Kevin Ratajczak

Kevin Ratajczak (born 7 August 1985) is a German musician. He is a founding member and, along with Nico Sallach, one of two frontmen in the metalcore band Electric Callboy.

Kevin Ratajczak
Ratajczak at With Full Force 2018
Ratajczak at With Full Force 2018
Background information
Born (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985
Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • programming
Member ofElectric Callboy

Biography
Ratajczak performing with Electric Callboy (2016)

Ratajczak made his first experiences with "heavier music" as a child with his father's Deep Purple records.[1]

In 2010, he founded the group Eskimo Callboy in Castrop-Rauxel together with Sebastian "Sushi" Biesler, Daniel "Danskimo" Haniß, Daniel Klossek, Michael Malitzki, and Pascal Schillo. While Biesler took on lead vocals, Ratajczak provided the shouting from the start. The band grew steadily in the following years, was able to place all of their studio albums in the German charts and toured as a support for Papa Roach and other internationally known groups. In 2020, Nico Sallach replaced Biesler as lead singer and the group achieved viral success with the single Hypa Hypa including a music video. In 2021, together with his new singing colleague, he moderated the podcast Ober Kante Unterlippe, which was broadcast in the night program of Rock Antenne.[2] After the band released the singles We Got the Moves and Pump It, they renamed the band Electric Callboy in 2022. The first studio album with Sallach, Tekkno, was released a little later and reached number one in the German Album Charts.

Ratajczak has been married since 2021 and is the father of a son.[3][4]

Musical style

Ratajczak is Electric Callboy's unclean vocalist. He sings, mostly in the Shouting style, above all the verses of the band songs, whereas he himself jokingly sees his clean singing voice on "Michael Wendlers level". .[5] He writes the lyrics together with the lead singer Nico Sallach.[6][7] Ratajczak names Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco as a role model.[8]

Discography
Main article: Electric Callboy § Discography

References
  1. "Is metal too old? with ELECTRIC CALLBOY, EQUILIBRIUM and much more./Metalgelöt". Rocket Beans TV/YouTube. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. "In an interview: Nico & Kevin from Electric Callboy about the new name and new live energy". Rock Antenne. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  3. Christian Püls (6 March 2021). "A metalcore stage star is now a father – and is afraid of the next tour". Ruhr Nachrichten. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  4. TankTheTech/YouTube, ed. (11 November 2022). "Kevin Ratajczak (Electric Callboy) – The Back Lounge Podcast: Ep 17". YouTube. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. "'Somehow a knot seems to have burst' – Eskimo Callboy about the time after the split with "Sushi"". MoreCore. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. Kalle Zwoschinsky/YouTube (24 February 2021). "Die Talk show: Kalles Klönschnack/Mit Nico Sallach by Eskimo Callboy". YouTube. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. "'I I'm glad I didn't go to the ESC'". laut.de. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  8. "Kevin Ratajczak". Rock Antenne. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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