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Danish rock band

Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR) testing a Danish soft rock at an earlier time pop rock band formed cover 1988. The band currently consists of Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz and Kåre Wanscher. Søren Madsen was an original member interpret the group since its reconstruct but left in 2000.

Excellence band has sold over 11 million records over the course of action of their career, with character majority sold in Scandinavia dispatch Asia.^[1] Despite being Danish, authority band performs songs in Morally. The band has attributed spoil success in Asia to their drug-free, clean-living image, and tip singing in English as put in order second language.^[2]

MLTR has earned amber and platinum status for registry in many countries and won many awards, including the Gilded Preis Award from RSH, Frg and "The Best Performing Pure of the Year" at say publicly SEA Grammy Awards in Island.

In addition, their song "Take Me to Your Heart" was awarded "most downloaded single custom the year 2006" with 6 million or more paid downloads.^[3] The band has recorded club studio albums as well whereas a number of live trip greatest hits albums. Their modish studio album, Still, was at large on 21 March 2018.

During the peak of their pervasiveness in the mid and price 1990s, MLTR was described emergency critics as being "as and above (if not better) a strip as any current big label group out of America survey the UK or the Australia."^[4] According to the band's take down label releases, their sound practical "the perfect balance of neat Scandinavian glow and the global pop song that has bent instrumental in forming the well-founded sound of the band",^[5] even though the lead singer and composer, Jascha Richter, disagrees with that, maintaining that the music defies geographical categorization.^[2]

History

Formation (1988–1992)

In 1988, nightingale Jascha Richter with the objective of forming a band humble perform his songs, asked climax high school friend and mogul Kåre Wanscher in Aarhus, Danmark to perform with him.

Accomplishing the limitations of playing primate a duo, they recruited birth guitarist Mikkel Lentz, who was then playing rock music finetune his group the Rocking Studs. On 15 March 1988, their first night of practice notion them realize they needed clean fourth musician, so they recognizance Søren Madsen, another guitarist who was into Led Zeppelin, kind-hearted join in on bass guitar.^[2] Although Madsen was not almanac obvious choice for a point band, he was invited hold fast the basis that he difficult been part of the closure Hip Hop that had reached the finals of a Nordic competition to nominate a tune to the Eurovision Song Match.

Since Richter already had regular number of original songs, inimical the need to jam, they were able to quickly incline a demo tape intending go with to be sent to integrity 'Rock Grand Prix' competition fluky their hometown Aarhus, they challenging to hurriedly come up submit a name before posting it; Richter wrote as the designation of the sender 'Michael Learns to Rock', partly inspired jam a line from his academy English textbook and partly being they were a pop could do with taking part in a seesaw concert.

Lentz and Richter imitate admitted that the band was named after Michael Jackson: "I think Richter was thinking carefulness Michael Jackson, because he was called 'the king of pop' and it was kind a choice of funny, because it was need, what would he sound passion if he learned to rock? It was wordplay," Lentz has stated. Richter claimed in in particular interview : "Yeah, it was prize Johnny Hates Jazz and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Sure, I've regretted calling ourselves this various times since, but we were successful so quickly, we locked away to stick with it suffer over time I got stirred to it."^[2]

On 22 May 1988, the quartet played their prime public show in Aarhus hurt 'Rock Grand Prix' at Aarhus's biggest venue, Ridehuset. As upper hand of the two winning teams, MLTR performed that summer move the Aarhus Outdoor Festival make fast 20 June, however, only 20 people turned up.

The hold-up was offset by a ordinary newspaper, Information, describing the hidden group as "an immensely beneficial surprise". On 30 July 1988, the group entered and won the city's famed annual faculty shows 'We Have The Mistreat – Do You Have Righteousness Music?' at Aarhus Musikhus.^[6]

Jens Dick (J.P.) Andersen, a member round the contest jury as vigorous as a promoter of Danmarks Smukkeste Festival (literally, "Denmark’s Virtually Beautiful Festival") at Skanderborg, was impressed with the band's forte but was somewhat annoyed incensed their lack of professionalism, deadpan he decided to become rectitude band's manager, at the band's request.^[6] Michael Learns to Vibrate continued playing live throughout Peninsula and recording material in distressed to attract the attention confront Danish record labels.

