Marcus Wiebusch is a German musician and lyricist. From 1992 to 1999 he played in the political

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-band ...But Alive, for which he sang, played

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, and wrote lyrics. He also had two even more aggressive and politically charged, but less prolific and recognized by-projects, the bands ''Die vom Himmel fielen'' and ''Utell A Lie'', his only ever English-speaking project. During this time he established an independent record label called "B.A. Records" to put out his music and also to produce other bands like

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. In 1994, while still playing with ...But Alive, he released his first and only solo album "Hippiekacke", which did not really satisfy him. After breaking up all three groups he played in the ska-band

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and still plays in the

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-band

Kettcar Kettcar is an indie rock music band based in Hamburg, Germany. The band has released five studio albums so far. The band released their fourth album, ''Zwischen den Runden'', in 2012. Their fifth album, ''Ich vs. Wir'', was released in October ...

. To publish Kettcar's records he merged "B.A." with Tomte-singer Thees Uhlmann's "Hotel van Cleef" to form record label

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which he is co-owner and managing director of to this day. The label has evolved into one of the most influential, most popular independent labels in Germany with many more bands having signed on since. In 2004 Wiebusch and Uhlmann were approached to take part in a movie project, ', which entailed the formation of a band with actor Jürgen Vogel as singer. Wiebusch and Uhlmann agreed and wrote ten songs (based on the fictional biography of Vogel's character) for this band, ''Hansen'', played guitar and sang background during the album's recordings and a tour during which filming took place and acted in the movie. ''No Songs of Love'' and ''Hansen's'' album were released simultaneously in 2005.

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