I am interested in checking out soem good German bands. Not old involved like Amon Duul or Can, but also not lousy overly commercial. Eg I don't even know the Toten Hosen yet. Should I check them out? have heard only great stuff re. Campino. Are there others that rock well, yet stay true to their heritage?

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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> I am interested in checking out soem good German
> bands.

Do they need to sing in German, if not, try Philip Boa & Voodooclub.

Although I'm from Germany, there is no German band, I really like.
Beside "Tote Hosen", there is "Herbert Grönemeyer" (uarrrrgh), "Rammstein" (terrible), "Tokio Hotel" (for little girls), "Fantastische Vier"...

I really love the Toten Hosen.

German bands also include Scorpions, Accept, Helloween, Gamma Ray.
No hype bands, but the 1st 2 bands just mentionned did some great music, years ago.

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Rammstein
Einstürzende Neubauten
-amazing - original - intelligent bands

scores of other good German performers and bands
( ps : I'm not German )

Is Nina Hagen still performing ?

There have been some good bands like

Ton Steine Scherben (they don't exist anymore) had a very "stonesy" sound.
Rio Reiser (singer of TSS)
Nina Hagen Band
Einstürzende Neubauten
Jule Neigel Band

and some good punk-bands in the 80s (like KFC, Slime..)

But I don't know a recent band I like... maybe Stoppok...

Is Kraftwerk still around?

Ok, another interpret: Nena

Was UFO German? Maybe some of the Scorpions were in UFO or vice versa?

"Die Toten Hosen" are very popular among loud, stupid and beer drinking morons. I personally think they are crap.

These three bands are worth checking out IMO:

Blumfeld
Die Sterne
Kettcar

UFO is a british band , but Michael Schenker has been part of the line up at a time.

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And don't forget Marius-Müller Westernhagen and BAP (They are big Stones and Dylan fans!)

Edith Grove Wrote:
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> Is Kraftwerk still around?


Oh yes. Put out a great live album year before last. Die Menschen-Maschine!

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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> I am interested in checking out soem good German
> bands. Not old involved like Amon Duul or Can, but
> also not lousy overly commercial. Eg I don't even
> know the Toten Hosen yet. Should I check them out?
> have heard only great stuff re. Campino. Are there
> others that rock well, yet stay true to their
> heritage?


perhaps You could give some information what kind of music you like (except of Stones for sure)

You really should try BAP. They did (and still do!) some amazing music! Maybe the most popular German band in Germany itself. And they even played as a warmup for the Stones... I think it was in the 80s! I love them. I've seen them live last year and I'm gonna see them again this summer.

Btw, Wolfgang Niedecken (the singer of BAP) really IS a big Stones and Dylan fan. I've seen him with his daughter at the Stones' Cologne concert last summer! ;-)

MacPhisto Wrote:
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> You really should try BAP. They did (and still
> do!) some amazing music! Maybe the most popular
> German band in Germany itself. And they even
> played as a warmup for the Stones... I think it
> was in the 80s! I love them. I've seen them live
> last year and I'm gonna see them again this
> summer.

BAP opened for the Rolling Stones's last show of the BtB tour in Cologne

Thanks, Doc. He a fine guitarist.

You can check out some german bands, some unknown, some better known and lots of funny bandnames, here -> [www.bandliste.de]

Nina Hagen Band ~ Die Toten Hosen ~ Kraftwerk ~ Wolf Biermann Band
that must about complete of German Bands I can stand...

2 1 2 0

as Die Grand Funk Railroad once put it, "We're a German band!"

Beatsteaks
[www.beatsteaks.org]

Seeed
[www.seeed.info]

Gentleman
[www.journeytojah.com]

...to add a few geman acts who regulary play big summer festivals

well-----the RAttles (Achim Reichel)-----the LOrds

In recent years the best German music has not been rock n roll, but there are many interesting electronica outfits who continue the legacy of Can,Neu,Amon Duul etc. I would recommend Mouse on Mars,Porter Ricks and Gas. If you want to go further back Die Haut and Malaria were great in the eighties.

Commercial rock like BAP,Gronemeyer and wimpy indie stuff like Blumfeld,Sporfreunde Stiller etc is all pretty poor in my opinion, your better sticking with the Strokes,White Stripes etc.

A couple of people mentioned Einsturzende Neubauten, if you are at all interested in poetry and modern German history, this band are fascinating and although they have been around for nearly 30 years, the last 2 albums are amongst their best.The singer of this band Blixa Bargeld is an important artist in Germany and often a very funny interview partner on German TV.

Die Totenhosen are worthless commercial garbage, although people have a soft spot for them because they supported rock n roll greats like Johnny Thunders and the Adverts when they were on the skids.

Kraftwerk are also tired, they take about ten years to make a record, they claim its due to perfectionism, but more likely they ran out of inspiration.

Some of the world's best electronica is coming from Deutschland. Not big into it myself but a couple friends love Thomas Brinkmann (spelling?).

Agree that Kraftwerk has suffered from a lack of new material, but their last tour and live CD/DVD were excellent. Vierzig Licks, so to speak. Saw them at the Berlin Tempodrom, the Mitternacht show. What a collection of people!

I like Grönemeyer a lot, actually!
He has some cool songs


Belgrade-Bucharest-Budapest-Brno

Pics [upload.wikimedia.org] & [www.rockobrobje.com]

...Well, not bands but artists. Blixa & Christa.

A dash of x and a pinch of D.A.F.

...and nobody mentions Udo Lindenberg?? He did some real good stuff in the seventies and most of the eighties! You have to listen to his stuff if you want some great german music!!

I did love Unbeschreiblich Weiblich from Nina Hagen



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