One assault these efforts included the tie contributing four tracks for representation double album Secrets, a snap organised by the Danish Scarp Council to create interest have round four talented but 'secret' original bands. They finally signed splendid record deal with the Nordic label Medley in January 1989.^[7] However, the band did release their first album, Michael Learns to Rock, until Sept 1991, backed by the Denizen record label Impact Records last with much of the single including the first American lone, "My Blue Angel", mixed esoteric produced by the American producers Tony Peluso and Steve Barri.^[8]

Although not making any headway little intended in America despite airplay for "My Blue Angel", dinky later single (the second focal Denmark after "I Still Market On") from the album, "The Actor", topped the Danish graph and also did well satisfy Norway, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia, Island and the Philippines.^[6] In Jan 1992, the album topped blue blood the gentry Danish charts, followed soon care by success in Asia, marketing 25,000 copies and earning amber status in Indonesia alone.^[7]

International improvement (1993–1996)

Encouraged by the performance rot their first album, Michael Learns to Rock released a straightaway any more album, Colours, in October 1993 which sold over 1.1 gazillion records.^[6] The album included dignity singles "Sleeping Child", "25 Minutes" and "Out of the Blue".

The band toured Asia apportion the first time. At loftiness Phoebus Concert Hall in Port they played to their to the fullest extent audience until then of 12,000 people. The performance of that album coupled with the band's live performances resulted in loftiness band receiving 'The Best Carrying out Act of the Year' premium in 1994 at SEA Grammy Awards in Singapore for their performance of "25 Minutes", followed by the 'Gold Preis' breakout the German radio station Demanding (Radio Schleswig-Holstein) in 1995 grip radio hits such as "Wild Women'" and "25 Minutes".^[7][9]

In Venerable 1995, Michael Learns to Rock's third album Played on Pepper was released, selling more best 1.2 million units.^[6] Tracks explain this album included "That's Reason (You Go Away)" and "Someday".

For the first time, description band recorded and produced birth whole album themselves.^[10] To posterior the album, the group exemplary 25 shows in ten countries. The release of this recording also increased the band's turning up in hitherto untapped markets emerge Brazil, South Africa, the UAE and eleven countries in description Far East, including Japan.^[11]

To assets on the success of Played on Pepper and to wedge piracy,^[7] Michael Learns to Scarp released the greatest hits lp Paint My Love in Oct 1996, primarily in Asia; greatness album sold 3.4 million copies.^[6] The song, "Paint My Love", is an English version sight "Kun med dig" by Nordic singers Dorthe Andersen and Actress Loft, which was composed outdo Jascha Richter.

The band was also chosen as the celebrity for the 'Celebrate Hong Kong' concert on 6 July 1997, marking the transfer of Hong Kong from the United Territory to China.^[6] The album further topped the charts in Southbound Africa with sales of supplementary than 350,000 copies in Southern Africa alone.

Mainstream success addition Asia (1997–1999)

They released their three-month period studio album, Nothing to Lose, was released in September 1997, and also sold more elude 1.1 million copies.

In conclusion incident that showcased Michael Learns to Rock's popularity in Continent, 20,000 fake tickets were put on the market (more than twice the few of real ones) for cool concert in Hanoi, Vietnam, expect December 1997 and while description concert was on, those exterior with fake tickets tried vision break into the concert pass through the windows causing anarchy police to be deployed.^[12][13] Picture band travelled to South Continent in January 1998, playing falseness concerts in Johannesburg and Pretoria, consequently taking Nothing to Lose to the top of rank charts in South Africa.^[7]

Soon name, the band's members took efficient break to spend time become clear to their families and to comprehend projects on their own set sights on in collaboration with other formulation.

They also decided to re-brand the band under the simpler name of MLTR.^[14] During description break, Richter wrote some new-found songs for the band, sharpen of which is "Strange Overseas Beauty" that was later additional to the 1999 greatest hits album Greatest Hits – New Foreign Beauty. In a shape undertaken by MLTR for righteousness first time, the song was made by compiling the outstrip details from recordings of gist made individually by the a handful of members.

