Michael Learns To Rock简介

迈克学摇滚，始建于1987年，曾被形容是斯堪的那维亚音乐传统与西洋流行音乐的甜美相遇，绝非「丹麦团」三个字就可以草草了事，他们全球800万张惊人的销售量不但是一般乐团少有的，迈克学摇滚深入流行音乐情感层面并从中精确掌握音符组构成果的能力，使得他们成为丹麦流行音乐史上最成功的团体之一。迈克学摇滚在家乡已经有超过五十万张唱片的销售纪录，但更惊人的是他们在全球的销售数字更是高达八百万张之高！其中更在亚洲更是掀起一阵流行狂潮。

现任成员

Jascha Richter
Kåre Wanscher
Mikkel Lentz

发展历史

1987年，在丹麦的 Århus，JASCHA RICHTER 成立了一只小型乐队。其中包括后来的两位MLTR乐队成员：KARE WANSCHER 和 MIKKEL LENTZ。尽管年龄都不大，但他们都从童年时代就开始接触摇滚音乐，且都有在其他乐队演出的经历。
1988年5月，乐队正式以“MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK”之名参加了一个在 Ahrus举行的名为“Dansk Rock Grand Prix”的音乐大赛，最终赢得了冠军。这次成功使得他们在 Ahrus 地区小有名气。同年8 月，在一个偶然的场合，乐队遇到了后来的老板兼经纪人JP ANDERSEN。Andersen 意识到这个年轻的乐队将大有前途，便开始为他们“制造机会”。在其后的两年中，乐队在Andersen的帮助下出现在各种音乐节、俱乐部等场合。

