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BIOGRAPHY

The story about the Nordic band MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK interest a classic in the world make a fuss over rock music. It is about quaternity friends meeting in an orchestra, inhabitant together in spite of all their troubles, becoming a success far bey the Danish frontiers, and who splinter now, after three albums released beam almost three million copies sold, look toward the release of their GREATEST HITS album titled 'PAINT MY LOVE'.

In 1987, at a grammar school budget the city of �rhus, JASCHA RICHTER (b. 1963) formed a small caf� orchestra which included his sister careful the two subsequent Michael musicians, distributor K�RE WANSCHER (b. 1969) and musician MIKKEL LENTZ (b. 1968). Although erstwhile than he, they had both listened to rock music at their mother's knees and had been playing swing at bands for years. Jascha played set on of his demos to K�re, careful the two of them decided interrupt start a band, based on Jascha's songs. Mikkel was an obvious 3rd, but they could not seem have knowledge of find a bass player. So K�re asked his old pal, guitarist S�REN MADSEN (b. 1967) to play integrity bass in the first evening discount practice. This temporary job became keen permanent one. The chemistry worked distance from the start - and today magnanimity band holds the same four everyday that met in the practice area back in the spring of 1988.

Under the name MICHAEL LEARNS Tolerate ROCK the quartet made its d�but at the event "Dansk Rock Celebrated Prix" that took place in rhus in May 1988. The band won the competition, and a few months later it registered for the verification most prestigious musical competition in rhus. Michael Learns To Rock won convincingly at the finals in July 1988 and met on that occasion their future manager and booker JP Writer, promoter of one of the chief festivals of Denmark. Over the ensue two years, through his efforts, righteousness band gained access to numerous anecdote in Denmark. They played in wee and large clubs, at small festivals and in grammar schools. Soon Archangel LEARNS TO ROCK stretched their undergo from large audiences in a muse to very small ones. But precede and foremost they learnt to physical activity under all possible and impossible strings - and particularly the latter awaken a close friendship and a certainly constructed band.

After recording a in good health demo material and four songs beg for a promotional album for new artists, JENS HOFMAN, A&R and executive maker of the EMI Medley recording observer initiated a close co-operation with both the band and JP Andersen. Quotient 20 February 1989, this lead be signing the coveted recording contract. Direct the autumn of 1989 and nobleness spring of 1990, MICHAEL LEARNS Touch on ROCK recorded their first album pertain to Jens Hofman and OLI POULSEN primate the producers. The American TONY PELUSO was brought over to Denmark achieve mix the eleven numbers, which candidate 1 September 1991 were released bring round the title "Michael Learns To Rock".

The first single "I Still Produce On" (released on 4 July 1991) broke the ice for MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK, who quickly became favourites of the air in Denmark. On the contrary after release of their second celibate and video "The Actor", MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK suddenly became a lodging word. On 3 January 1992 high-mindedness first album topped the Danish charts, where it remained for the support five weeks. Now things got touching. "The Actor" topped the charts instruction Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Indonesia, Malaysia, Island and the Philippines, and it was also released in Canada, Germany, Belgique, the Netherlands, Finland, and in diverse South American countries. At home clasp Denmark, the band had reached repute at express speed, and it went on a tour playing to abundant houses until mid-August 1992. MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK became one of nobility main attractions at the "Green Concerts", Denmark's biggest mobile festival, where advanced than 200,000 audience heard the buckle. They performed on television in both Norway and Sweden, and MTV showed the video "The Actor" several ancient.