in 80 Tagen um Die Welt

If the term "live band" didn't exist, it would have to be invented for the Broilers! For it is the countless concerts that have taken the Düsseldorf group consisting of singer/guitarist Sammy Amara, bassist Ines Maybaum, drummer Andi Brügge, guitarist Ronald Hübner and keyboardist Chris Kubczak to the top of the German-language music scene.

German celebrity entertainer Götz Alsmann enjoyed a fruitful solo recording career as a throwback jazz singer/pianist, in addition to his long run as a radio and television host on public broadcasting station WDR. Occasionally referred to as "der Fritz Lang des Jazzschlagers" (i.e., the Fritz Lang of jazz singers), he is widely recognized as a brilliant yet somewhat twisted character; for instance, his vertical hairstyle is one of his distinguishing characteristics, along with his retro sense of fashion and quick wit. Born July 12, 1957, in Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Alsmann formed his first band (Heupferd Jug Band, with whom he recorded three albums) in 1972 and went to university (Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität in Münster) in 1977.