Michael Learns To Rock

MLTR is a soft rock/pop rock band that has been active since the 1990s and has published a number of gold, platinum, and multi-platinum hit singles and albums. Among their best selling hits are ballads as "The Actor", "That's Why You Go", and "Paint My Love". Their name is a tribute to pop legend Michael Jackson. The group was formed in 1988 at a high school in Aarhus, Denmark. The group consists of four members (in fact three when they started the group). The singer and keyboard player Jascha Richter (b. 1963), drummer Kare Wanscher (b. 1969), guitarist Mikkel Lentz (b. 1968) and Soren Madsen (b. 1967). Soren Madsen joined the group as a bass drummer, though he was a guitarist. The group started as a little cafe band, but soon won the annual talent contest in Aarhus in May 1988. MLTR signed one of the judges, JP Andersen, as their new manager. Since their international debut in 1991 with the album Michael Learns to Rock, the group has sold over 9 million copies, and have been performing ever since. Their albums have been consistently doing well in international circles. Since the september 1991 debut of the album Michael Learns to Rock, they have released "The Actor" (the hit ballad that tops the dannish charts), Colours (1993) , Played On Pepper (1995), Nothing To Lose (1997), Michael Learns to Rock - Greatest Hits(1999), Blue Night (2000), "Michael Learns to Rock" (2004), "The Best Of Michael Learns To Rock – Live" (2007) and "Eternity" (2008). MLTR is one of the most poplular Danish bands, in their homeland as well as the asia - pacific. Still it remains unknown in the western hemisphere. Band website: www.mltr.dk