Scooter is a German
happy hardcore, rave and
techno
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music band founded in
Hamburg
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in 1993.
To date, the band has sold over 30 million records
and earned over 80 Gold and Platinum awards.
Scooter is considered the most commercially successful German single-record act with 23 top ten hits.
Since December 2022, the band is composed of lead vocalist
H.P. Baxxter.
Among their more well-known hits are "
Hyper Hyper", "
Move Your Ass!", "
Friends", "
Endless Summer Endless Summer or The Endless Summer may refer to:
Places
* Universal's Endless Summer Resort, twin hotels at the Universal Orlando Resort featuring surf and coastal-themed decor
Film and television
* ''The Endless Summer'', a 1966 documentary ...
", "
Back in the U.K.
"Back in the U.K." is a song by German group Scooter. It was released in November 1995 as the lead single from their 1996 album ''Our Happy Hardcore''. In the United Kingdom it became their biggest hit ever up to that point, entering at number 1 ...
", "
I'm Raving", "
Fire
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At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...
", "
How Much Is the Fish?", "
Ramp! (The Logical Song)
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", "
Nessaja", "
Weekend!", "
Maria (I Like It Loud)
"I Like It Loud" is a song by Marc Acardipane Presents Marshall Masters Feat. The Ultimate MC, released in 1997.
The song was produced and written by Acardipane and was released on Acardipane Records/ID&T. The lyrics "My radio believe me I like ...
", "
One (Always Hardcore)" and "
The Question Is What Is the Question?".
Group origins
''Celebrate the Nun'' (1985–92)
At the end of 1985,
H. P. Baxxter
Hans Peter Geerdes (born 16 March 1964), professionally known by his stage name H. P. Baxxter, is a German musician who is best known as the lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter. He founded Scooter with his friend Rick J. Jordan ...
and
Rick J. Jordan met in
Hanover
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, Germany through a
small ad and founded the
synthpop
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/
new wave band
Celebrate the Nun. While the lead vocals were performed by Baxxter and female vocals were delivered by Baxxter's sister Britt Maxime, Rick J. Jordan took care of the keyboards and sound engineering.
The band released their first album ''Meanwhile'' in 1989.
AllMusic
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wrote that "During the mid-'80s, numerous synth pop acts dreamed of becoming the next
Depeche Mode. Celebrate the Nun could have been buried in the glut of Depeche Mode doppelgangers; however, top-drawer songwriting and consistently catchy hooks lifted Celebrate the Nun above the mass of wannabes".
The single "
Will You Be There" off ''Meanwhile'' peaked at No. 5 on the ''
Billboard'' Dance/Club play chart on 23 June 1990, whereas the single "
She's a Secretary/Strange" peaked at No. 12 on Dance/Club play chart on 8 December of the same year.
Slin Tompson, who was the fourth person in the band's original line-up, left the band in 1990 to start a project on his own.
In 1991, the band released their second album ''Continuous'', but this was less successful due to synthpop's declining popularity.
Two singles were released off the second material, "Patience" and "You Make Me Wonder" both of which went without charting. Not finding the expected success in the New Wave arena, Baxxter kept working at the former Hamburg based Indie label (currently
Edel Records
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) in the Distribution and Sales department where he met Scooter's future manager Jens Thele.
''The Loop'' (1993–98)
Soon afterwards, in late 1993, the former Celebrate the Nun members under the management of Jens Thele formed a remix team known as The Loop. The Loop became one of the top remix teams in Germany, releasing remixes for artists like
Adeva,
Holly Johnson, The Tag Team and
RuPaul.
The First Chapter (December 1993–98)
Scooter started as a project in December 1993. Their debut single was a cover of
René et Gaston's "Vallée De Larmes" (French for ''Valley of Tears'') and reached No.8 on the German official dance chart. In April 1994, Scooter played their first live show at "The Palladium" in Hamburg.
At first, "
Hyper Hyper" was expected to be a small hit within the club scene, but it managed to reach the No.2 position on the German single chart,
Media Control, eventually going triple gold for selling 750,000 units.
"Hyper Hyper" also entered the top-5 in Switzerland, Austria and in Italy, meanwhile, entering the top-10 in the Netherlands and Norway.
