The Laughing Man (band)
The Laughing Man is a pop group from Wuppertal, Germany. Founded in 2001, the line-up changed several times since. The band is playing pop music. Singing in English with an audible German accent, singer Stefan Nafets tries to "deconstruct the language to get new meanings out of it".
The independent pop music of the Laughing Man, the name inspired by J.D. Salinger's story of the same name, is influenced by The Smiths, The Beatles, The Clash, American Music Club and many other British and U.S. bands of the 1980s and early '90s. The first CD, Beauty Cream Beauty, came out on Secret Silverfish Records in 2003. A New album is announced for April 2010.
Discography
- Albums
- Between the Wires (Early Tapes and More). CD Album. Secret Silverfish SSF 3, 2003
- Beauty Cream Beauty CD Album. Secret Silverfish SSF 10, 2003
- The Blue Boy Didn't Know CD EP. Secret Silverfish SSF M7, 2006
Band members
- 2001
- Achim Groebner - guitar, vocals
- Anne Feustmann - bass, vocals, keyboards
- Stefan Nafets - vocals, programmes
- 2009
- Bobby Ballsack - programmes, vocals
- Michael Simple - guitar, trumpet
- Clara Fall - vocals, percussion
- Kassandra - vocals, keyboards
- Stefan Nafets - vocals, bass, guitar