Guitarist and vocalist Peter Brugger, bassist Andi Erhard, and drummer Florian
Weber formed the Bavarian pop-oriented indie-rock group Sportfreunde Stiller in
Germering in 1995, initially calling themselves Stiller after their former
football coach Hans Stiller, before settling on their current name. After
bassist Andi Erhard was replaced by Rüdiger "Rüde" Linhof in 1997, the trio got
to work on their debut album and released So wie einst Real Madrid ("Like Real
Madrid Once") into the wild in 2000, going to number 46 in Germany. They kept
the sports theme running and charted even...