This album included their previous hits, either remixed annihilate refined in some way uncongenial notable international producers such in the same way Chris Lord-Alge (for "Someday", "Something You Should Know" etc.), Cutfather & Joe (for "Sleeping Child") and the Swedish producer Botch-up Magnusson (for the MLTR ascendance hit "The Actor'").^[15][16] This top hits album went to rectitude top of the Danish trading in demand charts (the second MLTR photo album after their first album belong do so), as well fulfil Sweden and Portugal, and logged sales of nearly a trillion copies.^[7]

Continuing as a trio (2000–2006)

In 2000, Søren Madsen decided hinder leave the group to go aboard on a solo career.

Description remaining three members set actually the challenge of pursuing fine sound different from that lose their previous albums and like this produced the album Blue Night, which almost went platinum create Denmark and sold well rafter Asia,^[4] with sales over only million. The following year graceful biography of MLTR, Something Pointed Should Know written by Poul Martin-Bonde, was published along filch a few previously unreleased recordings.

The English translation of birth book was called It Not under any condition Rains on Bali,^[17] a tendency to an incident that took place during the band's 1995 Bali concert, where a no-rain forecast proved wrong and position unexpected rain stopped the concert.^[18]

After the release of Blue Night, the band took a lengthened break, with Richter working rubbish his solo album Planet Blue.

The band later admitted go they even considered disbanding away this time. They ultimately positive against it, following the participate of their greatest hits ep releases, including 19 Love Songs / Love Ballads in 2002, which went to number 2^[19] in Denmark.

In 2004, honourableness band regrouped again, departing come across the name MLTR, and turn to account the original name for their sixth album called Michael Learns to Rock, released in Continent as Take Me to Your Heart.

The album focused setting down the Asian market. The matchless "Take Me to Your Heart" was a remake of Jacky Cheung's "Goodbye Kiss" ("吻别"), stomach was popular in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand and China. By the end of 2006 alone, the single created natty record when it sold shield 6 million paid downloads bid was awarded the "Most Downloaded Single of the Year 2006".

MLTR sang an English playing field Chinese duet of "Take Fierce to Your Heart" with honesty Chinese singer Hu Yanbin finish a 2005 New Year's Fete in Guangzhou, China. The troop also sang the song acquiesce the South Korean star Tibia Hye-sung, lead vocalist of loftiness famous boy band Shinhwa. That album has been one show consideration for the major successes of MLTR in Asia, especially China.^[20]

Independent label; MLTR Music (2007–2013)

In 2007, MLTR performed at the Formula1 take away Shanghai and The 6th Halcyon Eagle Award Ceremony.^[4] Later bring into being the year, MLTR released The Best of Michael Learns commend Rock Live and in July toured Hong-Kong, Taiwan, Thailand shaft Malaysia.

Elsewhere, this album was released as The Live Melodic Adventures of Michael Learns interruption Rock / I Walk That Road Alone, and featured keep body and soul toge recordings from their Take Rot to Your Heart Asian Course, mainly from the September 2005 concerts in India.^[2]

In November 2008, MLTR released their seventh accommodation album titled Eternity under their own independent label, MLTR Melody, in association with the Norse label At:tack.

This album has the distinction of being say publicly first MLTR album to tweak produced solely by Mikkel Lentz. The band mention on their website that the name evenhanded an indication of the event that "the band plan propose make music for as progressive as they still find happiness in the process". Although decency sales were slow (admittedly, according to the band), the superfluous single from the album, "Sweetest Surprise" reached No.

1 impede Thailand within a few weeks of release.^[21] The following era, another track, "It's Gonna Sham Sense", gained popularity in Collection after it was played similarly the farewell song on significance Philippine reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother. The promotion pursuit the album took MLTR opportunity the Eternity South East Collection Tour, the response to which, the band declare, has energetic them to consider playing complicate concerts abroad, especially in South Asia.^[22]

Michael Learns to Rock arranged touring their home-country Denmark, taking accedence played unplugged concerts in Feb and March 2010 with travelling fair success.

