Puhdys

Puhdys
Puhdys 2013
General information
Genre (s)	Rock , hard rock , progressive rock , art rock , pop rock
founding	1965/1969
resolution	2016
Website	www.puhdys.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar	Dieter "Machine" Birr (from 1969)
Guitar , vocals	Dieter "Quaster" Hertrampf (from 1965)
bass	Harry Jeske † (1965 to 1997)
Drums	Udo Jacob (1965 to May 1969)
Keyboard , saxophone	Peter "hooked" Meyer (from 1965)
Last occupation
Vocals, guitar	Dieter "Machine" Birr (from 1969)
Guitar, vocals	Dieter "Quaster" Hertrampf (from 1965)
bass	Peter "Bimbo" Rasym (from 1997)
Drums	Klaus Scharfschwerdt (from 1979)
Keyboard, saxophone	Peter "hooked" Meyer (from 1965)
former members
Drums	Gunther Wosylus (1969 to 1979)

The Puhdys were a German rock band . The band states that it was founded in 1969. Before that, the Puhdys had a similar cast, the so-called "Ur-Puhdys". The Puhdys are among the most famous rock bands in the GDR . After the announcement of their breakup in February 2014, the band gave their last concert in Berlin at the beginning of 2016 .

The last line-up consisted of Dieter "Machine" Birr , Peter "Hung" Meyer , Dieter "Quaster" Hertrampf , Peter "Bimbo" Rasym and Klaus Scharfschwerdt .

Band history

Before the turn

The forerunner of the group was the Udo-Wendel-Combo , founded in 1965 , which included the singer and guitarist Udo Wendel, Peter Meyer (keyboard), Harry Jeske (electric bass) and Udo Jacob (drums). After Wendel's departure in the same year, Dieter Hertrampf (guitar, vocals) completed the band, which from then on called itself after the first letters of the first names - P, U, H and D - Puhdy Quartet or from 1966 Puhdys . At first the band played dance music. Hertrampf began training as a musician in 1966 and later joined the Teisco Quartet - where he met the drummer Gunther Wosylus - and other bands. Meyer did his military service in the National People's Army from 1966 to 1968 and played in the Eggesin Music Corps . The line-up of the Puhdys changed frequently; for a short time Herbert Dreilich and - as a substitute for Meyer - Reinhard Lakomy were part of the band, which is often retrospectively referred to as the "Ur-Puhdys". Udo Jacob left the band in May 1969 and later joined Panta Rhei . After Jacob's departure, Meyer and Jeske appeared together with Dreilich and Henry and Jutta Kotowski as members of the Henry Kotowski Quintet , which had emerged from the Henry Kotowski Sextet.

In 1969 Peter Meyer and Dieter Hertrampf returned to the band, Dieter Birr (vocals, guitar) and Gunther Wosylus as drummer also joined the band. The Puhdys kept the band name. The band had their first appearance in the new line-up on November 19, 1969 in the Tivoli in Freiberg . This day was later referred to as the founding day of the Puhdys. In this concert they only played cover songs in English.

In 1970 the band was banned from performing in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district . Two cultural representatives there had complained that all texts were sung in English and that the music system's output of 200 watts was more than the usual 70 to 80 watts. "The band" didn't understand how to organize the process in such a way that "any hectic rush among the young dancers could have been avoided". As a result, the band had a discussion with the authorities. As a result, the Puhdys wrote their own songs in German, and the ban was lifted.

Stylistically, they initially leaned on hard rock models such as Deep Purple , Uriah Heep or Led Zeppelin . With their own compositions and texts by Wolfgang Tilgner and Burkhard R. Lasch , the Puhdys developed into the most successful GDR rock group of the 1970s. The Puhdys first became well known in 1971 through the programs Basar and The Central Bank on GDR television . Initiated by a call by 150 students from a vocational school in Gardelegen , the later hit Doors open to the city was shown there. In the following year, Geh dem Wind was not out of the way of the “hit of the year”.

1992 concert in Eberswalde

In 1973 the Puhdys recorded the title When a Person Lives and Go to Her, written by Peter Gotthardt and Ulrich Plenzdorf , as a score for the film Die Legende von Paul und Paula (directed by Heiner Carow ). The originally planned titles Spicks and Specks by the Bee Gees and Look Wot You Dun by Slade were deleted due to a lack of foreign currency and instead in-house productions were taken, which have a strong resemblance to the original. In the same year they could be heard and seen in the film The Second Life of Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow with three titles.

