Red Aim was a German rock band. The group was founded in 1995 and mainly played stoner and

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. After the change of vocalist to Karsten Brill, the music started to go more into the direction of punk rock and heavy metal.

History

Red Aim was formed in 1995. Pascal Flach and Benjamin Buss knew each other from school. The band released two independent EPs ''Sinai Jam'' (1996) and ''Orange'' (1998) before signing a deal with 'I Used to Fuck People Like You in Prison Records' (later known as People Like You Records). Red Aim's first album with them was ''Call Me Tiger''. The album contained two bonus tracks from ''Orange''. It was recorded again after Karsten Brill replaced Pascal Flach. Stefan Gemballa joined the band as a drummer. In the same year, Red Aim released their cover of Iron Maiden's "

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". In 2000, Red Aim was on a tour with Dutch band 7Zuma7. In the same year, they released ''The Aprilfuckers EP'' and in 2001 '' Saartanic Cluttydogs''. After signing a deal with American label

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, the band changed their line-up. Bassist Thorsten Erbel was replaced with David Vogt and Christian Jost joined as a keyboardist. In August 2001, they played a concert at Summer Breeze Open Air. In 2002, they released ''

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''. In April 2002, Red Aim supported

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during their tour. In the beginning of August 2002, the band played on

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. In 2003, they released '' Niagara''. On 6 December 2003, Stefan Gemballa got badly injured by a drum monitor that hit him in the head during a concert in Saarbrücken. In 2003, Red Aim musicians founded a new band

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Members

Final lineup

* Karsten "Dr. Don Rogers" Brill – vocals (1999–2006) * Benjamin "B.B. Foxworth" Buss – guitar (1995–2006) * David "El Davide" Vogt – bass (2002–2006) * Christian "Ray Kitzler" Jost (2002–2006) * Stefan "Mitch Buchanan" Gemballa (2000–2006)

Former members

* Pascal Flach – vocals (1995–1999) * Thorsten Erbel – bass (1998–2002) * Patrick Schappert – bass (1995–1998) * David Kiefer * Thore Huppert * Christian Theisinger

Discography

* ''Sinai Jam'' (EP, 1996) * ''Orange'' (EP, 1998) * ''Call Me Tiger'' (1999) * ''The Aprilfuckers EP'' (EP, 2000) * '' Saartanic Cluttydogs'' (2001) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Niagara'' (2003)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1995 Musical groups disestablished in 2006 German rock music groups German punk rock groups German heavy metal musical groups