Guano Apes - Dödel Up

What this video is

Released in early 2001, 'Dödel Up' arrived during the peak commercial moment for European nu-metal and alternative rock crossover acts. Guano Apes were among the most prominent German rock exports of the era, riding the success of their second album Don't Give Me Names (2000) on BMG/Supersonic. The choice to produce a fully animated video—rather than the conventional performance or narrative live-action format—was…

Why it matters

As the fourth and final single from Don't Give Me Names, 'Dödel Up' represents a genre-blending outlier within Guano Apes' catalog—a nu-metal track with pop-punk and pop-rock elements, promoted via a format (animated music video) rarely used by heavy alternative acts of the period. The video is an…

The director

Gerhard Hahn (born 1946, Rehburg, Germany) is a German film director, animator, and producer. He founded Hahn Film AG in 1980, which grew into a prominent European animation studio. He directed feature animations including Asterix Conquers America (1994) and…