J.B.O. (James Blast Orchester) is a

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heavy metal band from

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. J.B.O. was founded in 1989 by Vito C. and Hannes "G.Laber" Holzmann, and is known for parodies of rock and pop songs. The band has written more of its own songs since 2000, but continues to produce parodies, which they refer to as ''Blöedsinn'' – an intentional misspelling of "Blödsinn," which means "nonsense" or "stupidity" in

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. The original name was "James Blast Orchester" but they shortened this to J.B.O. in June 1996 after James Last threatened legal action. The Patrizier brewery of

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earlier threatened to sue J.B.O. for slander. The band have since changed references to ''"Patrizier Bräu"'' in their lyrics to ''"Pariser Bier"'' (Parisian beer). 'Schmitti' and Holmer "a Bier" Graap, two of the founder members, left the band in 2000. They were replaced in 2001 by Ralph Bach and Wolfram Kellner. Kellner previously played in

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, which is alluded to in the song ''"Arschloch und Spaß dabei"'' ('Asshole and enjoying it'): "man sagt sogar, dass Wolfram früher Folk-Musik g'macht hätt" ("They even say that Wolfram used to play folk music"). The Kitzmann brewery of

supports the band with

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products, and has been featured in the band's lyrics. The band celebrated its fifteenth birthday on July 31, 2004 with the slogan "30 Halbe!" ("30 halves" = 30 half-litre glasses of beer). The band still tours today, especially in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. "G. Laber" is a pun as it is pronounced the same as "Gelaber", the German for "drivel" or "twaddle".

Band members

J.B.O. Metal Frenzy 2018 11.jpg, Singer and guitarist Hannes Holzmann J.B.O. Metal Frenzy 2018 12.jpg, Singer und guitarist Veit Kutzer J.B.O. Metal Frenzy 2018 10.jpg, Bassist Ralph Bach J.B.O. Metal Frenzy 2018 14.jpg, Drummer Wolfram Kellner

Guest singers and extra members

Christian Lorenz Christian "Flake" Lorenz (; born 16 November 1966) is a German musician and keyboard player for Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, as well as the main composer of the band along with guitarist Richard Kruspe. He was also a member of the East ...

- ''Alles Nur Geklaut''

Discography

* 1993: Alles Nur Geklaut * 1994: Eine gute CD zum Kaufen! (''A good CD for buying!'', Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 1994: Eine gute CD zum Saufen! (''A good CD for drinking!'', Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 1994: BLASTphemie (Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 1994: BLASTphemie Weihnachts-Edition (Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 1995: Explizite Lyrik (''Explicit lyrics'', Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 1996: No Business Like Shoebusiness (Doc Martens Records/EFA) * 1996: Der weiße Hai im Dechsendorfer Weiher (''The Great White shark in the Dechsendorfer Weiher'', Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 1996: Die Megra-Hit-Twingle (Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 1997: Bolle (Lawine/BMG) * 1997: laut! (''loud!'', Lawine/BMG) * 1997: Wir sind die Champignons (''We are the Mushrooms'', Lawine/BMG) * 1998: Ällabätsch (Lawine/BMG) * 1998: Meister der Musik (''Masters of music'', Lawine/BMG) * 1999: 10 Jahre Blödsinn - Das J.B.O. Home-Video (''10 years of nonsense - The J.B.O. home video'', Capriola/EFA) * 2000: Ich sag' J.B.O. (''I say J.B.O.'', Lawine/Virgin) * 2000: Sex Sex Sex (Lawine/Virgin) * 2001: Bums Bums Bums Bums (Lawine/Virgin) * 2001: Live-Sex (Lawine/Virgin) * 2002: Ich will Lärm (''I want noise'', Lawine/Virgin) * 2002: Rosa Armee Fraktion (''Pink Army Faction'', a pun on ''

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'' ed Army Faction Lawine/Virgin) * 2004: Gänseblümchen (''Sissy'', Lawine/BMG) * 2004: United States of Blöedsinn (''United States of Nonsense'', Lawine/BMG) * 2005: Eine gute BLASTphemie zum Kaufen! (''A good blastphemy to buy!'', Musical Tragedies/EFA) * 2005: TV Blöedsinn - DVD (''TV nonsense'', also a pun on German TV magazine ''

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'', Lawine/SonyBMG) * 2005: J.B.O. für Anfänger (''J.B.O. for beginners'', Best of-Compilation, Lawine/SonyBMG) * 2006: Rock Muzik * 2007: Head Bang Boing * 2009: I Don't Like Metal - I Love It * 2010: 2000 Jahre J.B.O. * 2011: Killeralbum * 2011: Happy Metal Thunder * 2013: S.P.O.R.T * 2014: Nur die Besten werden alt * 2016: 11 * 2018: Deutsche Vita (''German vita'', a pun on expression ''Dolce Vita'') * 2019: Wer lässt die Sau raus?! * 2022: Planet Pink

References

External links

Official homepage

Official fan homepage
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