to open Hello (Good to be Back) by Scooter.

On September 9th, 2005, Scooter performed their first concert in North America at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois along with opening acts such as DJ Markski (Chicago), DJ Erikk, Aquagen, and Benassi Bros.. It was at the Chicago concert that the single, "Hello! (Good To Be Back)" was played to the public for the first time. The band will return to Chicago at the Congress Theatre on the 25th of November 2006 to play for the second time in the USA, the first time for Michael Simon.

The "Who's Got The Last Laugh Now?" Tour 2006, named after the latest studio album, was the last tour to take place. After the tour they released a CD and 2 disc DVD entitled "Excess All Areas", containing the final concert of the 2006 tour on one disc, and every single video for every single release on the other.

On the 14th of August, 2006, it was announced that Jay Frog had decided to leave the band to pursue a solo career. He was replaced by Michael Simon. On August 19th Scooter played at the Tufertschwil Open Air in Switzerland. This was a very special event as Michael Simon had his debut as the third man of the band.

Rumours have now begun on the next single release, which may be played for the first time in the United States, but will definitely be played at The Dome 40 in Düsseldorf, Germany, at the ISS Dome on the 1st of December, 2006. Michael Simon has said on his MySpace fan-page that the next single will be 100% Scooter (no rights bought from other artists), 140BPM and in the Trance genre. The release date of the next album "The Ultimate Aural Orgasm" is confirmed for release on February 9, 2007, while the next single, "Behind The Cow", will be released on January 19, 2007. These will be the first studio releases with the new member.

[edit] Lineup

[edit] Current

[edit] Former

[edit] Special Guests with Scooter

[edit] Management

[edit] Discography

[edit] Latest Releases & Coming Soon

Latest Released Single Apache Rocks the Bottom! (2006)
Latest Released Album Who's Got The Last Laugh Now? (2005)
Single Coming Soon "Behind The Cow" (19-01-2007)
Album Coming Soon "The Ultimate Aural Orgasm" (09-02-2007)

[edit] Studio Albums

Year Album Title UK Chart Position Germany Chart Position
1995 ...and the Beat Goes On! #5 #2
1996 Our Happy Hardcore #4 #2
1996 Wicked! #4 #2
1997 Age of Love - #1
1998 No Time To Chill - #4
1999 Back to the Heavyweight Jam - #1 (Gold)
2000 Sheffield - #3
2001 We Bring the Noise! - #6
2003 The Stadium Techno Experience #2 (Silver) #1 (Gold)
2004 Mind the Gap - #8 (Gold)
2005 Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? - #1 (Gold)
2007 The Ultimate Aural Orgasm (09-02-2007) - -

[edit] Singles

Year Single Title UK Chart Position Irish Chart Position Germany Chart Position Australian Chart Position
1994 "Vallée De Larmes" - - - -
1994 "Hyper Hyper" - #3 (gold) #2 (gold)(platin) -
1995 "Move Your Ass" #23 #7 #3 (gold) 2
1995 "Friends" - #6 #3 (gold) -
1995 "Endless Summer" - - #5 (gold) -
1995 "Back in the UK" #18 #7 #4 (gold) -
1996 "Back in Ireland" N/A #4 (gold) - -
1996 "Let Me Be Your Valentine" - #9 #4 (gold) -
1996 "Rebel Yell" #30 #3 (gold) #8 -
1996 "I'm Raving" #33 #9 #4 (gold) -
1997 "Break it Up" - - #5 (gold) -
1997 "Fire" #45 #8 #5 (gold) -
1997 "The Age Of Love" - - #14 -
1997 "No Fate" - - #9 -
1998 "How Much is the Fish?" - - #3 (gold) -
1998 "I Was Made For Lovin' You/We Are The Greatest" - - #6 -
1999 "Call Me Mañana" - - #1 (gold) -
1999 "FasterHarderScooter" - - #7 -
1999 "Fuck the Millennium" - - #1 (gold) -
2000 "I'm Your Pusher" - - #7 -
2000 "She's the Sun" - - #4 (gold) -
2001 "Posse (I Need You On The Floor)" #15 (in 2002) #3 (gold) (in 2002) #7 -
2001 "Aiii Shot the DJ" - - #2 (gold) -
2001 "Ramp! (The Logical Song)" #2 (in 2002) (gold) #1 (gold) (in 2002) #7 #1 (Gold, Platinum)
2002 "Nessaja" #4 #7 #1 (gold) #8
2003 "Weekend!" #12 #14 #2 (gold) #10
2003 "The Night" #16 #3 (gold) #10 #3(gold)
2003 "Maria (I Like It Loud)" #16 #3 (gold) #4 (gold) -
2003 "Jigga Jigga!" #48 - #10 -
2004 "Shake That!" - - #8 #3 (Club Charts)
2004 "One (Always Hardcore)" - - #7 -
2005 "Suavemente/Trance Atlantic" - - #2 -
2005 "Hello! (Good to Be Back)" - - #4 (gold) -
2005 "Apache Rocks the Bottom" - - #4 (gold) -
2006 "Rock Bottom (Only for Holland)" - - - -
2007 "Behind The Cow (19/01/2007)" - - - -

[edit] Official Compilations

Year Album Title UK Chart Position Germany Chart Position
1998 Rough and Tough and Dangerous - The Singles 94/98 - #8
2002 Push the Beat for This Jam [The Second Chapter] - #2 (Gold)
2002 Push the Beat for This Jam [The Singles '94-'02] (UK/Australia only) #1 (Gold) -
2002 Pushing the Beat [The Best of Scooter] (US only) - -
2002 24 Carat Gold - #5
2006 Anthology (French Release) - -

[edit] Live DVDs

Year Title Country and Position
2002 Encore.Live and Direct. Germany (#1)
2006 Excess All Areas Germany (#4), Sweden (#1)

[edit] Live Albums

Year Album Title UK Chart Position Germany Chart Position
2002 Encore.Live and Direct. - #3
2004 10th Anniversary Concert - -
2006 Excess All Areas - -

[edit] External links

Official
Artist MySpaces
Fansites

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