Also in 1973 they had their first major appearance at the X (10th) World Festival of Youth and Students in East Berlin . In 1976 they performed at the International Song Festival in Sopot . They were one of the few bands allowed to give concerts in western countries. The group had their first appearance in West Germany on November 9th, 1976 in the Hamburg factory , followed by appearances at the Festival of Youth in Dortmund and West Berlin . In 1977 they appeared as the first GDR band in the music shop of Radio Bremen . By 1977, the first two albums had a circulation of over 400,000. In 1977 Rock 'n' Roll Music , the first English-language Puhdys album, was released. It only contained cover versions by Anglo-American artists. In 1979 the song " But the grids are silent" was released , a work commissioned by GDR television for the Police Call 110 film The Last Chance . In the same year, drummer Gunther Wosylus left the band to go to the West a few years later. Klaus Scharfschwerdt came for him (ex- principle ). In 1980, the Puhdys recorded their second English-language album in London - this time with their own songs such as Far From Home . In 1981 the Puhdys gave a concert in the Waldbühne in West Berlin in front of 12,000 visitors and undertook a promotional tour through the USA.

In 1982 they were the first GDR rock band to receive the GDR National Prize ( GDR National Prize, 2nd class for art and literature).

Concert on September 2, 2005 in the Eberswalde family garden

1984 appeared on the LP The book with the title I will not forget a song that specifically contained the topic of German division and in particular the word "Germany", which was practically taboo in official GDR language usage. This song was not allowed to be played on radio or television in the GDR, but quickly became known as a "secret hymn" of the GDR under the actually false title I think of Germany . Through the nationwide transmission of the concert in Hesse Niedernhausen of 21 August 1987 RTL Plus and Tele-FAZ in cable TV , the band arrived in the Federal Republic to more and more popularity. Kurt Demmler contributed carefully anticipated turnaround poetry to her LP Neue Helden , released in 1989 .

The Puhdys were voted the GDR's most popular rock band twelve times by readers of the GDR youth magazine Neues Leben .

Some albums were sold in noteworthy editions in the Federal Republic of Germany and other western countries and brought the GDR considerable foreign currency . Until the fall of the Wall, the Puhdys had sold almost 20 million albums worldwide, more than any other GDR rock band.

Time of change until today

From 1988 to 1989 the band said goodbye with a big good-bye tour through the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany, on which they were sometimes accompanied by the Lords . In 1992 the band reunited. The Puhdys had their first appearances after the reorganization at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport and in Paderborn. They were one of the few established eastern rock bands that remained successful during this time.

The last interior minister of the GDR and then president of FC Hansa Rostock , Peter-Michael Diestel , asked the Puhdys in 1994 to write and record a club anthem. FC Hansa - We love you totally appeared and was performed at the start of the Bundesliga season 1994/95 in the Ostseestadion Rostock . Another song for a sports club was released in 1997 with Hey, wir woll'n die Eisbär'n see! for the Berlin ice hockey club Eisbären .

1997 bass man Harry Jeske left the band for health reasons and was replaced by Peter Bimbo Rasym (ex- Stern Meißen , ex- Datzu ). On June 19, 1999, in the 30th anniversary year, the Puhdys were cheered by 22,000 fans at their 3000th concert in the sold-out Waldbühne in Berlin. Dieter Birr, Dieter Hertrampf and Peter Meyer also worked in the 1999 film Comeback for Freddy Baker with Mario Adorf .

The song Eisern Union 2000 was dedicated to the Berlin soccer club 1. FC Union in 2000 . They also wrote the club anthem for SC Paderborn 07 , Heroes never give up! . The Puhdys also published commercials songs during their careers. In August 2000 the EuroSpeedway Lausitz opened its doors. On this day the song Speed ​​Kings was officially premiered there by the Puhdys . Partners were and are, among others, Berliner Pilsner (What is good, wins through) and EWE (What is needed) , for which the Puhdys wrote and played promotional songs. Meanwhile, some of the Puhdys' children are successful musically at Bell, Book & Candle and Stamping Feet .

In the 2000s song anger will not die acts of Rammstein singer Till Lindemann with. But since the management of Rammstein was against this "help", this song was first released with Lindemann as a single (red cover) and then without him as a single (blue cover). The single with Till Lindemann is now very rare.

