Die Prinzen ("The Princes") is a German pop rock band, consisting of former members of the Thomanerchor, and a former member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.

Overview

Early albums consist of a cappella music. The band's first name was ''Die Herzbuben'', but it was changed to ''Die Prinzen'' in 1991 to avoid confusion with the Volkstümliche Schlager duo '' Wildecker Herzbuben.'' The lyrics of their songs are often humorous, tongue-in-cheek critiques of German government or society. The group's most popular singles have been "Alles nur geklaut", "Gabi und Klaus", "Millionär", "Küssen verboten", "(Du musst ein) Schwein sein", "Mein Fahrrad", "Olli Kahn" (about German World Cup goalkeeper Oliver Kahn) and "Deutschland". In reference to the group's name and the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale " The Frog Prince", the group's logo is a green

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wearing a crown. The frog logo has appeared in a number of album and single covers. Their hit song "Millionär" appeared in the accompanying video to the German textbooks "Komm mit", "Stationen", and "Kontakte". "Deutschland" is a very cultural and ironic song about everything in Germany. It was written by German songwriter Steve van Velvet.

Band members

Die Prinzen * Sebastian Krumbiegel (5 June 1966); vocals, keyboard * Tobias Künzel (26 May 1964); vocals, guitar, keyboard * Wolfgang Lenk (4 September 1966, Leipzig); vocals, keyboard, guitar * Jens Sembdner (20 January 1967); vocals, keyboard * Henri Schmidt (17 August 1967, Leipzig); vocals Backing band * Ali (Alexander) Zieme (23 March 1971, Leipzig); drums * Mathias Dietrich (24 November 1964, Leipzig); bass

Discography

Albums

* ''Das Leben ist grausam'' (1991) * ''Das Leben ist grausam'' (a cappella) * ''Küssen verboten'' (1992) * ''Küssen verboten'' (a cappella) * ''Alles nur geklaut'' (1993) * ''Alles nur geklaut'' (a cappella) * ''Schweine'' (1995) * ''Alles mit'm Mund'' (1996) * ''Ganz oben - Best of'' (1997) * ''A-Cappella-Album'' (1997) * ''So viel Spaß für wenig Geld'' (1999) * ''So viel Spaß für wenig Geld'' (a cappella) * ''Festplatte'' (1999) * ''D'' (2001) * ''Monarchie in Germany'' (2003) * ''HardChor'' (2004) * ''Akustisch live'' (2006) * ''Die Prinzen Orchestral'' (2007) * ''Die Neuen Männer'' (2008) * ''Es war nicht alles schlecht'' (2010) * ''Familienalbum'' (2015) * ''Eine Nacht in der Oper'' (2015) * ''Krone der Schöpfung'' (2021)

Videos

* VHS ''Das erste Video'' (1993) * VHS ''Das Live Video'' (1994) * DVD ''10 Jahre Popmusik'' (2001) * VHS ''10 Jahre Popmusik'' (2001) * DVD (two-disc) ''Akustisch live'' (2006) * DVD ''Die Prinzen Orchestral'' (2007)

Singles

* ''Gabi und Klaus'' (1991) * ''Millionär'' (1991) * ''Mann im Mond'' (1992) * ''Mein Fahrrad'' (1992) * ''Küssen verboten'' (1992) * ''Küssen verboten - Die Königlichen Remixe'' (1992) * ''Bombe'' (1992) * ''1x'' (1993) * ''Alles nur geklaut'' (1993) * ''Überall'' (1994) * ''Du spinnst doch'' (1994) * ''(Du mußt ein) Schwein sein'' (1995) * ''Ich will ein Baby'' (1995) * ''Alles mit'm Mund'' (1996) * ''Hose runter'' (1996) * ''Heute ha-ha-habe ich Geburtstag'' (1997) * ''Ganz oben'' (1997) * ''Junimond'' (1998) * ''So viel Spaß für wenig Geld'' (1999) * ''Sie will mich'' (1999) * ''Deutschland'' (2001) * ''Hier sind wir'' (2001) * ''Popmusik'' (2001) * ''Olli Kahn'' (2002) * ''Tiere sind zum Essen da'' (2003) * ''Chronisch pleite'' (2003) * ''Dürfen darf man alles'' (2021) * ''Alles nur geklaut 2021'' (2021) * ''Krone der Schöpfung'' (2021)

Charts

Singles

Albums

References

External links

Official website
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