Tommi Stumpff
{{Short description|German musician (1958–2023)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| caption = Stumpff in 2015
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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| alias = Pierre Thomas
| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|02|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
| origin = {{death date and age|2023|07|28|1958|02|01|df=yes}}
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| genre = Electronic body music
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| instrument = Vocals, guitar, synthesizer, programming
| years_active = 1979–1993, 2008, 2015–2023
| label = Schallmauer, No Dance, Electrola, Striclty Dance, EMI, Our Choice, Mental Decay, Frühstyxradio
| associated_acts = Basic Energy, Der KFC, Die Technodosen, Erato, The Global Masters, Tekkknozid, Tropical Hardcore
| website = {{URL|www.stumpff.net}}
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Thomas Peters (1 February 1958 – 28 July 2023), known professionally as Tommi Stumpff,{{cite web |title=Tommi Stumpff – Terror II (CD Album – Danse Macabre) |url=https://www.side-line.com/tommi-stumpff-terror-ii-cd-album-danse-macabre/ |website=Side-Line |publisher=Side-Line Magazine |accessdate=25 September 2018 |date=23 April 2018}}{{cite web |title=laut.de-Biographie Tommi Stumpff |url=https://www.laut.de/Tommi-Stumpff |website=Laut.de |publisher=laut.ag |accessdate=25 September 2018 |language=DE}} was a German musician who played Electronic Body Music in the 1980s.
Biography
Stumpff spent his childhood with his family in Paris and Brussels before moving back to his birthplace, Düsseldorf. In the late 1970s he formed punk band KFC, as its lead singer.
His solo debut album Zu spät Ihr Scheisser was released on Düsseldorf independent label Schallmauer Records selling 3,000 units.
The following single Contergan Punk was released on the Giftplatten label in 1983. It was produced by sound engineer Conny Plank and featured a heavy electropunk sound that would become characteristic of EBM.
Tommi Stumpff died on 28 July 2023, at the age of 65.{{cite news |title=Düsseldorfer Electro-Punk-Pionier Tommi Stumpff verstorben |url=https://www.fazemag.de/duesseldorfer-electro-punk-pionier-tommi-stumpff-verstorben/ |access-date=30 July 2023 |publisher=Faze Mag |date=29 July 2023}}
Discography
- 1982 – Zu spät Ihr Scheisser (LP)
- 1983 – Contergan Punk (12")
- 1985 – Seltsames Glück (12")
- 1988 – ...und so sterbt alle! (12")
- 1988 – Meine Sklavin (7")
- 1988 – Terror II (LP/CD)
- 1989 – Ultra (LP/CD)
- 1989 – Lobotomie
- 1991 – Mich kriegt Ihr nicht (LP/CD)
- 1991 – 13 Minuten Massaker (MCD)
- 1991 – Trivial Shock (CD)
- 1992 – Trivial Schock (Cuts)
- 1992 – TV Ritual (MCD)
- 1992 – Paradies (MCD)
- 1992 – Brettermeier Die Pottsau – Arschkrampen-Tekkno (together with Dietmar Wischmeyer) (MCD/12")
- 1993 – Bommerlunder (together with Luc Van Leuven as Die Technodosen) (MCD/12")
- 1993 – Alle sind tot (CD)
- 1993 – Oligophrenie (12")
- 2002 – Festival of Darkness (Online Album)
- 2021 – Alles Idioten (CD/LP/Download)
References
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External links
- [http://www.stumpff.net/home/ Official website]
- [https://tommi-stumpff.blogspot.com Tommi Stumpff's Blog (in German)]
- Interview with Tommi Stumpff: [http://www.grenzwellen.com/gw_redaktion/modules/news/article.php?storyid=26] [http://www.grenzwellen.com/gw_redaktion/modules/news/article.php?storyid=62] (German)
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Category:German electronic musicians
Category:Electronic body music musicians
Category:German punk rock musicians
Category:Musicians from Düsseldorf
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