The Whitest Boy Alive are a Norwegian-German musical group based in Berlin. The band comprises Norwegian singer/guitarist Erlend Øye, who is also a member of the band Kings of Convenience, bassist Marcin Öz, drummer Sebastian Maschat, and Daniel Nentwig on Rhodes piano and Crumar. Erlend Øye is from Norway, Marcin Öz is Polish while the rest of the band is German.
They started as an electronic dance music project in 2003 in Berlin, but have since slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Read Full BioThe Whitest Boy Alive are a Norwegian-German musical group based in Berlin. The band comprises Norwegian singer/guitarist Erlend Øye, who is also a member of the band Kings of Convenience, bassist Marcin Öz, drummer Sebastian Maschat, and Daniel Nentwig on Rhodes piano and Crumar. Erlend Øye is from Norway, Marcin Öz is Polish while the rest of the band is German.
They started as an electronic dance music project in 2003 in Berlin, but have since slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Their German record label is Bubbles. Their debut album Dreams was released on June 21, 2006 in Germany. In July 2007, Modular Records signed them to their UK imprint and the band played their first UK performance with New Young Pony Club at the London Astoria in September 2007. The album was released in the UK with the single Burning in November 2007. The Band released their second album, Rules, in March 2009. It was recorded in a newly built studio located on Punta Burros, Nayarit, Mexico.
Their single "1517" was also featured in the soundtrack of the video-game FIFA 10.
The band started The Whitest Boy Alive + The New Wine tour in April, 2009, visiting Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden. In 2011 the band travelled to China with promoters Split Works.
In June 2014, the band announced via their Facebook page that they "are no longer composing or playing together as The Whitest Boy Alive."
They reactivated in 2019.
They started as an electronic dance music project in 2003 in Berlin, but have since slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Read Full BioThe Whitest Boy Alive are a Norwegian-German musical group based in Berlin. The band comprises Norwegian singer/guitarist Erlend Øye, who is also a member of the band Kings of Convenience, bassist Marcin Öz, drummer Sebastian Maschat, and Daniel Nentwig on Rhodes piano and Crumar. Erlend Øye is from Norway, Marcin Öz is Polish while the rest of the band is German.
They started as an electronic dance music project in 2003 in Berlin, but have since slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Their German record label is Bubbles. Their debut album Dreams was released on June 21, 2006 in Germany. In July 2007, Modular Records signed them to their UK imprint and the band played their first UK performance with New Young Pony Club at the London Astoria in September 2007. The album was released in the UK with the single Burning in November 2007. The Band released their second album, Rules, in March 2009. It was recorded in a newly built studio located on Punta Burros, Nayarit, Mexico.
Their single "1517" was also featured in the soundtrack of the video-game FIFA 10.
The band started The Whitest Boy Alive + The New Wine tour in April, 2009, visiting Germany, Denmark, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden. In 2011 the band travelled to China with promoters Split Works.
In June 2014, the band announced via their Facebook page that they "are no longer composing or playing together as The Whitest Boy Alive."
They reactivated in 2019.
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1517
The Whitest Boy Alive Lyrics
Hey, you, we just got started,
You can't end this now.
Hey, you, we just got started,
You can't end this now.
You've paid your dues, you're free,
Of what are you afraid?
You've paid your dues, you're free,
Of what are you afraid?
Taking on responsibility knowing it will weigh you down
Freedom is a possibility only if you're able to say no
People in northern Europe since medieval times,
We find it hard to deal with when our dreams come true
As if happiness exists in the world at a fixed amount,
And if you feel up, somebody somewhere else feels down
Taking on responsibility knowing it will weigh you down
Freedom is a possibility only if you're able to say no
Taking on responsibility knowing it will weigh you down
Freedom is a possibility only if you're able to say no
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DANIEL NENTWIG, ERLEND OTRE OEYE, MARCIN TADEUSZ OEZ, SEBASTIAN MASCHAT
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Crafter Buddy
typed 1517 for a history project, not disappointed
1945joshuaruiz
StoneAgeStark
No ; in 1519 the first Africans from west Africa were brought to the new world as slaves to Haiti/Dominican republic island by the Spanish
StoneAgeStark
Protestant Reformation?
Nina Barasi
lmao
Stringzzss
lmao hilarious
sweatyraty
+Crafter Buddy hahaha cool! :D I dont even remember how I stumbled upon this great song, but Im glad I did :)
MrKevin5gs
Fifa 10 anyone
karagiannis aris
@sameer ahmed saddly online servers are offline..we could play together
sameer ahmed
@karagiannis aris me too😭
karagiannis aris
i play since 2010 this game and its almost 2018