Chinchilla started in 1988 and released their first demo-CD 'No Mercy' in 1990. Due to some personal differences the band split-up, but mainman Udo Gerstenmeyer couldn´t live without a band and three years later in 1993 he reformed Chinchilla with a complete new line-up. In 1994 Chinchilla recorded the 5-song-Mini-CD 'Who Is Who?' with ex-Letter X singer Martin Obermeier. Excellent reviews from the national press attested the fact that Chinchilla was a band to watch out for.
In the end of 1996 the band went into the studio again to record the second album 'Horrorscope'. The album got released in Japan through Virgin Music in May 1997, but it took the band until the end of 1998 to release the album in Europe through Point Music. Meanwhile Martin Obermeier left the band and Chinchilla had to look out for a new frontman. It took the band only a few rehearsals to find Thomas Laasch, a man with a great voice and a perfect live performance. With the best line-up the band ever had Chinchilla played many, many live-shows, mostly in Germany, and got excellent feedback from the fans and the press as well.
In the end of January 2000 the band played its first European tour as a support for Vanden Plas. Chinchilla had the chance to play Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and France. Finally the band got the recognition they deserved and they already had for a couple of years in Japan and Germany. It was no surprise the five boys got invited to play bigger fe.....