Scooter's third single "Move Your Ass" reached No.3 on Media Control's single chart after a few weeks of its release and managed to achieve a gold status for sales of over 250,000 in Germany.
The single also gained similar success as its predecessor outside of Germany, it entered the top-5 in Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands, meanwhile, entering the top-10 in Norway and Italy.
The follow-up singles, "
Friends" and "
Endless Summer Endless Summer or The Endless Summer may refer to:
Places
* Universal's Endless Summer Resort, twin hotels at the Universal Orlando Resort featuring surf and coastal-themed decor
Film and television
* ''The Endless Summer'', a 1966 documentary ...
" managed to enter the top-20 in number of countries including Switzerland, Austria and Finland.
The band maintained the initial technique of their sound throughout their second album, ''Our Happy Hardcore'', until the style became noticeably different with their 1996 single "
I'm Raving" (from the third album ''Wicked'') as the tempos were down to 138
BPM from their previous tempos which were between the range of 160 and 190 BPM. The single reached No.4 in Germany and earned a gold certification for selling well over 250,000 units.
Scooter's fourth album, ''
Age of Love'', which reached the No.19 slot on Germany's Media Control album chart was the last album that featured Baxxter's cousin Ferris Bueller.
The Second Chapter (1998–2002)
In 1998, Ferris Bueller (Soren Buehler) left the group to pursue a solo career (he later admitted that he had been suffering from
depression for several years due to his then new time-demanding life as a pop star), and was replaced by DJ Axel Coon, who had been working with the band at the recording studio for some time already. Coon had also played live with Scooter in some occasions, covering for Rick J. Jordan. In June 1998, Scooter released one of their most popular singles to date "How Much Is the Fish?" which peaked at No.3 in Germany, the single also went gold selling over 250,000 units in Germany alone.
Their fifth studio album, ''No Time to Chill'' reached the No.4 position on Germany's Media Control album chart, whereas it topped the album chart in Finland and earned a gold-award for sales of over 36,000 units.
In the same vein, the album reached a gold status in Poland for sales of over 50,000 units.
In July 1999, Scooter released their first single "
Faster Harder Scooter", from their sixth album, ''Back to the Heavyweight Jam''. While the single peaked at No.7 at home, it did quite well in Scandinavia peaking at No.3 in Sweden and No.2 in Finland, and the trio eventually picked up a platinum-award in Sweden for selling over 40,000 copies of the single.
The second single, "Fuck the Millennium" was released in November 1999 which reached No.11 on Media Control singles charts and as its predecessor spent 11 weeks on the chart.
The single as its predecessor did similarly well over in Scandinavia charting at No.3 in Sweden and No.4 in Finland, it eventually earned the trio a gold-award in Sweden for sales of over 20,000 units.
The album, ''Back to the Heavyweight Jam'' just like the singles turned out to be a hit in Scandinavia, it entered the top-5 both in Finland and Sweden where it eventually reached a gold status for sales of over 40,000 units.
Scooter released their seventh studio album, ''Sheffield'', in May 2000. ''Sheffield'' took another new direction containing 6/8 rhythms on tracks "Don't Gimme the Funk" and "
Sex Dwarf". In late 2000, after their second single "She's the Sun", Scooter were awarded a Comet at the 2000 VIVA Comet Awards in the category of "Most Successful Dance Act".
The band's 21st single, "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)" was released in Germany on 21 May 2001 and it was the first Scooter single since "Endless Summer" to include a high-pitched-voice in the chorus. The single peaked at No.7 at Scooter's home market spending 13 weeks on the official single chart.
Their eighth album, ''We Bring the Noise'', released in June 2001, included another single, "Aiii Shot the DJ". A limited edition version of the album included a cover of the 1978
City
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song "Am Fenster" as a
bonus track.
In December 2001, Scooter released their 23rd single "Ramp! (The Logical Song)" from their ''Best of'' compilation album ''
Push the Beat for This Jam''. While the single went platinum in Australia and Norway, it managed to reach the No.2 position in the United Kingdom, where it went gold for sales of over 400,000 units.
The album itself, which was released on 7 January 2002 managed to reach a gold status in the UK, Sweden and Norway.
