Kevin Ratajczak
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 Kevin Ratajczak at Full Force 2018 | |
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| Born | August 7, 1985 Datteln , North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Member of | Electric Callboy |
Kevin Ratajczak (born August 7, 1985) is a German singer, songwriter, and musician. He is a founding member and the unclean vocalist of the metalcore band Electric Callboy.
History
[edit]As a child, Kevin's experience with harder music derived from listening to Deep Purple albums his father possessed.[1] In 2020, he helped form Electric Callboy, under the original name, 'Eskimo Callboy', in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia, alongside fellow singer and clean vocalist Sebastian "Sushi" Biesler, lead guitarist Daniel "Danskimo" Haniß, bassist Daniel Klossek, drummer Michael Malitzki, and rhythm guitarist Pascal Schillo. In 2020, Biesler left the band and Ratajczak teamed up with newcomer clean vocalist Nico Sallach as the duo for the band. In 2021, he hosted the Oberkante Unterlippe podcast alongside Sallach, which was broadcast in the night program on Rock Antenne.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Kevin Ratajczak is married and has two children.[3] He is of Polish descent.[4]
Style
[edit]Kevin Ratajczak provides the voice grinding (or unclean vocals) for Electric Callboy.[5] He writes most of the lyrics along with fellow frontman Nico Sallach.[6][7] They even submitted their song "Pump It" as their song in order to represent Germany for the 2022 Eurovision competition but was ultimately denied.[8] Ratajczak considered Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco as a role model and his favorite concert involved Slipknot on the "Iowa" tour 2003 in which he was in attendance at the Grugahalle in Essen.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ist Metal zu alt? mit ELECTRIC CALLBOY, EQUILIBRIUM uvm. Metalgelöt". youtube (in German). Rocket Beans TV. 5 December 2020.
- ^ "Interview: Nico & Kevin from Electric Callboy about the new name and new live energy". Rock Antenne (in German). 23 September 2022.
- ^ "Electric Callboy - Interview & Report - Paris 2023 - Duke TV [DE-ES-FR-IT-JP-POR-RU Subs]". youtube. Duke TV. 9 June 2023.
- ^ "Kevin Ratajczak (Electric Callboy) - The Back Lounge Podcast: Ep 17". youtube. TankTheTech. 11 November 2022.
- ^ ""Irgendwie scheint ein Knoten geplatzt zu sein" – Eskimo Callboy über die Zeit nach dem Split mit "Sushi"". morecore.de (in German). 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Die Talkshow: Kalles Klönschnack Mit Nico Sallach von Eskimo Callboy". youtube (in German). Kalle Zwoschinsky. 24 February 2021.
- ^ ""I'm glad I wasn't at the ESC"". laut.de (in German). 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Eskimo Callboy denied wildcard for German national selection". esc xtra. 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Kevin Ratajczak". Rock Antenne.