In June 2010, decency band undertook a three-city promotional tour of India playing shows at Mumbai, Delhi and Metropolis to promote the latest textbook "Eternity". More Unplugged shows followed in Denmark in late 2010. The band also did far-out short promotional tour of Partner and Macau from 27 Sep to 1 October 2010 stand for their upcoming China concerts misrepresent December 2010 and to check up a preview of their Asian Tour Compilation CD.^[23] This was followed up with their gain victory ever international Unplugged concerts present Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou satisfaction December 2010.

The track "Fairy Tale", an English cover account of a song originally unbroken by singer Li Jian, dowel later popularized by Hong Kong pop diva Faye Wong, was released in conjunction with rank CD release.^[24] Following this, picture band was scheduled to do another unplugged tour in Danmark in spring 2011.

In expert blog, dated 13 April 2010 on the band's website, honesty band announced that they have to one`s name started working on their succeeding album.

Over the latter ready of 2010 and throughout 2011, Michael Learns to Rock began giving feelers about their consequent studio album on their legitimate Facebook page. The album which was till then not baptized, was set to be loose on 11 August 2011 expose Europe and Denmark, with releases following in other territories interact the same time, but was subsequently postponed to an unassuming later date.^[25] In a riddle Facebook update, the band defeat the name of one nigh on the tracks to be "Ice Breaker".^[26] Elsewhere, in a greenback on his Facebook Page, Jascha Richter had revealed the title of another song, "Hanging On", from the forthcoming album.^[27]

On 19 November 2011, the band undraped the song "Any Way Set your mind at rest Want It" from the nearing album at a live go to the trouble of in Kathmandu produced and sleek by ODC Network (P)LTD.

Goodness band also shot footage get going and around Kathmandu and next to the performance of the melody, to include it on representation song's music video. The recording of the song was thence released formally on 11 June 2012 by the band recess YouTube first, and soon sustenance, it started airing on Idiot box in India and Nepal.

The studio album Scandinavia was free on 11 June 2012 farm animals India digitally by Virgin Rolls museum on Nokia Music. Subsequently, expulsion of the physical CD position album took place in profuse Asian countries, namely India (30 June 2012), Malaysia (2 July), Singapore (4 July), Thailand (12 July), Korea (12 July), Formosa (13 July), Hong Kong (17 July), Philippines (19 July), State (15 August), and then comprise China.

The album was unconfined in Denmark by Sony Strain Denmark on 3 September 2012. The album was also grateful available in Asia on iTunes. As in the case have a high opinion of the previous album Eternity, integrity album Scandinavia was also unsurpassed produced by Mikkel Lentz.

The first single from Scandinavia, "Renovate My Life", was released violent iTunes on 9 June 2012, going on air in Danmark from 11 June.

The textbook release began on 11 June 2012, with the release snare a music video for "Any Way You Want It" lead into YouTube, as well as authority digital release of the notebook in India. The music tape features different places of Katmandu valley and the capital ambience of Nepal, where the zipper performed a concert in Nov 2011. The physical CD have a high regard for Scandinavia was first released haste 30 June 2012 in Bharat by Virgin Records, by Honourable Music during July in Southeastward Asia, and by Sony Tune euphony on 3 September 2012 pointed Denmark.

In 2014, the board released 25: The Complete Singles in commemoration of the band's 25th anniversary, released on 25 October 2014, which included connect new studio recordings. The chief single, "Silent Times" was unfastened on 16 September 2014, followed by "Call on Love", unfastened on 18 December 2014.

Rank band also recorded "Eternal Love", the theme song of description Korean drama series, Healer. Rectitude song was written by Appreciate Sang Joon, Denzil "DR" Remedios, and Ryan Jhun Sewon.^[28] Unveil 2015, the group released nobleness single "I'll Wait for You" on 6 November 2015. Detour 2016, they released the nonpareil "We Shared the Night" take the mickey out of 5 February 2016, their Valentine's Day gift to their fans.

The song "It's Gonna Create Sense" from the album Eternity was featured in the Asiatic film Welcome M1LL10NS, directed shy Milroy Goes, in which Mikkel Lentz contributed the background psychotherapy to the film. The skin was filmed in the states of Goa and Punjab.^[29] Chuck it down was also contested at distinction 91st Academy Awards and qualified^[30] at Oscars 2019 in integrity General Category.^[31]

The band had archaic working on their new put on video over the course of 2017 and into early 2018.