The Third Chapter (2002–2006)
At the beginning of 2002, immediately after the release of trio's compilation album ''Push the Beat for this Jam'', Axel Coon left the band to pursue a solo career in DJing and remixing, and
Jay Frog became the new third person. Jay Frog was already familiar with the band as he had occasionally covered for Axel Coon.
As a quick way of introducing the new member Frog to their fans, the trio released a second compilation album in November 2002, ''
24 Carat Gold''. Scooter's 24th single, "Nessaja" was a cover version of the title track from
Peter Maffay's musical ''Tabaluga'', and debuted at No.1 on the German official single charts.
The single managed to reach a gold status in Germany for selling over 250,000 units.
The single also did well in numerous markets including Austria, Norway and Denmark in all of which it entered the top-5, it also managed to enter the top-10 in Switzerland, Finland and the Netherlands.
Scooter enjoyed a comeback within the UK charts, with six top-20 UK singles "
The Logical Song" (UK No.2), "Nessaja" (UK No.4), "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)" (UK No.15), "
Weekend!" (UK No.12), "The Night" (UK No.16) and "
Maria (I Like It Loud)
"I Like It Loud" is a song by Marc Acardipane Presents Marshall Masters Feat. The Ultimate MC, released in 1997.
The song was produced and written by Acardipane and was released on Acardipane Records/ID&T. The lyrics "My radio believe me I like ...
" (UK No.16) all charting within an 18-month period.
In 2003, the video for "Weekend!" caused a scandal with its scenes of topless dancers. The song reached No.2 on the German Media Control single chart.
In March 2003, Scooter released their next studio album, ''
The Stadium Techno Experience''. The album climbed to No.7 on the
Media Control album chart and was certified gold in Sweden, Norway and Hungary.
The single "The Night" became the last to feature the high pitched voice effect and reached the top-10 in Germany.
The next single from the album, "
Maria (I Like It Loud)
"I Like It Loud" is a song by Marc Acardipane Presents Marshall Masters Feat. The Ultimate MC, released in 1997.
The song was produced and written by Acardipane and was released on Acardipane Records/ID&T. The lyrics "My radio believe me I like ...
", was released in collaboration with hardcore producers
Marc Acardipane and Dick Rules, reaching No.4 on the single charts.
''
Mind the Gap'' was Scooter's 10th studio album, which was released on 8 November 2004 in three different versions, basic, regular and deluxe. While the album peaked at No.16 at home and spent 21 weeks on the album chart, the trio's 28th single, "Shake That!" flavored with 1970s
disco sound was released on 4 October 2004 in most European countries, the single entered the German Media Control single chart peaking at No.8.
Their 11th studio album, ''
Who's Got the Last Laugh Now?'', featured a cover version of "
Everlasting Love." The ''Who's Got The Last Laugh Now?'' 2006 tour was followed by the release of both the CD and the 2-disc DVD entitled ''Excess All Areas'', one of the DVDs containing the final Hamburg concert of the tour and the second containing every music video released so far.
The Fourth Chapter (2006–2014)
On 14 August 2006, it was announced that Jay Frog had decided to leave the band to pursue a solo career. Frog was replaced by
Michael Simon, who had remixed some of Scooter's tracks while in search of success with his "Shahin & Simon" project.
On 19 August, Scooter played at the Tufertschwil Open Air in Switzerland, where Simon debuted.
The single "
Behind the Cow
"Behind the Cow" is a song by German band Scooter featuring American rapper Fatman Scoop. Premiered at '' The Dome 40'' in Düsseldorf on 1 December 2006, it was released on 19 January 2007 as the lead single
A lead single (also known as a debu ...
" was premiered at ''
The Dome 40'' in
Düsseldorf
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on 1 December 2006, and was released on 19 January 2007. The song and its lyrics are based on "
What Time Is Love?" by
The KLF. Their 12th album ''
The Ultimate Aural Orgasm
''The Ultimate Aural Orgasm'' is the twelfth studio album by Scooter. Two singles were released from it: "Behind the Cow" and " Lass uns tanzen". This is the first album released with new member Michael Simon. Its artwork is an homage to the 198 ...
'', which includes the songs "The United Vibe" (cover version of
Den Harrow's "Catch the Fox"), "Scarborough Affair" or "The Shit That Killed Elvis" (collaboration with
Jimmy Pop, the frontman of American fun-rock-band The
Bloodhound Gang), was released on 9 February 2007. The album peaked at No.6 in Germany and spent 16 weeks on the album chart.
