Die Prinzen

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Die Prinzen
Die Prinzen in 2006
Background information
Origin	Leipzig, East Germany
Genres	A cappella, pop rock
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Sony BMG, Ariola Express, Hansa
Members	Sebastian Krumbiegel Tobias Künzel Wolfgang Lenk Jens Sembdner Henri Schmidt Mathias Dietrich Ali Zieme
Website	dieprinzen.de (in German)

Die Prinzen ("The Princes") is a German pop rock band, consisting of former members of the Thomanerchor, and a former member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.

Early albums consist of a cappella music. The band's first name was Die Herzbuben, but it was changed to Die Prinzen in 1991 to avoid confusion with the Volkstümliche Schlager duo Wildecker Herzbuben. The lyrics of their songs are often humorous, tongue-in-cheek critiques of German government or society. The group's most popular singles have been "Alles nur geklaut", "Gabi und Klaus", "Millionär", "Küssen verboten", "(Du musst ein) Schwein sein", "Mein Fahrrad", "Olli Kahn" (about German World Cup goalkeeper Oliver Kahn) and "Deutschland".

In reference to the group's name and the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale "The Frog Prince", the group's logo is a green frog wearing a crown. The frog logo has appeared in a number of album and single covers.

Their hit song "Millionär" appeared in the accompanying video to the German textbooks "Komm mit", "Stationen", and "Kontakte".

"Deutschland" is a very cultural and ironic song about everything in Germany. It was written by German songwriter Steve van Velvet.^[1]

Die Prinzen

• Sebastian Krumbiegel (5 June 1966); vocals, keyboard
• Tobias Künzel (26 May 1964); vocals, guitar, keyboard
• Wolfgang Lenk (4 September 1966, Leipzig); vocals, keyboard, guitar
• Jens Sembdner (20 January 1967); vocals, keyboard
• Henri Schmidt (17 August 1967, Leipzig); vocals

Backing band

• Ali (Alexander) Zieme (23 March 1971, Leipzig); drums
• Mathias Dietrich (24 November 1964, Leipzig); bass

• Official website (in German)