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H-Blockx is a German rock band founded in Münster in 1991. After the success of their debut album in 1994, Time to Move, the band received a nomination for Best Breakthrough Artist at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards. In 1999, the World Wrestling Federation contacted them to record a song, "Oh Hell Yeah", for wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin, and their song "Countdown to Insanity" appears in the European version of the 2007 music video game Rock Band. Between 1994 and 2012, H-Blockx released seven studio albums.

H-Blockx
H-Blockx performing in 2015
Background information
Origin	Münster, Germany
Genres	Alternative rock alternative metal nu metal rap metal
Years active	1991–present (hiatus)
Labels	BMG Sing Sing BMG Berlin Musik GmbH Supersonic X-Cell
Members	Henning Wehland Stephan "Gudze" Hinz Tim Tenambergen Steffen Wilmking
Past members	Dave Gappa Fabio Trentini Johann-Christop "Mason" Maass Marco Minnemann Martin "Dog" Kessler
Website	h-blockx.net

History

The band rose to fame with their successful debut album, Time to Move, released in 1994 on Sing Sing Records, and produced by Ralph Quick and Chris Wagner. The music videos for "Risin' High" and "Move" received considerable airplay on MTV. The band earned a nomination for "Best Breakthrough Artist" at the following MTV Europe Music Awards, however, the award went to Dog Eat Dog.[1] With the help of the singles "Risin' High", "Move", and "Little Girl", their debut spent 62 weeks in the German album chart, selling over 750,000 copies worldwide, and earning the band their first gold album. Their first major tour followed. In 1999, World Wrestling Federation contacted the band to record a song, "Oh Hell Yeah", for wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin. Although it was never used as his theme song, it became synonymous with Austin and was released on WWF The Music, Vol. 4.[2] A reworked version of "Oh Hell Yeah" was featured on the 2002 WWE Anthology album The Attitude Era.

None of their following albums have been as successful as Time to Move was. However, with the release of Get in the Ring in 2002 on Supersonic Records in association with BMG they did have a minor hit with their cover of "The Power" featuring rapper Turbo B; Turbo B also performs the original version with Snap!

In 2004, the band's album No Excuses reached No. 14 on the German album charts. It was then supported by an extensive European tour. In early 2005 and 2006 in Malmö, Sweden, their 2007 album Open Letter To A Friend was recorded. They were accompanied by H-Blockx producer Andreas "Boogieman" Herbig who was with them in 1994 when Time To Move was completed. Their single "Countdown to Insanity" from the album is one of the playable tracks included on the European version of the game Rock Band, and is available to download with the US version.[3] Ending a five-year absence from the recording studio, the band released their album HBLX in May 2012.

In 2013, the band's song "Gazoline" was used for the trailer and soundtrack for the video game Sunset Overdrive, along with several other rock and metal songs.

Band members

Current members

• Henning Wehland – vocals (1990–present)
• Tim "Humpe" Tenambergen – guitar (1990–present)
• Stephan "Gudze" Hinz – bass (1990–2003, 2007–present)
• Steffen Wilmking – drums (1999–2001, 2003–present)

Past members

• Johann Christoph "Mason" Maass – drums (1990–1998)
• Dave Gappa – vocals (1992–2001, 2003–2005)
• Marco Minnemann – drums (1998–1999)
• Martin "Dog" Kessler – drums (2001–2003)
• Fabio Trentini – bass (2003–2007)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Title	GER	AUT	SWI
1994	Time to Move	14	11	8
1996	Discover My Soul	7	5	15
1998	Fly Eyes	19	20	44
2002	Get in the Ring	14	21	45
2004	No Excuses	14	23	53
2007	Open Letter to a Friend	14	43	51
2012	HBLX	31	66	85

Compilation albums

Year	Title	GER
1999	Bang Boom Bang	30
2004	More Than a Decade	66

Guest appearances

• 2001 – Brennstoff by Das Department (V2 Records, "Tinitus")

