Founded in late summer 1995 by guitarist Hartmut Kreckel & singer Jürgen Weißig, Yellowhouse was heading towards a melodic guitar-oriented sound with meaningful lyrics and straight ahead beats. Both Kreckel and Weißig had played in Blame, a Berlin-based band that had enjoyed some notoriety in Hungary. Soon a drummer was found: Lars Thomas, who later played in East Germany´s well-known punk-rock band Die Skeptiker. A bass player was found at the last minute: Ulrike Steinbart. This was the time songs such as "For Ever", "Silver Shadow" and "Burn, Learn & Turn" were written. With three weeks of rehearsals, Yellowhouse (Mark 1) went into Masterix Studios in northeastern Berlin to record their first demo "Living In The Light" in the week of 4 December 1995. This demo contained four songs: "Diana", "For Ever", "Burn, Learn & Turn" and "Ain´t No Cure (For A Messed Up Youth)". It was very well received by the press, promoters and fans. Eventually Lars Thomas was replaced by Björn Timmermann and Yellowhouse played several shows, most notably at the Franz Club in Berlin (now unfortunately closed), where a video named "Live...Welcome To The Club", was produced. However, some internal conflicts led to the departure of Jürgen Weißig and Ulrike Steinbart, which meant the end of Yellowhouse Mark 1 in late 1996. Hartmut Kreckel: "It wasn´t fun anymore, they had the wrong attitude and it probably showed at some gigs..."
The yellow building was renewed again, but the birth of Yellowhouse Mark 3 was slow, much slower than expected: the number of people applying and auditioning for both vacant positions must have reached 100. Hartmut Kreckel and Toralf Kaiser remember: "It was awful, really awful, so many people, who could not play drums or sing, it was a waste of time. We had an agency, that did nothing for us, and eventually we had two good drummers who auditioned the same day. We also tried out some singers, who didn´t make the cut at all; one guy turned up to the audition so drunk that he couldn´t read the words on the lyric sheet." Eventually Yellowhouse found two new members in November 1998: drummer Mike Koch from Milwaukee and a this time a lady to sing: the 24 year old Alexa Weber .
However, both candidates proved to be short-run and were subsequently replaced by vocalist Jensen P. and Drummer Detlev Bruckhoff in September 1999. This version of Yellowhouse (Mark 4) recorded the CD "What´s Shining Through".
Eventually Yellowhouse found a permanent drummer with a more professional attitude and musical fit: Florian Dufour-Feronce.
What came as a surprise to many people, was long overdue: Toralf Kaiser called it a day... and was replaced by Nick Behr.
Yellowhouse (Mark 6), Oct. 2000 - Feb. 2001: Florian Dufour-Feronce, Nick Behr, Hartmut Kreckel & Jensen P.
However, Nick Behr proved as not fitting to the band and was replaced by former "Bordstein" bass-player Matze Pfund. This line-up of Yellowhouse recorded the CD "Illusions Of Everyday" in Summer 2001.
Yellowhouse (Mark 7) Feb. - Sept. 2001: Hartmut Kreckel, Jensen P., Florian Dufour-Feronce & Matze Pfund.
Yellowhouse (Mark 8) Sept. 2001- June 2002 : Stefan Weihe, Hartmut Kreckel, Florian Dufour-Feronce & Jensen P.