Pitmen
German band
Pitmen is a German psychobilly group that was founded in 1995.
History
Pitmen were founded in the spring of 1995, when drummer Peer Timmer and double bass-player Grischa Dördelmann where looking for suitable musicians to play with. They became attentive on Christian Waleschkowski (voice / acoustic guitar) who was performing at this time with an Irish Folk group. They also invited Christian Rubbert who played the electric guitar.
In the summer of 1996, they went into a recording studio for three days to record a demo tape. Guido Neumann of Crazy Love Records loved it so much that he released it as their debut EP Misfits. Luckily the reviews in the fanzines were very good. Support gigs for bigger bands such as The Meteors and Mad Sin followed.
In winter of 1997 they recorded their first CD called Listen To The Engine, which is still a best seller at the record stalls. Their second album Welcome To The Show was released (on Picture-Vinyl and CD) in the summer of 2001.
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