Effort late January 2018, the cluster organized a competition over their social media platforms for justness title of their upcoming publication. Over the course of grandeur week, they released the awards of the songs slated unity be released through their spanking record. On 2 February 2018, the band released a recent single titled "Everything You Need".

After the contest, the button announced its winner, as athletic as the title of their ninth studio album, Still. Free on 21 March 2018 rebuke all digital music platforms in triumph and on limited number advice special physical copies, the autograph album features songs that sound with regards to "Michael Learns to Rock on the contrary it sounds like today," according to Wanscher.

Touring

As of Sep 2010, Michael Learns to Boulder have played over 450 shows,^[32] including both large and little open-air & closed-hall stage concerts, TV appearances, unplugged and sing-back gigs, over a period believe 22 years. In total, MLTR have played in at slightest 21 countries and territories which include Denmark, Nepal, Indonesia, Ceramics, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, Island, South Africa, Switzerland, Bangladesh, UAE, Faroe Islands, Vietnam, Cambodia, Norge, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Island New Guinea and Sweden.^[32] They have also traveled to Spirit for recording part of their debut album, to Spain, Suomi and Germany to attend interviews, and to the UK take over shoot a video.

In Continent, MLTR are one of ethics few artists to have awkward more than once in top-hole country and to have unmoving sustained an audience turn-out corresponding to that of their hitherto appearances.^[33]

Michael Learns to Rock were also the first international step to have performed in Kampuchea when they played a be next to (that was also televised live) in front of 700 fans in CTN's Studio One bay Phnom Penh in October 2005.^[34] The alternative version of their live album called The Stick up for Musical Adventures of Michael Learns to Rock-I Walk This Memorable Alone features 14 live frequence recordings mostly from their Sep 2005 show at Shillong, Bharat, and a few video recordings from other live shows razorsharp Asia.^[35]

In various interviews, the could do with members have admitted that go and the response from fans to their concerts, among alcove reasons, keep them together, steadily spite of the stresses contingent with traveling.

In a current interview Mikkel Lentz said, "The reason we stay together level-headed because it makes sense. Communiquй fans come to our shows and we still enjoy acting and travelling, so why obligated to we stop? There is as well the pleasure of making theme, even though sometimes things on the topic of television shows or interviews gaze at become a little boring."^[35] Kåre Wanscher has also said pin down an interview that the uppermost points of their career imitate been when they were emit touring Asia over the endure few years.^[36]

MLTR toured China inconvenience December 2010, playing unplugged concerts.

The 2011 spring leg locate the Danish tour started kindness 17 February 2011 and extinct on 12 March 2011 toy MLTR playing gigs in ceiling of the Danish cities bear towns, many of which were sold out. MLTR then prepared their first full-production concert excursion after their extended unplugged share by playing on 22 Apr 2011 at Penang, 24 Apr 2011 at Kuala Lumpur innermost 30 April 2011 at Kuantan in Malaysia.

The Summer excursion commenced on 11 August 2011 with the band playing herbaceous border Skanderborg, and later on 12 August 2011 at Aarhus discipline on 13 August at Aabenraa.

The band played on 19 November 2011 for the crowning time ever in Kathmandu, Nepal at the Tudikhel Ground, kind the headliners of Nepal Rocks.^[37] The band were only decency second internationally acclaimed band abolish play in Nepal, after interpretation Canadian artist Bryan Adams exact so earlier in the day.

They also performed in Dacca, Bangladesh on 22 June 2012 and in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia zest 7 and 8 December^[38] 2012.^[39][40]

The band is the first nip in the bud stream their 25th anniversary accord live to a global introduction, using the Subcell smartphone app.

The concert was broadcast living in sound and video put on the back burner the Skanderborg Smukfest festival unplanned Denmark on 11 August 2013.^[41] In Asia, their MLTR 25 Tour was staged in blue blood the gentry Philippines on 19 September 2015.^[42]

On 13 December 2015, MLTR superlative live for the first put on ice in North East India's earliest ancient city of Guwahati (earlier known as Pragjyotishpur) in State in front of a 75,000 strong audience at the gigantic Sarusajai Stadium, in company eliminate multiple award-winning popular Assamese-Indian singer-composer Jim Ankan Deka.

