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Stephan Musiol (born 16 April 1970), known professionally as Dero Goi, is a German musician, best known as the former lead vocalist, drummer and founding member of
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band
Oomph! Oomph! is a German Rock music, rock band from Wolfsburg, formed in 1989. The band pioneered the movement. Their work contains lyrics in both English and German, with a shift towards German exclusively on recent albums (''GlaubeLiebeTod'', '' ...
from 1989 to 2021.


Early life

Dero Goi was born in
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on 16 April 1970, where he grew up with his former bandmate Andreas Crap. They lived in the same tenement housing department and both started playing music in grade school. They built "instruments" with
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packs. Dero was introduced to music through his father, who was a guitarist and singer. Dero was "forced" to sing
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songs with his father.


Career


Oomph! and side projects

Dero and Crap met Robert Flux at an indie festival in Wolfsburg in 1989. They found out that they liked the same kind of music and wanted to start a band, which would combine the rock and electro scene; thus, Oomph! was born. On their first tour they were just those three, and played the music playback, except Dero, who sang. When asked how Oomph! came up with their name, Dero said that the name was chosen because of its peculiarity.
"Because it was so strange to see that the name like that is existing. You know, with the two "o"s and the exclamation mark at the end. It was strange, you know, the visual aspect and pronunciation. And, you know, it’s always good to have a name where somebody is like "What was that?" You know, if your band name is like, I dunno, 'Toilet 2, 3, 4' it's, it's, I dunno... Your name has to be special. And this is a special name, definitely." – Dero Goi
In 2020, Goi joined Chris Harms, frontman of fellow German band
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, to form the project ''Die Kreatur''. They released one album that year, titled "Panoptikum". In 2021, Dero Goi collaborated with Neue Deutsche Härte band
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for two of the tracks, "Dagegen" (as a co-songwriter and by providing co-lead vocals) and "Frommer Mann" (as a co-songwriter), on their album '' Liebe macht Monster''.


Conversion to evangelical Christianity and solo career

In April 2021, several German-language media outlets reported that Dero Goi, a longtime
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, had converted to Evangelical Christianity. On 29 September 2021, it was announced that Dero would no longer be part of Oomph!. While him leaving the band was not explicitly ascribed to his conversion, it was widely reported that this move was "unsurprising" to Oomph! fans considering the occasionally anti-religious and dark subject matter explored by its music. Prior to leaving, Dero had distanced himself from the Oomph! lyrics in question. On 27 October 2023, his first solo single ''Clickbait'' was released on Dependent Records. This was followed by the singles ''Resurrected'' and ''Whistleblower'' in 2024. The latter song has been described as "A ''tribute to
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who risk their lives''" and the lyrics mention
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and
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. His first solo album ''1984'' was released on 29 November 2024.


Influences

Dero Goi noted several bands and artists that he listens to in an interview with the website Deutschmusikland, including
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. Other bands Dero has been influenced by include
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,
Killing Joke Killing Joke were an English rock music, rock band formed in Notting Hill, London, in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (musician), Youth (bass). Their first album, ''Killing Joke ...
,
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,
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,
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, and
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. The members of Oomph! listen to and have been influenced by a variety of artists, including The Cure,
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, Depeche Mode,
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,
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,
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, AC/DC,
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,
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, and Korn.


Discography


Solo

* ''1984'' (2024)


Singles

* ''Clickbait'' (2023) * ''Resurrected'' (2024) * ''Whistleblower'' (2024)


With Oomph!


With Die Kreatur

* ''Panoptikum'' (2020)


References


External links

*
Oomph!'s official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goi, Dero 1970 births Living people German male drummers 21st-century German male singers People from Wolfsburg 21st-century German drummers Converts to evangelical Christianity