History Escape With Romeo

1989:

The Beginning of Escape with Romeo.

Founded by guitarist and singer Thomas Elbern after leaving Pink Turns Blue.

The release of the famous first album (deleted) with the classic "Somebody"

1990:

playing first gigs and released "Somebody" as a single and "Helicopters In The Falling Rain" (both deleted)

1991:

Release of the second album "Autumn On Venus".

1992:

Big German and European tour and the release of "Stripped", unplugged versions of "Somebody", "Darknesstaker" (deleted). Release of "Serious" a coverversion of the uv pop classic (deleted).

1993:

Release of the 3.Album "Next Stop Eternally". Open air festivals and over 50 gigs in Germany.

1994:

Release of the 2 CD Box "Like Eyes In The Sunshine". A kind of 'best of' compilation with a lot of unreleased songs limited to 2000 Copies and sold out in 3 Months.

1995:

Release of "Kalt Und Elektrisch" a solo album by Escape-mastermind "Elbern" in German language (also as a CD ROM).

1996:

The 4th Escape Album "Blast Of Silence" is released. 2 German tours

1998:

Release of the 5th album "How Far Can You Go?", which was recorded and produced in the bands own "Zeitklang" Studio, and came out as a limited double CD (one is studio only the other one is a live recording with "White Room" "Somebody" (8 minutes Version) "Escape with Romeo" and much more.

2000:

The recording of "Come Here White Light" on Zeitklang, Cologne, Germany.

2001:

Release of the sixth album "Come Here White Light" in january via the band's own Label "Zeitklang" and the international distributor "Nova Media". 17 date tour through Germany in March. New songs for the seventh album "Love Alchemy" are written and first demos recorded.

2002:

march: the release of the seventh album "Love Alchemy". Gigs in Valencia and Barcelona.

April: Tour through germany.

Oktober: another German tour incl. Berlin / Munich / Cologne.

2003:

April: Release of acoustic ep "Stripped Again".

May: Gigs in Spain (Barcelona/Madrid) and in Switzerland for the first time.

June-December: Recording, mixing and mastering of the eight album.

2004:

Feb/March: Release of the eight album; "Psalms Of Survival".

April: Gigs in the UK and germany.

Rest of year: Working on "Document", their first DVD.

2005:

Jan/March: Working on "Document".

April: Releasing "Document". Features a live gig in Spain and lots of specials and older video material, as well as an audio CD.

2007:

Release of the ninth album; "Emotional Iceage", which features a bonus CD with rare tracks and alternative versions of some known songs.

2008:

A new 'best of' compilation is in the making, and the band is working on new songs as well.

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