While both members of the East Berlin-based group Haudegen, Hagen Stoll and Sven Gillert, used to perform rap (under the names Joe Rilla and Tyron Berlin, respectively), their new project is a mixture of the heavy rock of Nickelback and Daughtry, and the folkier songs of German singer/songwriters such as Klaus Lage and Reinhard Mey. Their debut,
Schlicht & Ergreifend, is a double album, collecting the rockier numbers on the first CD, while the second disc features acoustic ballads. ~ Christian Genzel