The second single released off ''The Ultimate Aural Orgasm'' was "
Lass uns tanzen" which appeared in stores on 23 March. Despite the fact that the single peaked only at No.19 at home, it managed to stay on the singles chart for 18 weeks.
On 10 August, Scooter released a new single called "
The Question Is What Is the Question?", the release of which surprised many of their fans as they were expecting a third single from the current album rather than an entirely new material. The single peaked at No.5 on the singles charts with overall of 26 weeks on the charts.
That was a record as none of Scooter's previously released singles had so far remained that long within the singles charts. The band released a
jumpstyle cover version of classic 1970s track "
How Do You Do
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* ''How Do You Do'' (Miyuki Nakajima album)
* ''How Do You Do'' (Mayer Hawthorne album)
*"How Do You Do!", a song by Roxette
* "How Do You Do?" (beFour song)
* "How Do You Do" (Mouth & MacNeal song)
* "How Do You Do" (S ...
" by
Mouth & MacNeal. Scooter released their 13th studio album, ''
Jumping All Over the World
''Jumping All Over the World'' is the thirteenth studio album by German techno group Scooter, released in Germany in 2007. Five singles have been released from it: " The Question Is What Is the Question?", " And No Matches", " Jumping All Over ...
'', on 30 November 2007, containing all three singles ("The Question is What is the Question", "And No Matches" and "Jumping All Over the World"). A limited edition of the album contains a bonus CD including all Scooter's German top-10 hits, from "Hyper, Hyper" to "How Much is the Fish?" as well as a previously unreleased version of "The Question Is What Is The Question?"
In November 2007, the band made its debut tour of Australia, never having visited the country before despite their single "
The Logical Song" peaking at No.1 there some 6 years earlier.
Scooter performed at the famous Scattered rave party in Sydney as well as in
Adelaide
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,
Brisbane
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and
Perth
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.
In March 2008, the group embarked on its first arena tour of the UK as part of ''
Clubland Live'', appearing alongside other
All Around The World acts such as
Cascada and
Ultrabeat. During this tour, Scooter performed a retooled version of "
I'm Lonely" from ''
Jumping All Over the World
''Jumping All Over the World'' is the thirteenth studio album by German techno group Scooter, released in Germany in 2007. Five singles have been released from it: " The Question Is What Is the Question?", " And No Matches", " Jumping All Over ...
''; the single was released in Germany on 18 April 2008. "The Question Is What Is The Question" was released in the UK the same week, charting at No.49.
The band made international news in May 2008 when ''Jumping All Over the World'' unexpectedly entered at No.1 on the
UK Albums Chart
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, replacing
Madonna's album ''
Hard Candy'' after just one week.
It was Scooter's first No.1 in the UK and first album release there in five years.
The album eventually ended up earning the trio a platinum-award in the UK for sales of over 300,000 units.
February 2009 saw the release of a Scooter tribute album entitled ''Hands on Scooter'', featuring artists such as
The Bloodhound Gang,
Status Quo, and
Sido covering or
sampling Scooter songs.
During the summer of 2009, Scooter announced the release of their next studio album, ''
Under the Radar Over the Top''. On 14 August 2009, Scooter released "
J'adore Hardcore
"J'adore Hardcore" is a single by German hard dance group Scooter. It was released as the first single from their 2009 album ''Under the Radar Over the Top'' on 14 August 2009. Record label All Around the World released the single in the UK on 2 ...
", the first single from ''Under the Radar Over the Top''. "J'adore Hardcore" was based on Planet Funk's "Chase the Sun" and The Pitcher's "I Just Can't Stop". On 30 July 2009, during the video shoot for "J'adore Hardcore", Baxxter was almost a victim of a
car bomb attack in
Majorca, Spain. Michael Simon reported that Baxxter was alright and it was a very near miss. For their next single, "
Ti Sento", Scooter collaborated with Italian singer
Antonella Ruggiero. "Ti Sento" which peaked at No.10 in Germany, was released the day ''Under the Radar Over the Top'' was released.
During the first week of sales, ''Under the Radar Over the Top'' peaked at No.2 on the German album chart.
