Kissin' Dynamite is a German
heavy metal band from
Burladingen
Burladingen is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
In 1849, Burladingen and the villages of and came under the dominion of the Kingdom of Prussia. They were assigned in 1850 to , one of the of Provin ...
and
Münsingen
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.
History
Kissin' Dynamite started as a school band. Since 2007, the band has worked with the Flensburg production team Elephant Music. At the end of 2007, they started sending demos to various music labels, leading to a record contract with
Capitol Records
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/
EMI
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in the same year. They released their debut album ''Steel of Swabia'' in 2008, and in that year also started appearing in music festivals, which included
Bang Your Head.
Their second album, also produced by Elephant Music, was titled ''Addicted to Metal'' and had twelve tracks. The title track, ''Addicted to Metal'' features vocals by
Udo Dirkschneider
Udo Dirkschneider (born 6 April 1952) is a German singer and songwriter who rose to fame with German heavy metal band Accept. After leaving the band in 1987, he formed U.D.O., with which he has also enjoyed commercial success.
Biography
Fo ...
of
U.D.O.
U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider in 1987.
History
Following Udo Dirkschneider's departure from Accept in 1987, he formed his own band called U.D.O. He recruited guitarists Mathias Dieth and Peter ...
for whom Kissin' Dynamite frequently opened. In March 2011, Kissin' Dynamite announced that they had started working on their third album, which would be published by their new label,
AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, and Annihilator.
In 2005, Candlelight Records si ...
. The album was completed in 2011, and released under the title ''Money, Sex and Power'' in March 2012. As part of the launch, the band opened for L.A. Glam-Rock band
Steel Panther
Steel Panther is an American comedic glam metal band from Los Angeles, California. They are known for their profane and humorous lyrics as well as their exaggerated onstage pastiche of the stereotypical glam metal lifestyle.
History
Metal Sh ...
on their Tour.
In 2014 they released the album ''Megalomania'', followed in 2016 by ''Generation Goodbye'', then in 2018 by ''Ecstacy'' which broke them into the top ten on the German charts for the first time.
Prior to Kissin' Dynamite, Hannes Braun achieved second place in the 2004 season of the German version of the
Sat.1 show
Star Search
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singing heavy metal at the age of 12.
Hannes Braun is also the producer of
Exit Eden
Exit Eden is an international symphonic metal supergroup (music), supergroup that performs cover versions of well-known pop and rock songs.
Background
The band was formed in 2017 by the American singer Amanda Somerville (Avantasia, Alice Cooper ...
, and has had a relationship with Exit Eden singer Anna Brunner for years. Both lived in Flensburg from 2015 to 2019 and worked for Elephant Music. Anna Brunner and Hannes Braun have been living in Betzingen since 2020 and run their own production company.
Name
According to guitarist Jim Müller, the band was named after the
AC/DC
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song of the same name. During a band meeting to choose a name, Andi Schnitzer's cellphone rang, and the song was his ringtone, leading to the decision.
Band members
Kissin’ Dynamite Rockharz 2019 25.jpg, Singer Hannes Braun
Kissin’ Dynamite Rockharz 2019 06.jpg, Guitarist Ande Braun
Kissin’ Dynamite Rockharz 2019 41.jpg, Guitarist Jim Müller
Kissin’ Dynamite Rockharz 2019 01.jpg, Bassist Steffen Haile
Kissin’ Dynamite Rockharz 2019 46.jpg, Drummer Andi Schnitzer
* Johannes (Hannes) Braun – vocals
* Ande Braun – guitars
* Jim Müller – guitars
* Steffen Haile – bass guitar
* Andi Schnitzer – drums
Discography
References
External links
Official website*
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German heavy metal musical groups