German happy hardcore band, Scooter, are reportedly flabbergasted that their brand of commercial dance music has not found a following in the US as part of the wider EDM explosion.
“We’re a bit angry if I’m honest,” claimed lead singer H. P. Baxter. “It seems like so many European acts that are spurned by the more discerning European dance music fans are finding audiences in America and yet we haven’t.”
“People say to us all the time, ‘you guys were big in the 90s but you’re past it now and breaking America is just a pathetic dream so do the dignified thing and just give up'” recounted Baxter. “But if that is the case then why hasn’t anyone told the same thing to Paul Oakenfold?”
Band mate, Rick J. Jordan continued, “We can’t make sense of it at all. Why don’t they like us? We make commercial, embarrassing music, we’ve got a kind of silly but memorable frontman. How are we not EDM superstars like the Swedish House Mafia?”
“We claimed on our track, Move Your Ass, that ‘it’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice’ but now we really feel that it’s more important to be important,” asserted Jordan.
The band have indicated that they intend to re-release their 1995 hit, Back In The U.K, under the title, Back In The U.S.A. in a bid to crack the US market. “It’s going to be tough to break the States, no question.”
“Plus, because the lyric to the song will now say “U.S.A.” instead of “U.K.” we’ll have to add an extra syllable to the main vocal hook which will be a big challenge,” explained Baxter. “It’ll take some getting used to but I’m reasonably assured I’ve got the vocal dexterity to manage it.”
