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In the beginning
"...and the beat goes on!" These words are not only the title of the legendary debut album put out by these ultimate raver
idols, for Scooter themselves they have become words to live by. And along with the beat, the megasellers go on and on as
well. It all sounds like a dream, or a fairytale for the nineties, but this is reality.
1993
Although widely known from the print and TV media, the history of the band Scooter deserves a few words here.
Back in the wavy 80s, H.P. and Rick got together under the name "Celebrate The Nun". Their music back then can best be
described as "avant-garde future pop". This creative duo with the spacy sound achieved early success.
The high point came when "Celebrate The Nun" broke into the Top 5 of the American Billboard Dance Charts.
The two were spending more and more time in the music studios of Hamburg together with H.P.'s musically obsessed cousin
Ferris and with Jens Thele, who had over many years become a permanent fixture on the city's club scene (Traxx, Trinity,
Giganten-Partys) and with whom H.P. was now working at the Hamburg-based record company Edel.
In the summer of 1993, the four formed the remix team "The Loop". It will come as no surprise that within no time at all they
had gained the reputation as the remixers of choice. Guided by their policy of "if you like it, do it", they joined up with
the likes of Adeva, Holly Johnson, RuPaul, Tony Di Bart, Tag Team, Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark, to name just a few, and
moved on to become one of the hottest remix teams around.
In late 1993 they were asked to produce a new version of the dutch house-track "Vallee des Larmes". At the same time, the
idea of starting their own project began to take root. As the "Vallee des Larmes" track had a carnival-like feel, the group
decided to name themselves after the bumper car, what the Germans call, you guessed it, Scooter! With Jens Thele doing his
part in the background, H.P. Baxxter, Ferris Bueller and Rick Jordan are happiest when they're in the spotlight. It's
significant that Scooter is on a level far above that of other techno-dance formations. These guys are a real band who give
their all on stage and cut all their tracks in the studio together.
1994
Hit after hit has been pumped out by H.P. Baxxter, Rick Jordan and Ferris Bueller, alias Scooter. Those who turned up their
critical noses at "Hyper Hyper" back in the autumn of '94 had their eyes opened mighty quickly."Hyper Hyper" sold over
700,000 copies in Germany alone, worked its way into German slang and catapulted Scooter overnight to the status of
international stars. The ever-growing ranks of the rave generation use the expression "Hyper Hyper" to describe something
incredibly awesome. It's the superlative superlative. And, as their career shows, these boys from the far north really live
up to the title they gave their first track.
You've seen it happen many a time: an act crashes onto the scene, scores a megahit, and, before you know it, they're history.
But not Scooter. They have become one of the world's most successful dance-techno bands. "Hyper Hyper",
"Move Your Ass", "Friends", "Endless Summer" and "Back In The UK" all reached Top 5 in the German singles sales charts with
sales of over 3:5 million worldwide so far. The singles all reached at least gold statusin Germany (250:000 units).
1995
The second album "Our Happy Hardcore" sold 120:000 units in Germany alone so far. It was the first CD-Extra (CD-Plus) of a
German artist. The CD-ROM part of the CD offers the fan a variety of personal photos, excerpts of the videos as well as
information about the group. Moreover, you can compete with H.P., Ferris and Rick in a go-cart race.
1996
In May 1996, following "Back In The UK" (first Top 20 hit for Scooter in the UK) and "Let Me Be Your Valentine", the third
single hit from "Our Happy Hardcore" was released: "Rebel Yell", a cover version of the Billy Idol classic with which Scooter
proved that H.P. apart from his MC shouts can actually sing."Rebel Yell" continued the string of Top 10 hits for Scooter in
Germany as well as various other territories.
Scooter's version of the Marc Cohn classic "Walking In Memphis": "I'm Raving", released in September 1996, was also produced
in the said studio. And as a new single has to be followed by a new album, H.P., Rick and Ferris released their third album
"Wicked!" in October 1996. "Wicked!" became the most successful Scooter album to date including their first radio hit single,
the first 'techno-ballad' ever: "Break It Up". Who thought "I'm Raving" with its 139 BPM had been slow might have been
surprised by this wonderful love song which was created with songwriter Noise Katzman (Culture Beat, DJ Bobo a.o.) and which
also established Scooter in the Pop genre.
1997
Following H.P.'s rediscovery of his old love for guitars with "Break It Up", Scooter obviously came to like sounds
that one would not expect from an act which emerged from the rave and techno scene. Thus the single "Fire!" - a really
explosive Dance track - is based on a metal guitar riff and stresses the band's seemingly ceaseless creativeness.
After their first Asian tour H.P., Rick and Ferris continued to work on their new album.
So was the single "Fire" - an explosive dance-title with a metal-guitar riff, released.The single directly entered the
top ten charts as #6 (08:04.97) and had four weeks later sold gold.
Then came their fourth album "Age of Love" which was released August 25 1997, but first they released the single called
"The Age of Love" on the 11th of August, 1997.
On December 1st 1997 Scooter released a single called "No Fate" and on December 30 they released a double-cd album called
"Rough and tough and dangerous - the singles 1994-1998".
1998
In May 1998 the eurogressive song called "How Much Is The Fish?" was released, with this single a new member was introduced:
Axel Coon. He replaced Ferris Bueller, who left the group to make a career of his own.
The sixth album "No Time To Chill" was released in July 1998. The album had 12 tracks including the hit
"How Much Is The Fish" and many song with big hit potenial. I also contains some covers,
"Eyes Without A Face" and "I Was Made For Lovin' You".
The next single to be released was "We are the Greatest" / "I Was Made For Lovin?You" which was released on the 21 September,
1998.
1999
In January 1999 the single "Call Me Ma?ana" was released.
In the summer of 1999 the single "Faster Harder Scooter" was released.
In September, 1999 their 7th album "Back To The Heavyweight Jam" was released.
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