Sportfreunde Stiller

弗洛里安·韋伯（打擊樂）、呂迪格·林霍夫（貝司）、彼得·布魯格（吉他、主唱）三人組成了有一個古怪名字“施蒂勒體育之友”的德語搖滾樂隊。隊名出自某地足球教練漢斯·施蒂勒。由于樂隊的小伙子們很顯然是鐵桿球迷，樂隊自然得用施蒂勒命名。 作為球迷，三個小伙不太走運，因為呂迪格和弗洛里安擁護的慕尼黑 1860隊目前僅為聯(lián)邦乙級隊。 三位體育之友鐘愛帶獨立搖滾色彩的吉他波普。歌詞是直言不諱地談日常生活。輕松愉快盡管并未被三位奉為宗旨，卻是創(chuàng)作基調。 樂隊為2006足球世界杯創(chuàng)作的新專輯《你得贏了決戰(zhàn)》于2006年5月面世，我們?yōu)榇蠹医榻B的歌曲《54、74、90、2006》就摘自這一專輯。
by Jason Ankeny
Football-obsessed German rock trio Sportfreunde Stiller formed outside of Munich in 1996. Singer/guitarist Peter "Balboa" Brugger, bassist Rüdiger Linhof, and drummer Florian "Rakete" Weber derived the name from their former soccer instructor Hans Stiller, adding "Sportfreunde" (German for "sports friends") when a rival band laid claim to the Stiller name. The group issued its debut EP, Macht Doch Was Ihr Wollt, Ich Geh Jetzt shortly after forming, with the follow-up, Thontr?ger, appearing two years later. Sportfreunde Spiller issued their first full-length effort, So Wie Einst Real Madrid, in 2000. Its titular emphasis on the beautiful game further cemented the trio's athletic image, and in 2003 "Independent," a track from their sophomore effort, Die Gute Seite, was included on EA Sports' FIFA 2003 video game. The third Sportfreunde Spiller LP, Burli, hit stores in 2004. Two years later, their World Cup-inspired fan anthem "'54, '74, '90, 2006" topped the German charts, and when the German national squad was ousted against eventual champion Italy, the band reworked the song as "'54, '74, '90, 2010" in anticipation of the next World Cup tournament in South Africa. Later that same year, Sportfreunde Stiller was nominated as Best German Act at the annual MTV Europe Music Awards.