1 | ''Wir sind Helden'' (German for "We are heroes") is a German AlternativeRock band. They're largely responsible for bringing rock sung in German back into the mainstream of Germany. In doing so, they created a new style generally dubbed ''Neue Neue Deutsche Welle'' (the "New New German Wave", after the movement of the 80s). |
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3 | [[AC:The band consists of:]] |
4 | * '''Judith Holofernes''', lead singer and guitar |
5 | * '''Pola Roy''', drums |
6 | * '''Mark Tavassol''', bass and guitar |
7 | * '''Jean-Michel Tourette''', guitar and keyboard |
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9 | [[AC:Discography:]] |
10 | * '''''Die Reklamation''''' (2003) |
11 | * '''''Von hier an blind''''' (2005) |
12 | * '''''Soundso''''' (2007) |
13 | * '''''Bring mich nach Hause''''' (2010) |
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15 | As the band sings almost only in German, they aren't very well known outside the German-speaking regions of Europe. In addition to that, their lyrics are usually a HurricaneOfPuns, and thus a lot would get LostInTranslation. |
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17 | !! ''Wir sind Helden'' provides examples of: |
18 | * AlbumTitleDrop: For their first album, on the track ''Guten Tag''. The other albums have a song of the same name on them. |
19 | * AntiLoveSong: "Geht Auseinander" ('Break Up'), a song urging two people to break up already. |
20 | * GriefSong: "Meine Freundin war im Koma und alles was sie mir mitgebracht hat war dieses lausige T-Shirt" ('My friend was in a coma and all she got me was this lousy t-shirt'). |
21 | * HurricaneOfPuns |
22 | * LoveDodecahedron: In "Die Ballade von Wolfgang und Brigitte" |
23 | * MotorMouth: Judith certainly can sing very fast. |
24 | * OneWomanSong: "Aurélie", about a French woman in Germany having trouble hooking up. |
25 | * SpokenWordInMusic: "Denkmal" opens with a text-to-speech program reading a short message via phone. |
26 | * StageNames: Mark Tavassol is the only one not using one. |
27 | * TranslatedCoverVersion: +44's "When Your Heart Stops Beating". They covered "Guten Tag" in return. |
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