INTERESTING FACTS
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When choosing the name the guys inspired themselves by the fair cars and picked up Scooter.

Female vocals in Summer Wine are by Rick's wife Nikk. She has been furthermore singing in Nessaja, Weekend!, The Night, Jigga Jigga! etc.)

HPV vocal in Ramp! (The Logical Song) are by Rick. Originally H.P. was the one to sing them, unfortunately, his voice sounds awful high - pitched.

Female vocals in earlier Scooter years were sang by Rick's sister Mary K. (born as Marieke).

H.P. has got a sister Britt (born as Birgitte), both were Celebrate The Nun singers.

Axel Coon has got an older brother, who was one in the masks of Ratty.

Jens Thele and H.P. got together at work, later H.P. was Jens's MC.

H.P. and Ferris are cousins.

One of the racers in Ramp! (The Logical Song) was played by famous porn star Kelly Trump. Axel Coon eventually became her boyfriend.

Ferris's friends gave him the nickname, based upon the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It is said he behaves similar to the hero in the movie.

Daisy D. and Charly Lownoise used a melody very similar to the one in Faster Harder Scooter.

The Night (Langenhagen Mix) begins with Weekend! ringtone.

The Night (Starsplash Mix) has got the same melody as Loud And Clear.

Starsplash made a video clip during We Like It Loud tour '04. Scooter have a short cameo in the clip.

Vinyl remixes are usually longer than MCD remixes.

If you play Keyser Soze backwards, you can easily hear a female voice saying "Use your dildo".

Keyser Soze is the name of Turkish murderer in The Usual Suspects movie.

The words "Abfahrt...", lyrics of Well Done, Peter, used H.P. during No Time To Chill tour in Let Me Be You Valentine. The tour took place before Back To The Heavyweight album containing Well Done, Peter was released.

The Leading Horse refrain is taken from Bible, where it's furthermore explained.

Mark Spoon, one of the DJs in Hyper Hyper DJ list, died in 2006.

When Scooter were playing Back In The U.K. during No Time To Chill tour, H.P. had to change Ferris's name to Axel's. They've never played that track live again, so neither Jay nor Michael has ever been mention in that track.

Tyree Cooper, mentioned in Posse (I Need You On The Floor) is a musician and DJ from Chicago. He were popular mostly in 1987 - 1989 during Acid Era.

H.P. Baxxter said that he took his nickname from his uncle who's living in UK. Other story says that he'S been given that name back in school. However, the word "baxter" (don't know whether the first name of surname) is based upon old-english word "baecestre", meaning woman baker.

Most of the album names are mentioned in any track from the album:
...And The Beat Goes On! - Faster Harder Scooter
Our Happy Hardcore - Our Happy Hardcore
Wicked! - Wicked Introduction, I'm Raving
Age Of Love - The Age Of Love
Rough & Tough & Dangerous - Endless Summer

No Time To Chill - Expecting More From Ratty
Back To The Heavyweight Jam - Faster Harder Scooter
Sheffield - I'm Your Pusher
We Bring The Noise - Posse (I Need You On The Floor), We Bring The Noise
Push The Beat For This Jam - Call Me Mañana

Mind The Gap - Killer Bees

The Ultimate Aural Orgasm - Horny In Jericho, Does The Fish Have Chips?
Jumping All Over The World - Jumping All Over The World
Under The Radar Over The Top - Where The Beats...

Back To The Heavyweight Jam was going to be named Strawberry Sun (that name can be heard in I'll Put You On The Guestlist track).

The famous megaphone logo was introduced with the album Back To The Heavyweight. Scooter had no logo and used different font before.

No Release track is named Nu Release on Back To The Heavyweight Jam promo.

Roll Baby Roll track was renamed to Swinging In The Jungle on later editions of The Stadium Techno Experience. Main melody was also changed.

Shortly before the Mind The Gap album was released 4 polyphonic cell phone melodies appeared on the internet - Shake That!, One (Always Hardcore), Canada Water and Weird Woods. The last two were either fake or might be the working titles of real Scooter track, i.e. Trance-Atlantic and The Avenger's Back.

Level One track is named The Future on The Stadium Techno Experience UK promo. The Future is slightly different to Level One.

Level One was originally made by Scooter and Chris Huelsbeck. The original was named Chris Huelsbeck Feat. Matine - The Future. Jay Frog made a remix of this track (Planet Trax Remix). This can be a reason, why this track is called The Future on TSTE UK promo.

When thinking of the name for the Who's Got The Last Laugh Now? album H.P. came up with a phrase "who's got the last laugh now?" which he heard somewhere.

When thinking of the name for the The Ultimate Aural Orgasm album, H.P. remembered an old jingle repeating the phrase "the ultimate aural orgasm", so they named the album that way.

In Hysteria track H.P. says: "Baxxter is the scare voice in this strawberry mansion time. Those people reacted too much."

If you play Weekend! refrain backwards, you are going to hear (I doubt it):
Oh, baby, no, how could I let you go, how
I nearly said this
How could I know, oh, baby, I let you go...

It's H.P.'s own car which he's driving in One (Always Hardcore) videoclip.

Ferris was a melodies maniac. H.P., Rick and Jens had to slow him down as not so much melodies could be put into a track.

When H.P. was a young boy, he used to destroy his sister's Barbie dolls.

It is said that the first Scooter tour was called Friends Tour '95. Their support act was Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo.

Rick met Nikk on afterparty in 1994.

H.P. dated their former dancer Sam. They were a couple for 4 years.

It's H.p. own dog Hector acting in one version of Posse (I Need You On The Floor) videoclip.

The girl acting in Let Me Be Your Valentine videoclip used to be H.P.'s girlfriend.