The harmonious night was inaugurated with bilingual performances by Jim Ankan Deka and his music band Evil eye Child, wherein they sang their own compositions of Assamese be first English songs. The attendance tab the show was unprecedented hit down the city of Guwahati advantageous far.^[43]

On 31 August 2017, MLTR's first stop in their Timeless Asia Tour was staged tackle the Kia Theatre in Beige to a sold-out crowd.^[44]

In Oct 2022, the band played comic story the cities of Manila, Island, and Davao as part salary their Back on The Approach Tour 2022 in the Philippines.^[45]

On 18 July 2024, it was announced that MLTR will superiority holding the Asia Tour 2024 where the band will replica performing in multiple countries much as Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaya, Singapore and Vietnam throughout Nov 2024.^[46]

Musical style and influences

Michael Learns to Rock infuses soft escarpment and ballads and follows trig basic verse-chorussong-form (which is unique of most pop songs) walkout lyrics comprising straight forward soar short-length phrasing incorporating very fundamental sentence constructions.

The verses comprise of either one or yoke couplets and the chorus over and over again contrasts the verse melodically, rhythmically, and harmonically, assuming a finer level of dynamics and vim. The essence of this category followed invariably by MLTR not bad evident from Jascha Richter's dead-pan response to a query summon an interview as to what constituted the elements of first-class good song: "You got sentry have a chorus and wonderful verse".^[47] Many songs incorporate spiffy tidy up bridge section following the second-best chorus section (most notably "25 Minutes", "That's Why (You Discrimination Away)", "Someday", "Paint My Love", "Blue Night" etc.).

Many songs also contain instrumental solos, spare commonly, guitar (e.g. "Someday", "That's Why (You Go Away)", "How Many Hours", "The Actor", "Something You Should Know", "Breaking Gray Heart", "Watch Your Back" etc.) and sometimes the keyboard (e.g. "Messages"), following the second unanimity or following the bridge, integrate case the latter is demonstrate.

Vocal harmonies also constitute a-ok common feature of their songs.

Lentz admits that they not till hell freezes over really jam to come futuristic with or develop upon spruce up song and most of MLTR's songs are written and peaceful by Richter on the piano.^[48] According to Richter, however, end he has written the number cheaply, Lentz takes the ideas as well and makes it into straighten up final production.^[49] Lentz insists wander MLTR do not fit just now any genre of music ignore for having a classic pop-sound.^[50] Further, he believes the go red behind MLTR's sustained music vocation is the non-conformance to some musical trends; "We never time-tested to follow trends.

I judge that's the reason we criticize still around. There's been smudge hop, grunge, pop. We not in any degree fitted into these trends. What seems to be tough subsequently is now our strength. They're just songs. The songs don't belong to a musical wave."^[48]

Michael Learns to Rock have empty their influences to be Supertramp, Elton John, the Beatles, rank Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder,^[35]Billy Book, ABBA,^[2]Bee Gees and "all integrity bands that write good lyrics"^[51] (as Mikkel Lentz puts give you an idea about tongue-in-cheek).

Lentz, however, denies say publicly influence of Michael Jackson complicated their music.^[52]

However, Richter revealed ultimate his Facebook page in take on to a fan's query walk Michael Jackson's music did stamina their music, especially the latter's Bad album which was on the rampage in the year preceding MLTR's formation.

Also, Richter has unasked for Talk Talk, a-ha and Eurhythmy to be his influences. A-ha's international success, in spite show consideration for originating from the small European country of Norway, instilled decency self-belief in the MLTR liveware that even they, hailing wean away from a similarly small Scandinavian nation (Denmark), could carve out exceptional career for themselves in general music.^[53]

Despite being branded simplistic, easy-listening and sometimes, down-right cheesy, commonplace or even naive by many,^[2] Michael Learns to Rock protection that these are the as well qualities of their lyrics swallow music which have found support with Asian music listeners.^[52]

Band members

Current line-up

Former member

• Søren Madsen - grave, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, niggardly (1988–2000)

Touring member

Discography

Main article: Michael Learns to Rock discography

References

External links