It was confirmed on 3 November 2009 that "
The Sound Above My Hair" would be the third single from the album. The video premiered on YouTube on 12 November.
The single was released on 27 November.
On 9 February 2010 it was announced that Scooter would perform the official song of the
2010 IIHF World Championship. This song would be "
Stuck on Replay", and it would additionally be released as the fourth single from ''Under the Radar Over the Top''.
The ''Under the Radar Over the Top'' Tour was announced before the album was released. The tour was a week long through several German cities such as
Hamburg
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, Berlin, and
Leipzig
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and one Swiss city,
Zurich, throughout March 2010. This was the largest tour to date, and again featured the
Sheffield Jumpers. During this tour, Scooter performed in front of a total of 40,000 people, and the Hamburg concert was the largest on the tour, with a sold-out venue of 14,000. This was followed by Leipzig, with 10,000 people attending the final concert of the tour.
Regardless of the tour, "Stuck on Replay" peaked at only position No.34 on the German singles chart, but remained on the charts for 12 weeks.
A week after the tour, Scooter announced in an interview with a Russian radio station that a live DVD, CD, and
Blu-ray
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of the Hamburg concert would be released. It was eventually announced that Scooter's fourth live DVD would be released on 7 May, called
Live in Hamburg.
On 10 May 2010, Scooter announced another European tour to follow up the previous ''Under the Radar Over the Top'' tour, which would take place in December 2010, and be known as the "Stuff the Turkey X-mas" tour. It would tour through several German cities, such as
Rostock,
Stuttgart, and
Dresden
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. At the same time, a very large concert was announced to take place in June of the next year, in Hamburg once again, at the
HSH Nordbank Arena.
On 29 June 2010, it was announced that Scooter would be headlining the ''Clubland Live 4'' Tour, appearing alongside acts such as
Ultrabeat,
ItaloBrothers
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, and
Alex K. This would be Scooter's second tour of the United Kingdom. Interspersed among these dates were small concerts held at festivals such as Tomorrowland in Belgium, and in other places such as Iceland.
However, on 6 October 2010, ''Clubland Live 4'' was cancelled, thus cancelling the band's second UK tour.
On 15 April 2011, a re-worked version of Scooter's 1995 single "
Friends" was released, entitled "
Friends Turbo". It was the official theme for the German version of the Dutch film called ''
New Kids Turbo''.
Scooter's fifteenth studio album, entitled ''
The Big Mash Up'' was released on 14 October 2011 - two years since the release of ''Under the Radar Over the Top'' being the longest gap between two albums in the band's history to date. The first single from the album, "
The Only One", was released on 20 May 2011, which peaked at No.45.
In comparison with all of Scooter's previous first singles representing a new material, "The Only One" is the first to have charted poorly. The second single, "
David Doesn't Eat" was released on 14 October 2011, the same day as the album. The third single from ''The Big Mash Up'', entitled "
C'est Bleu
"C'est Bleu" is a single by German hard dance band Scooter. It was released on 2 December 2011 as the fourth single from their fifteenth studio album ''The Big Mash Up''.
The song samples ''L'amour est bleu'', a Vicky Leandros
Vasiliki Papa ...
", which features
Vicky Leandros, was released on 2 December 2011. Both the second and the third singles charted worse than the first single, No.67 and No.77 respectively.
Scooter's fourth single "
It's a Biz (Ain't Nobody)" from the ''Big Mash Up'' was released on 23 March 2012. While the trio changed the sound of the song for a single release, it still didn't help it to chart higher than No.79 on the German Media Control singles chart.
The album, however, did manage to enter the top-20 album chart peaking at No.15.
On 7 September 2012, Scooter released a new single called "
4 AM", which, so far, is available on a digital format only. Scooter released their 16th studio album, ''
Music for a Big Night Out'' on 2 November 2012. The same day, the trio released their second single entitled "
Army of Hardcore" from their latest material.
The Fifth Chapter (2014–2018)
On 15 October 2013, Scooter officially announced that their founding member Rick J. Jordan would be leaving the band at the end of the trio's ''20 Years of Hardcore Tour 2014''.
