History Music / Tocotronic

* LongTitle: Most songnames on ''Wir kommen um uns zu beschweren''. Possibly a parody of this trope.

* BadassBaritone: Dirk since ca. 2000.

* NamesTheSame: Sorta. Invoked by Dirk in his literaric debut "Aus dem Dachsbau" - his surname is spoken like [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Lotso]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Odd example: ''[=Rick McPhail=]'', who CrossesTheLineTwice.

** Put UpToEleven in that song, obviously meant as a parody of TearJerker songs.

* StaticCharacter: The subject of the song "Ich Werde Mich Nie Verändern." Partially [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructed for laughs]] because he laments how this means that he still has to hate everything.

* MindScrew: Dirk has his moments, but Arne Zank wins this category with songs like ''An Einem Dienstag im April'' that are about waking up, realizing that everything [[MurphysLaw will go wrong]] just to realize at the end of a day that [[GainaxEnding even that didn't work out]].

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Depends heavily on the song, while later songs wouldn't pass behind 2, hyperactive noise-rock jams like ''Jungs, Hier Kommt der Masterplan'' suddenly crank it up to an 8 or even 9.

Tocotronic are a German [[Main/AlternativeIndie indie rock]] band from Germany and were/part of the 90s Hamburg indie scene ("Hamburger Schule"). They are one of the most successful bands of that scene and are frequently named alongside with Music/{{Blumfeld}} and Music/DieSterne.

* ''Tocotronic'' (2002)

There were somewhat of an [[CultClassic underground sensation]] in their early years and mesmerized the Hamburg audience with [[SoBadItsGood substandard instrument skills]] yet memorable lyrics, catchy songwriting and [[CrazyAwesome stage charisma]]. Since their foundation in 1993, they progressed from a Music/DinosaurJr-inspired band towards more professional music recording.

* FanNickname: A simple ''Toco''.

* ShoutOut: Frequently. To Music/TeamDresch in ''Die Sache mit der Team Dresch Platte,'' to Creator/MichaelEnde in ''Michael Ende, du hast mein Leben zerstört'' and to Music/TheFall in ''Ich habe geträumt, ich wäre Pizza essen mit Mark E. Smith.''

* NoEnding: ''Jungs, Hier Kommt der Masterplan'' sounds like the tape broke, possibly a reference to the ''Just Like Heaven'' cover by DinosaurJr

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Early phase: Music/DinosaurJr meets Music/JonathanRichman. Later phase: Music/{{Radiohead}} meet Music/JoyDivision.

* StaticCharacter: The subject of the song ''Ich Werde Mich Nie Verändern''. Partially [[DeconstructiveParody deconstructed for laughs]] because he laments how this means that he still has to hate everything.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: ''Ich verabscheue euch wegen eurer Kleinkunst zutiefst'' rants about cabaret.

* ShoutOut: Frequently. To Music/TeamDresch in ''Die Sache mit der Team Dresch Platte'', to Creator/MichaelEnde in ''Michael Ende, du hast mein Leben zerstört'' and to Music/TheFall in ''Ich habe geträumt, ich wäre Pizza essen mit Mark E. Smith''.

* TheSnarkKnight: Dirk Von Lowtzow snarks his way through every Tocotronic album.

* XMeetsY: Early phase: DinosaurJr meets JonathanRichman. Later phase: Music/{{Radiohead}} meet JoyDivision.

Tocotronic are a German [[Musicians/AlternativeIndie indie rock]] band from Germany and were/part of the 90s Hamburg indie scene ("Hamburger Schule"). They are one of the most successful bands of that scene and are frequently named alongside with Music/{{Blumfeld}} and Music/DieSterne.

* WordSaladLyrics: They never really were economical with lyrics, but it went completely out of hand since their self-titled debut.

* [[AwesomeMcCoolName Rick McPhail]] (keyboards, guitar, 2004-present)

* BrokenBase: Fans either prefer their early sloppy music or their later serious music. There isn't much common ground between these two camps, and the fact that the second camp is much larger [[ItsPopularNowItSucks doesn't help]].

* NoEnding: ''Jungs Hier Kommt der Masterplan'' sounds like the tape broke, possibly a reference to the ''Just Like Heaven'' cover by DinosaurJr

* ShoutOut: To Music/TeamDresch in ''Die Sache mit der Team Dresch Platte'', to Creator/MichaelEnde in ''Michael Ende, du hast mein Leben zerstört'' and to Music/TheFall in ''Ich habe geträumt, ich wäre Pizza essen mit Mark E. Smith''.

** And then some lyrics just have LoopedLyrics.

* [[SixthRanger Rick McPhail]] (keyboards, guitar, 2004-present)

* BrokenBase: Fans either prefer their early sloppy music or their later serious music. There isn't much common ground between these two camps, and the fact that the second camp is much larger [[PopularNowItSucks doesn't help]].

Tocotronic are a German [[Musicians/AlternativeIndie indie rock]] band from Germany and were/part of the 90s Hamburg indie scene ("Hamburger Schule"). They are one of the most successful bands of that scene and are frequently named alongside with Music/Blumfeld and Music/DieSterne.

There were somewhat of an [[CultClassic underground sensation]] in their early years and mesmerized the Hamburg audience with [[SoBadItsGood substandard instrument skills]] yet memorable lyrics, catchy songwriting and [[CrazyAwesome stage charisma]]. Since their foundation, they progressed from a Music/DinosaurJr-inspired band towards more professional music recording.