Niki N. Phaser

It’s been a while since the german pop-punk band Liquido ”died”, but I still need to express my regret. Everybody says that if they feel a little bit down, they just put some band on and that cheers them up right away. Well, for me that band was Liquido. Of course, I first heard of them because of Narcotic, their trademark song. Unlike other people who were ok with just humming that one song and use its hook as a ringtone, I was intrigued and decided to listen to more.

Since then, Liquido became one of the first things that comes to mind, whenever someone asks me what is my favourite band. Songs like What You Keep Inside, The Opera, Way to Mars, Valentine and others showed me that this band can also

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be serious and profound if they want to. Please don’t read the former remark as a diss for their trademark upbeat poppy songs. Not at all. I’m just trying to say that Liquido is more than a one-hit-wonder, they are simply… a wonder.

Its sad what happened to them, but it also shows what horrible thing music industry can be. A lot of lame bands are promoted for all the wrong reasons, forced into the charts and shaped as legends, even though they don’t deserve it. Anyway, Liquido are survived by five kick-ass albums, which will grow and make them proud. Also, singer Wolfgang Schrödl started a new band, Cages, which sounds pretty good, even though a bit harder than what we are used to from him. Liquido, you will be missed…