Compilation appearances

• 1994 – White Magic – Soundtrack (BMG Ariola München GmbH, "Move")
• 1995 – Always Music '95 (BMG Ariola Special Projects, "Move (The Radio)")
• 1995 – De Afrekening Volume 9 (Columbia Records, "Move")
• 1995 – Internationale Hits 95 (Ariola Records, "Risin' High")
• 1995 – Just the Best Vol. 4 (Polystar Records, "Risin' High (Video Cut)")
• 1995 – Just the Best Vol. 6 cassette (Polystar Records, "Little Girl (Video Version)")
• 1995 – Just the Best Vol. 6 CD (Polystar Records, "Little Girl (Video Version)")
• 1995 – Popcorn – Hyper Dance Power (Ariola, BMG Ariola Media GmbH, "Risin' High")
• 1995 – Rockgarden Vol. 3 (EVA Belgium, "Risin' High")
• 1995 – Rockgarden Volume 3 (EVA Records, "Risin' High")
• 1995 – Stop Chirac (RCA Records, "Revolution")
• 1995 – Top of the Pops 1 (Columbia Records, "Move")
• 1995 – Wild CD 02 (Wild Magazine, "Move")
• 1995 – Crossing All Over! - Vol. 3 (GUN Records, BMG, "Revolution")
• 1996 – Fresh (Sonet, PolyGram Finland Oy, "Little Girl")
• 1996 – Jam – Vol. 3 (BMG Ariola Hamburg GmbH, "How Do You Feel?")
• 1996 – Quote 97 – Niemals Einer Meinung (Eastwest Records, "Little Girl")
• 1996 – Zoo Magazine CD Sampler 04 (Zoo Magazine (DK), "How Do You Feel?")
• 1997 – Bravo Super Show 1997 – Volume 4 (BMG Ariola Media GmbH, "Step Back")
• 1997 – Radio FM4 Soundselection (BMG Ariola Austria GmbH, "Step Back (Loop Version)")
• 1997 – Vivamania Volume 1 (Sony Music Entertainment (Germany), "Move")
• 1999 – Crossing All Over! - The Classix(Supersonic Records, BMG, "Risin' High")
• 1999 – Pop 2000–50 Jahre Popmusik Und Jugendkultur In Deutschland (Grönland Records,"Risin' High)
• 1999 – WWF the Music Vol.4 – Oh Hell Yeah (Stone Cold Steve Austin)
• 2000 – Bravo Hits 29 (Warner Special Marketing GmbH, Bertelsmann Club, "Ring of Fire")
• 2000 – Lords of the Boards 2000 (Modul Records, "Time Of My Life")
• 2000 – The Dome Vol. 14 (BMG Ariola, "Ring Of Fire")
• 2000 – Viva Hits 9 (Polystar Records, "Ring Of Fire (Video Version)")
• 2001 – Monsterhits (EMM (EMI Music Media), "Ring Of Fire (Video Version)")
• 2002 – Chart Boxx – Second Highlights (Top 13 Music-Club, "The Power (Single Version)")
• 2002 – Fetenhits – New Rock Party (Polystar Records, "The Power")
• 2002 – Pepsi Chart Album (Oy EMI Finland Ab, BMG Finland, Universal Music (Finland), "The Power")
• 2002 – Rock Zone Special (BMG Russia, "How Do You Feel?")
• 2004 – Off Road Tracks Vol. 80 (Metal Hammer (Germany), "Where's The Message?")
• 2006 – American Chopper (EMI Electrola, "Leave Me Alone")
• 2007 – Dynamit Vol. 57 (RockHard Records, "I Don't Want You To Like Me")

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions				Album
		GER [4][5]	AUS [6]	AUT [7]	SWI [8]
1993	Risin' High	34	—	—	—	Time to Move
1994	Move	34	—	—	—
	Little Girl	—	—	—	—
1996	How Do You Feel	—	—	—	28	Discover My Soul
	Step Back	—	—	—	—
1998	Fly	—	—	—	—	Fly Eyes
	Take Me Home	—	—	—	—
2000	Ring of Fire (featuring Dr. Ring-Ding)	13	—	10	42	Get in the Ring
2001	C'MON (featuring B & K)	83	—	—	—
2002	The Power (featuring Turbo B)	48	34	51	—
2004	Leave Me Alone	55	—	59	—	No Excuses
	Celebrate Youth	42	—	—	—
2007	Countdown to Insanity	35	—	51	—	Open Letter to a Friend
"—" denotes the single did not chart or was not released in that country

See also

• List of Sony BMG artists

References

External links

• Official website
• H-Blockx at MySpace
• H-Blockx videography

На других языках

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[de] H-Blockx

H-Blockx ist eine deutsche Rockband, die 1990 von Henning Wehland am Gymnasium Wolbeck im westfälischen Münster gegründet wurde. Sie gilt als deutsche Vorreiterin der Stilrichtung Crossover.[1] Neben den sieben Alben und einem Best-Of-Album schrieben sie unter anderem den Soundtrack zu dem deutschen Kinofilm Bang Boom Bang – Ein todsicheres Ding.

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- [en] H-Blockx

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[it] H-Blockx

I H-Blockx sono un gruppo musicale alternative metal tedesco, formatosi a Münster nel 1991.

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[ru] H-Blockx

H-Blockx  — рок-группа из Мюнстера (Германия), играющая преимущественно рэпкор и альтернативный рок.

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