Maria (I Like It Loud) was named by mistake. Scooter heard "maria..." instead of "my radio..." in the original track.

INTERESTING FACTS
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Rough & Tough & Dangerous - Break It Up single follows Rebel Yell and precedes I'm Raving, although Break It Up single was released after I'm Raving.

Rough & Tough & Dangerous - the real The Age Of Love single cover show Scooter in different positions.

Push The Beat For This Jam (The Second Chapter) - the real Aiii Shot The DJ single cover has white surrounding around its name.

Pushing The Beat: The Best Of Scooter - Fuck The Millennium single is mentioned as F*ck The Millennium.

Back To The Heavyweight Jam - the album song is called Fuck The Millenium, just with one n, however, single release is called Fuck The Millennium with double n.

Jumping All Over The World lyrics written in Jumping All Over The World album booklet contain a "Champagne up right in the corner...", however, album version of that track doesn't contain that line.

The Question Is What In The Question is spelled as The Question... What Is The Question is the booklet of Jumping All Over The World UK edition.

INTERESTING FACTS
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Endless Summer videoclip was shot in Florida. The shooting cost about 100 000 DM.

Rebel Yell videoclip was shot in Troja castle, Prague, Czech republic.

We Are The Greatest videoclip was shot in an old underground tunnel.

Faster Harder Scooter videoclip was shot in South Africa.

Jigga Jigga! videoclip was shot in Tokyo, Japan.

Suavemente videoclip was shot in Mallorca.

Hello! (Good To Be Back) videoclip was shot in Chicago, USA.

Behind The Cow videoclip was shot in India.

TQIWITQ and ANM videoclips were both shot in The Netherlands.

Jumping All Over The World videoclip was shot all over the world.

Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) videoclip was shot in studio, not in an actual house and rooftops.

INTERESTING FACTS
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BAYVIEW STATION | front page of Mind The Gap booklet
Bayview is an actual station of metro system in Toronto. The station with the same name is also in Ottawa (both cities are located in Ontario county. Toronto is the largest city of the county and the largest city in Canada, Ottawa is Canadian capital.

BRAMFELD | Call Me Mañana B-side
Bramfeld is a part of Hamburg, where Scooter's studio was located until 2006. The studio was located on the 1st floor above a bakery. However, standing in front of the building you wouldn't recognize that there's any studio.

FIRTH OF FORTH | I'm Your Pusher B-side
The Firth of Forth is the estuary or firth of Scotland's River Forth, where it flows into the North Sea between Fife to the north, and West Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, and East Lothian to the south.

The river is crossed by popular and unique bridges Forth Road Bridge and Forth Bridge (see rail bridge Forth Bridge in the photos below).

GIANT'S CAUSEWAY | Maria (I Like It Loud) B-side
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40 000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about two miles (3 km) north of the town of Bushmills. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and a National Nature Reserve in 1987 by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.

Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.

THE BEAN | Hello! (Good To Be Back) cover photos
Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by British artist Anish Kapoor. It is located on top of Park Grill and adjacent to the Chase Promenade. The sculpture was constructed between 2004 and 2006. Nicknamed "The Bean" because of its legume-like shape.

SHEFFIELD | 7th Scooter's album
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city. The city has grown from its largely industrial roots to encompass a wide economic base. The population of the City of Sheffield is estimated at 530,300 people and it is one of the eight largest English cities outside London.

Despite Scooter's album is called Sheffield and their own label is called Sheffield Name, none of the name has nothing to do with the city.

SHINJUKU | Jigga Jigga! B-side
Shinjuku is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world (Shinjuku Station).

As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 312 418 and a density of 17 140 persons per square kilometer. The total area is 18.23 square kilometers. Shinjuku has the highest numbers of registered foreign nationals of any community in Tokyo. As of October 1, 2005, 29 353 non-Japanese with 107 different nationalities were registered in Shinjuku.

SIBERIA | Ramp! (The Logical Song) B-side
Siberia is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation.

Some sources say that it originates from the Turkic for "sleeping land." Another version is that this name was the tribal name of the Sibilla, Turkic nomads later assimilated to Siberian Tatars. Some studies asserts that the Russians named Siberia after the Xibe.

SOHO | mentioned in Never Slow Down
Soho is an area in the centre of the West End of London, it has an area of approximately one square mile and may be thought of as bounded by Oxford Street to the north, Regent Street to the west, Leicester Square to the south and Charing Cross Road to the east.

Since the early 1980s the area has undergone considerable transformation and is now a fashionable district of upmarket restaurants and media offices with only a small remnant of "sex industry" venues in the west of the area.

TAJ MAHAL | Behind The Cow B-side
The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, that was built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal complex of structures that was completed around 1648.

FIRTH OF CLYDE | The Ultimate Aural Orgasm album bonus iTunes track
The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland.

SCARBOROUGH FAIR | The Ultimate Aural Orgasm album track
Scarborough is a coastal city in Northern England. Scarborough Fair was a traditional English fair. Nowadays the fair isn't held anymore.

EDGEWARE, MAYFAIR, LEICESTER SQUARE | places in Neverending Story
Edgware is a suburb of North London situated 9.7 miles (15.6 km) north-west of Charing Cross. Most of Edgware is in the London Borough of Barnet, but the western part is in the London Borough of Harrow and the Queensbury area is in the London Borough of Brent.

Mayfair is an area of central London, England, within the City of Westminster. It is named after the annual fortnight-long May Fair.

Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. The Square lies within an area bound by Lisle Street, to the north; Charing Cross Road, to the east; Orange Street, to the south; and Whitcomb Street, to the west. Soho area is located nearby.

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