Across the border
| Across the border | |
|---|---|
 Across the Border 2007 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Folk punk |
| founding | 1991, 2007, 2016 |
| resolution | 2002, 2012 |
| Founding members | |
| Yokes | |
| Inst | |
| Kölsch | |
| jasmine | |
| Harry | |
singing |
Melanie |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Yokes |
Accordion, vocals |
Kölsch |
guitar |
Roger |
Drums |
Massimo |
bass |
Beaver |
violin |
Nicole |
| former members | |
Drums |
Fezzo |
bass |
Stefan |
| Bernd | |
| Julia | |
violin |
Martin |
violin |
David |
Drums |
jasmine |
Across the Border is a German folk-punk band from Remchingen in Baden-Württemberg.
Band history
Across the Border was founded in 1991, dissolved in 2002 and reunified in 2007. In the alternative scene, the band gained a reputation far beyond the borders of Baden-Württemberg and toured abroad several times. Across The Border has given a total of around 350 concerts to date.
With its symbiosis of punk rock , folk , ska and rock , Across The Border is considered a trailblazer and figurehead for folk punk in Germany. Many songs are now considered classics of the genre, for example I can't love this country , Last Crusade or the cover version Die Nacht is not just for sleeping . In their lyrics, the band often deals critically with social conditions and developments.
In November 2002, Across the Border parted ways for the first time in eleven years of band history, over 300 concerts throughout Germany, in the Czech Republic , Switzerland and France and over 30,000 records sold, because the double burden of work and band was no longer acceptable for some band members. In Baden the band has now played in halls with a capacity of 1000, but this trend could not be expanded nationwide.
In May 2007, the band announced that they had decided to reunite in the spring. The new studio album Loyalty was released nationwide on January 16, 2009 via Twisted Chords / Broken Silence.
Nicole Ansperger was hired as the successor to violinist David, who left in summer 2008 .
On November 17, 2012, the band announced their breakup again with a performance in the Substage in Karlsruhe.
In 2016 the vinyl album Calling 999 was released ; it was then offered in some clubs in Karlsruhe.
The band gave a one-time comeback concert in Karlsruhe in 2017.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1994: Hag Songs (self-distribution)
- 1996: Crusty Folk Music for Smelly People ( Wolverine Records / SPV )
- 1997: … But Life Is Boring, Sir, Without Committing a Crime! (Wolverine Records / SPV)
- 1999: If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution (Wolverine Records / SPV)
- 2009: Loyalty (Twisted Chords / Broken Silence)
- 2011: Folkpunk Air-Raid (Twisted Chords / Broken Silence)
- 2016: Calling 999 (Limited 12 "LP including the Calling 999 Download EP)
EPs
- 1993: Dance Around the Fire (self-distribution)
- 1998: This Guardian Angel (Wolverine Records / SPV)
- 2001: Short Songs, Long Faces (Wolverine Records / SPV)
- 2016: Calling 999 (Bandcamp)
Live albums and compilations
- 2001: Rare and Unreleased Tracks (vinyl single) ( Twisted Chords )
- 2002: Was Bleibt - The Best of Across the Border (CD) (Wolverine Records / Soulfood )
- 2005: The Last Dance Around the Fire (Live bootleg of the farewell concerts 2002) (Twisted Chords)
- 2010: The Best So Far (Uncle Owen Music, available in Japan only)
Follow-up projects
- Ahead to the Sea
- Nicole Ansperger has played for Eluveitie since 2013 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Across the Border - band history and discography. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012 ; Retrieved April 24, 2010 .
- ↑ a b Across the Border - Loyalty - CD. Twisted Chords, archived from the original on February 13, 2013 ; Retrieved April 24, 2010 .
- ^ A b Across the Border: Loyalty. Broken Silence, archived from the original on May 1, 2009 ; Retrieved April 24, 2010 .
- ↑ Security check required. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .
- ↑ calling 999 EP, by Across The Border. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Across the Border - Rare & unreleased songs - Vinyl 7 "/ EP / Single. Twisted Chords, accessed April 24, 2010 .
- ^ Across the Border - The last dance around the fire - CD. Twisted Chords, accessed April 24, 2010 .
- ↑ http://surf-project.com/uncleowen-music/across-the-border/list/the-best-so-far-1991---2010.html