Blue System
Blue System was a German pop group that was founded by Dieter Bohlen in 1987 after the break-up of Modern Talking.
Career
The group consisted of Dieter Bohlen, and hired backstage musicians Rolf Köhler, Michael Scholz, Detlef Wiedeke and other background and/or front female voices Tuti Kanta, Marion Schwaiger, Audrey Mountang and Madeleine Lang.On stage: Joachim Vogel, Jeanne Dupuy and Frank Otto, Nadja Abd el Farrag. In 1988 Frank Otto was replaced by Michel Rollin. After that in 1991 a new keyboardist joined for live shows – Achim Strieben. In TV shows and videos he was replaced by Friedrich Graner, who remained a part of the group until the break-up in 1998. In 1992 Dirk Sauer, Rene Engelman and Wolfgang Fritsch joined the group, while Joachim Vogel left.
Some of the group's singles such as "Sorry, Little Sarah" or "My Bed Is Too Big" achieved moderate success in Europe. The group released 22 video clips from their album repertoire and most of these were aired in Europe, especially on German TV shows. Blue System also had several concert performances in Russia during the late 80s and early 90s.
List of band members
- Dieter Bohlen – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
- Frank Otto – drums
- Joachim Vogel – rhythm guitar
- Husnu Baylav – drums
- Michel Rollin – drums
- Joachim Strieben – keyboards
- Lutz Krüger – vocals
- Wolfgang Fritsch – rhythm guitar
- Fritz Graner – keyboards
- Dirk Sauer – vocals
- Thorsten Feller – vocals
- Lars Illmer – vocals
Discography
Studio albums
- 1987 Walking on a Rainbow
- 1988 Body Heat
- 1989 Twilight
- 1990 Obsession
- 1991 Seeds of Heaven
- 1991 Déjà vu
- 1992 Hello America
- 1993 Backstreet Dreams
- 1994 21st Century
- 1994 X – Ten
- 1995 Forever Blue
- 1996 Body to Body
- 1997 Here I Am