According to the frontman of Scooter, H.P. Baxxter, in the years ahead, Phil Speiser (from Dirty Disco Youth or DDY) will replace Rick J. Jordan's, who will provide his skills on the drums, synthesizers, piano as well as sound effects.
While ''The Fifth Chapter'' officially began for Scooter on 23 May 2014, when they released their single "
Bigroom Blitz", the Hamburg-based trio's studio album, entitled ''
The Fifth Chapter'' was made available on 26 September 2014, emphasizing a completely new era for the band. Scooter's next single "
Today" from ''The Fifth Chapter'' was released on 26 September 2014.
On 4 January 2016, Scooter announced their eighteenth studio album
Ace which was released on 5 February 2016. It includes their single "Riot" which has been available since 4 September 2015.
On 1 August 2017, Scooter announced their nineteenth studio album
Scooter Forever which was released on 1 September 2017. It includes their single "
Bora! Bora! Bora!
"Bora! Bora! Bora!" is a single by German hard dance band Scooter. It was released on 26 May 2017 as the first single from their nineteenth studio album ''Scooter Forever''. The song samples Scooter's own song "The United Vibe" from their 2007 a ...
" which has been available since 26 May 2017.
On 4 August 2017, Ukrainian prosecutors began legal proceedings against Scooter for their illegal performance at the "ZB Fest" festival in
Crimea
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, as per Ukrainian law. However, according to H.P. Baxxter, they did not perform at the festival "to engage in politics there, but because we have a fan base there. We want to give them something."
On 6 December 2017, Scooter released their third and remade single from Scooter Forever, In Rave We Trust. And 25 Years Wild And Wicked was released on 15 December.
The Sixth Chapter (2019–present)
On 11 November 2018, During the 25 Years Wild and Wicked Tour, Speiser announced that he would leave the band at the end of the tour.
In April 2019, Scooter officially announced that Sebastian Schilde would be replacing Phil Speiser, after Speiser had been with the group since 2014. Their twentieth album, ''
God Save the Rave'', was to be released in the winter of 2020 and include 15 tracks. The album's tour, the God Save the Rave tour, was originally expected to go ahead in the summer of 2020, but was postponed due to governments evoking pandemic laws. In December 2020, the album release date was postponed to 16 April 2021 due to pandemic laws again.
Band members
Current members
*
H.P. Baxxter – vocals,
MC, lyrics, guitar
(December 1993 – present)
*Jens Thele – management
(December 1993 – present)
Former members
*
Rick J. Jordan – main producer, composer, sound design, audio engineering, keyboards, guitar
(December 1993 – January 2014)
*Ferris Bueller – producer, composer, keyboards, dancer
(December 1993 – March 1998)
*Axel Coon – producer, composer, keyboards, turntables
(March 1998 – March 2002)
*
Jay Frog – producer, composer, keyboards, turntables
(March 2002 – August 2006), keyboards
(November 2022 – December 2022)
*
Phil Speiser – main producer, composer, keyboards
(January 2014 – October 2018)
*Sebastian Schilde – main producer, composer, keyboards
(March 2019 – November 2022)
*
Michael Simon – producer, composer, keyboards, turntables
(August 2006 – December 2022)
Former touring members
*Etnik Zarari - keyboards (live)
(October 2018 – March 2019)
Former guest touring musicians
*
Jeff "Mantas" Dunn - electric guitar
(6 March 2006 – 26 March 2006, Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? Tour 2006)
Timeline
Lineups
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''
... and the Beat Goes On!'' (1995)
* ''
Our Happy Hardcore'' (1996)
* ''
Wicked!'' (1996)
* ''
Age of Love'' (1997)
* ''
No Time to Chill'' (1998)
* ''
Back to the Heavyweight Jam'' (1999)
* ''
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...
'' (2000)
* ''
We Bring the Noise!
''We Bring the Noise!'' is the eighth studio album by German hard dance group Scooter, released on 11 June 2001 by Sheffield Tunes in Germany. Two singles were released from the album: "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)" on 21 May 2001, and a remix ...
