Tocotronic is a German rock band founded in 1993 (see 1993 in music). Similar to Blumfeld and influential for bands such as Tomte, of which singer, guitarist Thees Uhlmann worked as a roadie at the "K.O.O.K."-Tour and wrote the book "Wir könnten Freunde werden..." (we could be friends...), Tocotronic inspired a number of later bands, such as Wir sind Helden. Their influence on pop culture is widespread, from fashion (Tocotronic made the combination of 1970s style training jackets with cheap second-hand ad-shirts famous in Germany) to the playful and weird look of their early records. Tocotronic got signed to "L'Age D'or", a German independent record label situated in Hamburg, in 1994 after quickly gaining popularity in the local scene. Their early style consists of ironic sloganeering ("I want to be part of a youth movement") and almost diary-like songwriting, paired with a lo-fi punkrock sound. In 1995 they released their debut-album "Digital Is Better". Th

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