Formed in 1999 under the name Sunnyglade, the German alt-rock band Juli initially sang in English. However, after the departure of original vocalist Miriam Adameit and drummer Martin Möller in 2001, the band added vocalist Eva Briegel and decided to start writing songs in German -- for no other reason than they could simply write better lyrics in their native language. It was also after Briegel joined that the band -- further including Simon Triebel, Marcel Römer, Andreas "Dedi" Herde, and Jonas Pfetzing -- changed its name to Juli and began work on its debut album. ~ Matt Collar