Artist description Sweet melodies and fat guitars That may be the best description for soylent green's musical creation. Indie-pop is stirred about a bit with US-Alternative rock and here and there a few supercharged, grungey elements surface. Lyrically and musically the band's tunes always buzz with emotion, whether pensive, ecstatic or raging. In terms of influences, anything goes, but Weezer and the Smashing Pumpkins certainly count amongst the bands whose music has inspired the members of soylent green on their musical journey.Perhaps if these two bands were locked in a rehearsal room and forced to write a bunch of songs, the outcome might be similar to the work of soylent green.Of course, such a union is utterly preposterous, and will never occur, so if you're after epic pop songs with more hooks than an abattoir, then soylent green is your band.

Music Style Indie-Pop, Alternative Rock

Musical Influences Weezer, Nada Surf, Smashing Pumpkins, Readymade, Miles, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, U2,

Similar Artists Weezer, Nada Surf, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, U2

Artist History Tour of Germany including Gigs in Berlin, Flensburg, Munich and Dingolfing in January 2000; management - contract with Modern Noise and production of the CD "believe", mastering by Ekkehard Strauhs (The Seer, Subway to Sally, Oli P.) in autumn 1998; support-slots for German bands like Die Sterne, Hunting Cows, MILES, Das Auge Gottes, Paradise Now!, Halmakenreuther, Illegal 2001, Bluekilla und Les Babacools, altogether more than 100 gigs; airplay on German radio stations Bayern 2 (Zündfunk), M 94,5 and Radio Feierwerk (Munich), Radio AWN Straubing and in local discos; awarded "album of the year" and "best singer of the district" for their 1996 album "Temple of the sun" at the readers' poll of Landshut city magazine LAMA; winner of battle of the bands "Rock in the Villa '95" in Landshut and of "Rockin' Bavaria" in Regensburg '96second at the "Unplugged" - competition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Freising '95 and at the battle of the bands in Straubing '96

Group Members Robert Pietsch: vocals, guitar; Arno Reichenauer: guitar, vocals; Stefan Burggraf: bass, vocals; Sebastian Frenzel: drums

Instruments 3 vocals, 2 guitars, 1 bass, 1 drums

Albums the space between us, believe, temple of the sun, emotional mind burst

Press Reviews "the charismatic magicians of subtle and elegant tricks"(LA akt); "the harder brothers of R.E.M." (Wob LA); "between intimacy and untamed fury, between European open-mindedness and American Punch" (Feierwerk-Programm); "thrilling live shows full of energy" (RSZ); "perfect underground-gig" (Zentralnerv); "An outstanding piece stringing together effortless melodies, cool vocals and a soulful yet beat-driven heart." (Zentralnerv Summer '99, review of sg-CD "believe"); "If they get famous this will be a milestone in rock music's history." (LA akt, review of sg-CD "believe"); "This recording should see Soylent Green raised to the premier league of German Alternative-Bands; they could well be "the next big thing"... They now only lack the major label contract and a gig at "Rock in the Park" (Germany's Glastonbury equivalent)." (Regensburger Stadtzeitung 3/99, review of sg-CD "believe")

Location Munich, Bavaria - Germany

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