German alt-rock quartet Guano Apes feature vocalist Sandra Nasic, guitarist Henning R++menapp, bassist Stefan Ude, and drummer Dennis Poschwatta. Ude, R++menapp, and Poschwatta had been playing together for a while and added Nasic in time to win first place in the 1996 "Local Heroes" competition held by VIVA, Germany's music TV channel. Guano Apes' fusion of metal, pop, and rap beat out over 1,000 competitors, and their debut single, "Open Your Eyes," was a Top Ten hit in Germany that year and stayed in the Top 100 for 30 weeks. Thanks to VIVA's heavy rotation of the video for...