The Zingers (band)

The Zingers were an Aubrey-based Aurenian indie rock band from Belmont, Aubrey. Formed by Ricky Noack in 1999 and signed to Second Beat Records, the group enjoyed worldwide success throughout their lifetime, most notably in North America. The band split up in 2009 after Ricky Noack died from an accidental assassination at age 27 by Katherine Reid.

Formation (1999)
The band first formed in 1999 when four Aubreian transfer students from Aurenbüren attending a local boarding school, Ricky Noack (lead vocalist), Walter Kraus (lead guitarist; co-lead vocalist), Klaus Knoblach (lead bassist; backing vocalist), and Günter Schäfer (lead drummer) got together and formed a band as part of a battle of the bands contest. Even though the band only won second place in the contest, Norwegian producer and one of the founders of Second Beat Records, Kåre Berrefjord met them after the contest and signed them on to Second Beat.

Rise to success and Siar's Bar (1999-2000)
Shortly after the band was signed up to Second Beat, Kåre began searching for a distributor for The Zingers' music worldwide, which resulted in him discovering Magma Records, an Aubreian record label based around rock genres, and one of Aubrey's first record labels to be formed in the country. Kåre signed the band up to Magma, and shortly afterwards, the band began writing their debut song, "Ditto Willow".

Discography
Main article: The Zingers discography


 * Siar's Bar (2000)
 * Aubrexit (2003)
 * The Zingers (2005)
 * Long Live, The Zingers (2008)
 * Prittle Lick (2010; posthumous)