Farmer Boys is a German

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band from Stuttgart. They reached their peak of popularity with their album '' The World Is Ours'', released in 2000; the videos for singles "Here Comes the Pain" and " If You Ever Leave Me Standing" were put into heavy rotation by German alternative music channels such as

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. Farmer Boys has obtained a cult following in later years. Their musical style is a blend of

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's groove metal and Paradise Lost's gothic metal; their lyrical matter, however, unusually to the style, often revolves around the darker side of agriculture – bestiality and incest ("Farm Sweet Farm"), torture of animals ("When a Chicken Cries for Love"), suicide ("Relieve the Tension") and slaughterhouses ("When Pigs Fly"). Their later albums have strayed away from the subject matter. Matthias Sayer also provided guest vocals for

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's single "Hope Vol. 2". Four years after the release of ''The Other Side'', in 2004, the group performed a reunion concert in Stuttgart on 22 December. Aside from their appearance at the 2011 Summer Breeze Open Air on 20 August in

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, Germany, the band remained relatively silent and inactive. At the end of 2016, guitarist Alexander Scholpp announced the return of the band, with three shows scheduled in Germany for the spring of 2017, as well announcing the band's plans for a new album. The album, named ''Born Again'', was released in 2018.

Members

* Matthias Sayer – vocals * Alexander Scholpp – guitars * Richard Duee – keyboards * Timm Schreiner – drums * Ralf Botzenhart – bass (–1999, 2014–)

Former members

* Antonio Ieva – bass (1999–2014) * Dennis Hummel – keyboards * Till Hartmann – drums

Discography

Albums

Singles

*Farmer Boys (cardboard promo single) (1995) *Farm Sweet Farm (1996) *

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) (1996) *Till The Cows Come Home (1997) *When Pigs Fly (1997) * If You Ever Leave Me Standing (2000) *Here Comes the Pain (2000) *While God Was Sleeping (promotional single) (2001) *Stay Like This Forever (2004) *You and Me (2017) *Revolt (2018) *Tears of Joy (2018) *Isle of the Dead (2020)

Music videos

*Farm Sweet Farm *Never Let Me Down Again *When Pigs Fly *Here Comes the Pain *If You Ever Leave Me Standing *While God Was Sleeping *Stay Like This Forever *You and Me *Revolt *Isle of Dead (Acoustic)

References

External links

Official site

Tieflader, a band featuring Alex Scholpp

Stereo.Pilot, a band featuring Antonio Ieva

Dacia & The WMD, a band featuring Alex Scholpp and Ralf Botzenhart
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