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    The Invincible Rumble Fish

    The Invincible Rumble Fish 1986:
    Influenced by bands like Kraftwerk, Front242, DAF...
    The Invincible Rumble Fish created a new Style of NewWave Music...
1986
vox: Eini
vox: Eva
keys: Dr. Faust
keys: Ulla
drums: jan_the_mean

...after only 2 shows (including a legendary rock contest) Eva and Ulla left the Band... Tini replaced both of them...

1987-1988
vox: Eini
keys: Dr. Faust
keys: Tini
drums: jan_the_mean


Eini, Tini, Dr.Faust, the_mean | 1986

The Invincible Rumble Fish was hired to be the opener for "the Klinik".

Flyer | 1987

    Sad but true:
    Eini left the band
    to concentrate on other projects.

    The rest of the band changed the instruments
    and started to create
    a very new music style again:
    Beach Wave (we called it)
1989-1991
vox / guit: jan_the_mean
bass: Dr. Faust
keys: Tini
drums: Alesis HR16

Within these funny years the band members managed to finish their A-levels.
Tini left the band to start her studies...

1991-1994
vox / guit: jan_the_mean
bass: Dr. Faust
drums: Alesis HR16

Dr. Faust and jan_the_mean continued to make music, but their style changed more and more into metal tunes...

1994
vox / guit: jan_the_mean
bass: Dr. Faust
guit: Touri
drums: Danny


Touri in front of fractal waves (taken from the Videoclip "Mermaid") | 1994

The development into metal monsters was not returnable from these days on...
...but Dr. Faust left the band for health reasons...

1995-1996
vox / guit: jan_the_mean
guit / backvox: Touri
bass : Sandro
drums: Danny


Touri, the_mean, Gonso - open air | 1996

The Invincible Rumble Fish hardly tried to get themselves established in the bizz...
But unfortunaly - we never managed...
Danny left the band and decided to live in sunshine on Mallorca,
Sandro watched out for new musical ambitions and left the band as well...

1996-1997
vox / guit: jan_the_mean
guit / backvox: Touri
bass : Gonso
drums: Jan "the Anvil" Batora


Gonso, Touri, Anvil, the_mean | 1996

Due to missled showcases the band split.

2000-2004
vox / guit: jan_the_mean
bass: Dr. Faust


Dr. Faust and the_mean | 2004

Dr. Faust rejoined the mean and we started to do recordings again.
After 4 years about 60 demo-songs were waiting on a harddisk to be heard...

2005
vox / guit: the_mean
guit: Rud
bass: Rob
drums: Alex




here we are! Check back soon to see how the story continues...
...or have a look at the TIRF blog



All past members of The Invincible Rumble Fish:

Eini (vox)
Eini made his very own way: As "Kabelbrandt" he managed to release his own (sold out) EP
And founded his own label "Placebo Records".

Tini (keys)
Tini studied architecture and hopefully she made her way...

Eva (vox)
She is still singing in a blues-rock cover band...

Ulla (keys)
She moved to Switzerland and is working in the medical industry...

Touri (guit)
Touri is still a good friend of TIRF,
but he quit making music and now works as advocat...

Sandro (bass)
A great bass player! Ashame, but we do not have any contact...

Gonso (bass)
I think he is playing bass in a cover band called crazy-crocodile

Jan "The Anvil" Batora (drums)
As far as we know, he is working nearby...

Dany (drums)
...maybe he still lives in Mallorca...

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