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Two arists have used the name Witt. 1. Witt are a 3 piece math rock band from San Diego, California comprised of Jesse Kranzler, Henry Wessman and Evan Backer. The group started in 2007 and named themselves after their band teacher, Mr. James P. Witt. The group released an EP online in 2007 and released their first full length entitled, Whip., in 2009 on Young Optimists Records. They have since played numerous shows throughout the San Diego area and have gone one a California tour. And since the last time this bio was updated, the band went on two West Coast tours and one European tour, in search for their hero, Joachim Witt, but failed and broke up shortly after in late January of 2011. 2. Witt is also the current stage name of German-born singer Joachim Witt, who had some success under his full name during the Neue deutsche Welle era but dropped his first name for his comeback in 1997. Now living in London UK and makes alternative / indie / melodramatic music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.