Sweet William
Sweet William is a gothic rock group from Kerpen, Germany, active from 1986 onwards. The band forms around singer and guitarist Oliver Heuer and begins in Kerpen near Cologne with bassist Bodo Rossner, drummer Marius Nage and guitarist Thomas Grahl. Its early material blends new wave, punk and gothic rock, and the group later moves towards a more psychedelic and electro-rock sound.
Releases and labels
The band’s first EP, To Have a Relapse, appears in 1990 on Big Noise Records. Sweet William later signs to Hyperium/Rough Trade Records and Dion Fortune. Since 2001, the group releases 11 albums on its own.
Line-up
The current line-up is listed as Oliver Heuer, singer Marcus Gerlach, drummer and percussionist Frank Breuer, and bassist Bodo Rossner.
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