'' (2001)
* ''
The Stadium Techno Experience'' (2003)
* ''
Mind the Gap'' (2004)
* ''
Who's Got the Last Laugh Now?'' (2005)
* ''
The Ultimate Aural Orgasm
''The Ultimate Aural Orgasm'' is the twelfth studio album by Scooter. Two singles were released from it: "Behind the Cow" and " Lass uns tanzen". This is the first album released with new member Michael Simon. Its artwork is an homage to the 198 ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Jumping All Over the World
''Jumping All Over the World'' is the thirteenth studio album by German techno group Scooter, released in Germany in 2007. Five singles have been released from it: " The Question Is What Is the Question?", " And No Matches", " Jumping All Over ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Under the Radar Over the Top'' (2009)
* ''
The Big Mash Up'' (2011)
* ''
Music for a Big Night Out'' (2012)
* ''
The Fifth Chapter'' (2014)
* ''
Ace'' (2016)
* ''
Scooter Forever'' (2017)
* ''
God Save the Rave'' (2021)
Live performances
Concerts
Scooter are known for giving live performances with dancers on stage performing certain styles of dances, such as
Jumpstyle or the
Melbourne Shuffle. These are accompanied by
laser shows and
pyrotechnics
Pyrotechnics is the science and craft of creating such things as fireworks, safety matches, oxygen candles, Pyrotechnic fastener, explosive bolts and other fasteners, parts of automotive airbags, as well as gas-pressure blasting in mining, quarry ...
. Frontman H.P. Baxxter often shouts out certain phrases and have them mimicked by the crowd between songs, and having the crowd sing along to the chorus of many songs.
List of tours
Standalone big shows
Tours headlined
Awards
In popular culture
* In the 1997 film ''
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' (sequel to
1995's ''
Mortal Kombat''), "
Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products.
At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...
" was used during the fight between
Liu Kang,
Kitana,
Smoke and some
ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance, espionage, infiltration, deception, ambush, bodyguarding and their fighting skills in martial arts, including ninjutsu.Kawakami, pp ...
s.
* In 1998, Scooter made a guest appearance on the popular German action/crime TV series ''
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei''. In the episode ''Tödlicher Ruhm'' ("Deadly Fame"), Baxxter is held for
ransom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or the sum of money involved in such a practice.
When ransom means "payment", the word comes via Old French ''rançon'' from Latin ''re ...
by a young DJ who accuses him of stealing lyrics for the song "
The Age of Love".
* Oliver Pocher, a German comedian, performed a comedy
spoof of H.P. Baxxter on
VIVA.
* In 2003, the English
dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded danc ...
group Emmet formed a Scooter tribute act titled "Moped". Their songs received airplay on
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
.
* Scooter tracks are often featured in releases of the
Les Mills group fitness programs.
* The Norwegian comedy duo ''Bye & Rønning'' made several parodies of Scooter, including Scooter in studio and Party in Heaven.
* "
Nessaja" was used in the opening of the 2009 film ''
Brüno''. "
Crank It Up" had previously been used as the theme tune for Brüno's segments on ''
Da Ali G Show''.
* "How Much is the Fish?" often played during goalscoring and after victory matches of
FC Lokomotiv Moscow.
* Beginning in 2010, "
Maria (I Like It Loud)
"I Like It Loud" is a song by Marc Acardipane Presents Marshall Masters Feat. The Ultimate MC, released in 1997.
The song was produced and written by Acardipane and was released on Acardipane Records/ID&T. The lyrics "My radio believe me I like ...
", is played after every goal at
Philadelphia Union's soccer stadium
PPL Park. It has also been played after a goal at the
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games in Wel ...
' arena, the
Wells Fargo Center, and at
Borussia-Park, the stadium of
Borussia Mönchengladbach.
* H.P. Baxxter took part in an advertisement campaign for German newspaper ''
Bild'' in 2011 and for German megastore
Saturn.
* H.P. Baxxter was one of the four jury members at Germany's 2012
X Factor.
*In a 2021 interview, lead writer
Helen Hindpere
''Disco Elysium'' is a 2019 role-playing video game developed and published by ZA/UM. Inspired by Infinity Engine–era games, particularly '' Planescape: Torment'', the game was written and designed by Estonian novelist Robert Kurvitz and featur ...
described Scooter as one of the inspirations behind the game
Disco Elysium.
References
External links
Official site
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English-language singers from Germany
German techno music groups
Hardcore techno music groups
Happy hardcore musicians
Musical groups from Hamburg
Musical groups established in 1993
German Eurodance groups