Fex (band)

FEX
Logo, designed c. 1983 by Hans-Reimer Sievers[1]
Logo, designed c. 1983 by Hans-Reimer Sievers[1]
Background information
OriginKiel, West Germany
Genres
Years active
  • 1983–1985
  • 2024–present
Members
  • Michael Hädrich
  • Ture Rückwardt
  • Hans-Reimer Sievers
  • Norbert Ziermann
Past members
  • Ilona Rückwardt

Fex (stylized as FEX) is a German rock band based and formed in Kiel in 1983. They are best known for the song "Subways of Your Mind", previously unofficially referred to as "The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet", which became notable for being the subject of a 17-year-long internet search to identify the original artist.[2][3][4][5] Three more songs were found after the rediscovery, being titled "Heart in Danger", "Talking Hands" and "Jenny", with "Jenny" being found in a song compilation released by Zeus.

During a Reddit "Ask Me Anything", band member Michael Hädrich confirmed that there were a total of 6 songs produced by Fex during their initial run in the 1980s, four of which were mentioned previously as well as another one named "Right and Wrong". The name of the sixth song is currently unknown.[6]

  1. ^ MysteryDX7_Official (2024-11-11). "I am Michael Hädrich from FEX (keyboards, guitar, vocals). AMA". r/TheMysteriousSong. Retrieved 2024-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Blistein, Jon (2024-11-05). "Case Closed: One of the internet's biggest musical mysteries has likely been solved". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-11-06. A "lost" New Wave track stumping listeners for over 15 years was identified as "Subways of Your Mind" by the German band FEX
  3. ^ Davis, Wes (2024-11-05). "Reddit sleuths track down the band behind the internet's most mysterious song". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-11-06. Now we know that the song is called "Subways Of the Mind" by a band named FEX. Here's a recording provided by Michael Hädrich, a 68-year-old former band member.
  4. ^ Böhm, Markus; Kleinz, Torsten (2024-11-05). "Netzrätsel nach Jahren gelöst: Hinter dem »geheimnisvollsten Lied des Internets« steckt eine deutsche Band" [Internet mystery solved after years: A German band is behind the "most mysterious song on the Internet".]. Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-06. Es ist ein historischer Tag. Nicht etwa wegen der US-Wahl. Sondern, weil etwas anderes geschehen ist, das sich für einige Menschen offenbar ähnlich weltbewegend anfühlt: Das Geheimnis um den »most mysterious Song on the Internet«, und damit eines der bekanntesten Netzrätsel überhaupt, ist gelüftet worden. Nach 17 Jahren. [It's a historic day. Not because of the US election. But because something else happened that apparently felt equally earth-shattering to some people: The secret of the "most mysterious song on the Internet," and thus one of the most famous online mysteries of all time, has been revealed. After 17 years.]
  5. ^ "Band Fex war's - aus Kiel. Rätsel um mysteriösen Internet-Song aus den 80ern gelöst" [It was the band Fex - from Kiel. Mystery of mysterious internet song from the 80s solved]. Süddeutsche_Zeitung (in German). 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-07. In den 80ern läuft in einer jungen Radiosendung ein Synthie-Pop-Song mit coolem Sound und markanter tiefer Stimme. Jahrzehnte später sucht eine Frau im Internet die Macher – und löst einen Hype aus. [In the 80s, a young radio show played a synth-pop song with a cool sound and distinctive deep voice. Decades later, a woman searched the internet for the makers – and triggered a hype.]
  6. ^ MysteryDX7_Official (2024-11-11). "I am Michael Hädrich from FEX (keyboards, guitar, vocals). AMA". r/TheMysteriousSong. Retrieved 2024-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)