Biography

1992
Band foundation by Alexander Braun, Oliver Faig
and Sebastian von Wyschetzki

1994
first public appearance: "Pop Albert" Contest Augsburg;
first record deal with Chrom Records

1995
"Confession E.P." and "Cement Garden" (Longplayer);
"Confession" - Tour

1996
"Liquid" (Longplayer);
"Liquid" Album Release Concert at Live Music Hall, Cologne;
AIDS-Benefiz Headliner at the CSD, Gütersloh

1997
"Liquid" - Tour and "Dancing In The Dark"- Festival Berlin

1998
"Homesick Alien" (Longplayer)

1999
"Homesick Alien" - Tour;
"Tears of Joy" (Remix E.P. 1999 - incl. Remixes by Gareth Jones)

2002
in February, singer Alexander Brown and Manfred Thomaser start writing new songs.
in Autumn the first demo-cd arrives at Chrom records. More new songs are
recorded, Braun/Thomaser meet with the label in Berlin.

2003
in February, Oliver Faig and Sebastian von Wyschetzki separate from the band to start a new project, frontman Alexander Braun continues distain! together with Manfred Thomaser as duo. Going back to the musical roots of the band, they develope their unique distain!-style and suprise with a bunch of new modern-retro synth-recordings.
September, 15th, 2003: Release of the Single "America".

2004
in February, !distain are back live on stage;
the second single is released, "Sex'n'cross". It becomes a no.1 hit in the Sideline charts; the release of the new album "25 frames a second" follows in march.

2005
!distain play live in Moscow. The band works on the release of the remix-album and on new songs

2006
the new album "Synthphony REMIXed: !distain" is to be released on March, 3rd. The band plays concerts in Munich, Hamburg and Madrid.

2007
the beginning of the year welcomes two new songs featuring !distain: "Never" (Virtual Server - "Setup") and "History Forecast" (Chinese Theatre - "Voices And Machines"). Two !distain remixes appear: Camouflage ("We Are Lovers") and Essexx ("Chromatics").
The new 2cd album "Raise The Level" is released September, 14th.

2008
Gravitator Records releases "Raise The Level" in January in Russia. The "Russian Edition" contains a previously unreleased remix of "Recruit My Soul".
January, 25th sees the release of "Mandragore" - the first single-cd from "Raise The Level". "Mandragore" becomes a top-ten-hit in the the German Alternative Charts (DAC) - highest position 9. Later on !distain play live in Moscow and Bratislava.

2009
!distain are working on their next release, the 2cd "Anthology 1992 - 2009" and play five concerts in Germany.

2010
On January, 15th, !distain release the double-album "Anthology 1992 - 2009".