English
The word ‚addicted’ didn’t just describe the feeling what Thorsten Willer was to his music but also was the name of his first band he started during his school days.
The Band played hundreds of shows in Germany, recorded four CDs and always was pleased to have a huge rocking fanbase supporting them.
In 2005 Willer founded an acoustic side-project named ‚RockRidge’ with singer/songwriter Oliver Henrich. They left Germany and headed to California to tour the world famous Los Angeles live-music scene.
In the year 2007 his main band ‚Addicted?’ broke up but there was no doubt that Thorsten Willer won’t give up.
He founded this solo-project ‚WILLER’ and after recording his EP ‚Imagine’ he played lots of shows all over Germany including support shows for internationally famous acts.
In fall 2008 Willer finally released his first Longplayer, whose title ‚The Only Way’ is also describing that sometimes there’s no question what to do…
In october 2008 the only way takes him to Canada and the US to experience and capture the north american music scene…
Deutsch
Nach seiner ersten Band ‚Addicted?’ und dem in Los Angeles getourten Acoustic-Nebenprojekt ‚RockRidge’ hat Thorsten Willer im Sommer 2007 sein Solo-Projekt ‚WILLER’ gegründet.
Bereits im ersten Jahr konnte er schon zahlreiche Konzerte in ganz Deutschland und Teilen der USA und Kanada, mit grossem Erfolg, verbuchen.
Darunter befanden sich auch Shows mit international bekannte Acts, wie beispielsweise ‚Ray Wilson’ (Stiltskin/Ex-Genesis), oder auch mit
‚Fools Garden’.
Im Herbst 2008 stellte Thorsten Willer, nach seiner 2007er EP ‚Imagine’, sein Debut-Album ‚THE ONLY WAY’ fertig, welches mithilfe von Produzent Pedi (u.a. Such A Surge / Liquido) und Sven Martin (T.a.T.u. / Liz Phair) eine neue Strasse der modernen Acoustic/Rock-Schiene einschlägt.