销售奇迹

2004年4月让乐迷等待四年之久的MLTR推出了全新专辑《Take Me To Your Heart》。新专辑中的《Don’t Have To Lose》成为法国电影《两小无猜》（Love Me If You Dare)的英文主题曲。而另一首歌则是将张学友的吻别填上英文歌词的《Take Me To Your Heart》，这首歌将亚洲情歌推向了世界，同时也成为了MLTR在中国最受欢迎的歌曲之一。这首歌曲红遍了整个中国，而专辑也创造了25万销量的奇迹并获得EMI颁发的金唱片奖项，04年9月mltr来到北京参加CCTV的MTV颁奖盛典，获得年度最佳外国歌手奖项，在上海也举行了他们的歌迷见面会，这更是将中国的mltr狂潮推到的最高点，因此当年12月31日在广州举行的CCTV新年晚会上，mltr也应邀出席并再次演奏了take me to your heart。
从此mltr开始了各地循环演出，05年3.4月期间在韩国发行了他们的精选集并推出与韩国天团神话主唱申彗星合作的take me to your heart英韩对唱版.，并去韩国演出推广.。2005年9月，MLTR在中国推出精选集，《All The Best Of MLTR》。而当年10月mltr也来到上海参加F1赛场演出，并用一个和莱科宁，阿隆索等著名车手共同演出的激情四溢的F1之夜使中国观众更进一步领略到mltr的风采， 随后，mltr又到印度，柬埔寨，马来西亚等东南亚国家继续他们的这次亚洲循回演出之行。
06年mltr基本处于休息状态，只在2,3月份在马来西亚有几场慈善演出活动，当然这也和他们在7月份与合作了近20年的EMI唱片公司解约并和新公司CMC records签约有关系. 解约的原因可能是EMI对mltr的宣传推广令双方都不很适应。 不过，主唱jascha迅速给了大家一个惊喜，他在10月推出了第二张个人专辑，继后再次展现了他高超的词曲写作与演唱技巧. 而随后mltr连续第 三 年来到中国，这次是到长沙参加金鹰节的演出。
THE SHORT STORY OF MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK
Someday in March 2018 it would be exactly 30 years ago, since Michael Learns To Rock met in a worn out and abandoned freezer room by then used as rehearsal room and formed a band. Shortly after they played their first-ever gig in Aarhus in Denmark, the hometown of the band.
Since then, lots of classic songs have been rotated on radio stations around the world. Hundreds of concerts have been played and millions of albums have been sold all over the globe. Noteworthy and worth celebrating: Michael Learns To Rock still continues to write and record these characteristic and melodic songs, that keep them on the road and on air some 30 years since the beginning.
With a global record sales of 11 million physical albums since the debut album in 1991, more than 6 million paid downloads, estimated 50 million video views on YouTube and more than 50 million streams on Spotify, the Michael Learns To Rock story is not only one of the most successful to ever come out of Denmark, but also a story of an exception: their way to success has never been about scandals, divorce, drugs or any extreme way of living. It has always been about the music! The secret about Michael Learns To Rock is simply their incredible gift to write, record and play great pop songs and get them through to people all over the world.
Michael Learns To Rock was formed in the spring of 1988 by singer and keyboard player JASCHA RICHTER (born 1963), drummer KÅRE WANSCHER (born 1969), guitarist MIKKEL LENTZ (born 1968) and bassist SØREN MADSEN (born 1967). In that summer the band won a local talent competition and started out on a nearly-two-years-long tour around Denmark. Playing wherever possible, winning an ever-growing audience and having both talent and musical skills, the songs sharpened along the way. After months of hard work in the studio, the band released their self-titled debut album in September 1991. Among the fine songs on the album is the smash hit “The Actor” that got wall-to-wall airplay from Danish radio stations and helped the album reach the top of the Danish sales chart in January 1992. Later that year “The Actor” wemt #1 on the charts in Norway, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The next year, the band toured intensively in Denmark and visited new friends in Asia. Along the way, Jascha Richter wrote songs for their second album “Colours”, released in October 1993. Great ballads like “Sleeping Child” and “25 Minutes” are the main singles that secured combined albums sales passing the 1 million mark.
Michael Learns To Rock toured Europe and Asia in the next couple of years and in 1995, their third album “Played On Pepper”, is released all over Scandinavia and in Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, France, Italy, Brazil, South Africa, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and 11 countries in Southeast Asia. October of that same year saw the band on a huge Asian tour, with 25 concerts in 10 countries. “That´s Why (You Go Away)” and “Someday” were new hits and “Played On Pepper” ended up selling more than 1,2 million albums. In 1996, “Paint My Love” was released. It was a greatest hits album exclusive for South East Asia. The album ended up selling more than 3,4 million copies – and made the band one of the biggest international acts ever in countries like South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, The Philippines and Malaysia. The up-tempo hit “Something You Should Know” led the way for the fourth studio album “Nothing To Lose” which was released in 1997. The album turned the band into superstars in South Africa. When Michael Learns To Rock played in Johannesburg and Pretoria in January 1998, the critics wrote: “This is as good (if not better!) a band as any current big name group out of America or the UK.”
Same year Søren Madsen left MLTR. Kåre, Jascha and Mikkel decided to continue as a trio, releasing their fifth studio album “Blue Night” in 2000. Early 2001, MLTR embarked on a five week tour covering Dubai, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and China. The tour was for promotion of the compilation “19 Love Songs”, which was only released in Asia and included then-new single “The Ghost Of You”. 2002 is a year-off for the three remaining members of the band, who are all working on individual projects, including the first solo album from Jascha, “Planet Blue”.
In 2004, the sixth studio album was released. Originally titled “Michael Learns To Rock” and later released in Asia as “Take Me To Your Heart”. The latter title was taken from the album’s lead single, a re-make of popular Chinese singer Jacky Cheung´s “Goodbye Kiss”. 2005 saw the band back in Asia, playing concerts in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam and China (a gig in the pit during the Formula 1 race in Shanghai). Michael Learns To Rock also returned to India for the first time since 1996, with shows in Bangalore, Mumbai and Shillong. “Take Me To Your Heart” became another huge hit – and by the end of 2006 it was rewarded with the prize in China of “Most-downloaded song of 2006”, after more than 6 million paid downloads. The physical sales of the album exceeded 275.000 in China alone making it the best selling international album ever in China.
In 2007 MLTR released “The Live Adventures of Michael Learns to Rock” – a tour de force of hit singles played live. The seventh studio album “Eternity” was out in 2008, the first album with Mikkel Lentz being the sole producer. The album included the Thailand #1 single “Sweetest Surprise” and the more surprising Asian hit “It´s Gonna Make Sense”, getting very popular when used in Philippine reality show “Pinoy Big Brother”. To mark their northern roots, studio album number eight is titled “Scandinavia”. Released in 2012 it comes with new potential classics as “Renovate My Life” and “Any Way You Want It” (with the video shot in Kathmandu, Nepal).
As a celebration of the band’s 25 anniversary in the music business a tribute to the fans was released in 2014 in form of a multiset album for Asia entitled “25” including the two new single hits “Silent Times” and “Call on Love”. Further as a part of the 25-campaign new remastered versions of the first 5 studio albums (“Michael Learns To Rock”, “Colours”, “Played on Pepper”, “Nothing to Lose” and “Blue Night”) was released all including several outtakes or demos of some of their classic hit songs making the remastered albums true collector’s items. The EP “With Love” followed in 2016 making the song “Dream Girl” a hit single in several Asian territories.
Over the last 10 years Michael Learns to Rock have played numerous concerts in Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, China, India, Dubai, Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore. And more than 20 years into their career, new markets are still opening for the band, with first time concerts in Nepal (2011), Mongolia (2012), Bangladesh (2012), Myanmar (2013) and Papua New Guinea (2015).
The total number of concerts have far exceeded 600 – and there is no sign of them stopping…
In March 2018 MLTR’s 9th studio album was released including the singles “Everything You Need”, “Hold On A Minute and the big classic MLTR ballad “Hiding Away From Life”.