Biography
"What band could easily walk on to a festival stage and have the whole crowd excited within minutes, being just a two piece band of bass and drums?" asks a reviewer of the magazine Vampster, deeply impressed by Beehoover's performance at the 2006 Doom Shall Rise Festival. There seems to be a tradition establishing itself of late, even when most of the bands don't have a certain sound in common but share a similar approach. And let's get this straight: as soon as a two piece band pops out of nowhere it seems to create some outstanding, well thought and somewhat avant-garde approach to music. Might have something to do with the idea itself, stripping a lineup down to the bare boned minimum limit yourself and then compensate with an overwhelming show of talent. Beehoover being no exception.
A whole bunch of influences and approaches feed back from Beehoover's music: there's certainly a huge love of krautrock, but without the laissez-faire attitude, and technically speaking a whole lotta more bass.
You can discover the signs of heavy psychedelia as well as Americana and then of course they bow down deeply before the throne of doom, its forefathers Black Sabbath and the like.
Beehoover consists of Claus-Peter Hamisch (drums) and Ingmar Petersen (bass), both also active as the rhythm section in German traditional doom stalwarts Voodooshock. But Beehover isn't their side project. Beehoover is a real, fully operating band and existed long before both joined VoodooShock. Just for the record, and Heavy Zooo is the follow-up to their 2007 debut The Sun Behind The Dustbin.