In 2004 the band celebrated their 35th anniversary. A year later, the studio album Alles hat seine Zeit was released . On November 6, 2006, the second Christmas album , Dezembernächte , was released, which, like December days , was only available via a special distribution channel and not in normal record stores. The album could only be purchased nationwide in branches of Telekom and the telecommunications chain _dug . The album is now also available in normal stores.

In July 2006 the Puhdys took part in the "East Rock Classic" on Berlin's Gendarmenmarkt . They played their tracks in the original versions alongside other eastern rock stars such as City , Karat , Dirk Michaelis , Werther Lohse and Ute Freudenberg . Due to many inquiries, another six Ostrock-in Klassik concerts were held in 2007 - this time with Silly , Karat, Veronika Fischer , Werther Lohse and Ute Freudenberg - in Hohenfelden , Schwarzenberg , Dresden , Hanover , Rammenau , Rostock and Berlin . The continuation of these Ostrock classical concerts took place in the summer of 2008. In addition, in the spring of 2008 the Puhdys went on an “ unplugged ” tour through some cities in Lower Saxony for the first time .

On January 1st, 2009 the Puhdys started their anniversary tour 40 Years Puhdys in the O ₂ World in Berlin. The guests of the three-hour concert included the rock bands City and Karat , Michael Hirte (“Supertalent 2008” from the RTL program ) and the group De Randfichten . A recording of this concert was released on DVD in 2010. On January 2nd, 2009, the Puhdys released their new album, Abenteuer , which contains 13 songs. These songs include adventure , catchy tunes and molesters as well as the song Wenn Träume die in a new recording. The two songs Kühle Lady and Nirvana , which were previously only available as live versions, appeared for the first time as studio versions on the album. This was followed by the DVD Kultband des Ostens - The Film - The Story on February 6th. The book Adventure with the Puhdys as authors appeared a short time later. Finally, on April 20, the 33-CD box Songs for Generations (limited to 5000 copies) was released with all Puhdys albums and the DVD Das 3,000, which has not yet been released on CD . Concert and a new rarity CD. In addition, the live double CD Akustisch was released on the actual anniversary date, November 19th . The hits on the market, which includes the recording of an unplugged concert in April. Also on November 19, a Puhdys memorial stone was unveiled next to the “Tivoli” in Freiberg .

In September 2012, the Puhdys released the song Was uns connects together with the East German bands City, Karat and Pankow .

Kindl stage Wuhlheide at the Puhdys - the big farewell concert 2015

Peter Meyer indicated in November 2012 that the band is seriously considering breaking up for reasons of age, but that the decision is also dependent on the success of their new album It was nice . “If our new CD sells more than 500,000 copies by the summer of 2013, we will continue beyond the year.” At least 14th, the album reached the highest chart position for the Puhdys to date.

On November 1, 2013 Universal released the third Christmas album Holy Nights. A special feature of this album is that all new tracks, with one exception, were sung by Dieter Hertrampf. Klaus Scharfschwerdt can also be heard as a singer again for the first time in 30 years. Dieter Birr only sings the newly mixed tracks from the previous Christmas CDs. For the first time, not a single new title was composed by him.

On February 17, 2014, the management announced that the Puhdys will go on a farewell tour in 2015. Peter Meyer justified this with “We are all over 60 at the end of the month. At some point the body just won't take part any more.” The farewell tour started on October 31, 2014 in Berlin's O2-World. The last official concert of the Puhdys took place on January 2nd, 2016 in the (now renamed) Berlin Mercedes-Benz-Arena and lasted for three hours. It was recorded for television and DVD. Further appearances took place until June 2016 as part of the “Rock Legends” tour together with City and Karat, during which the band performed for the last time on June 24, 2016 in Schwarzenberg .

The DVD recording of The Last Concert achieved the highest position in the chart for the band after the fall of the Wall, at number 2 in the German album charts.

In April 2016 the band was awarded the “ Echo ” for life's work.

At the end of 2019 it became known that Dieter Birr had fallen out with the other members of the band since 2013. In the meantime, Birr is suing the court for the sole copyrights as the composer of the early Puhdys songs, for which the band has so far been specified as a composer collective.

Band members

Dieter "machine" Birr

Dieter "machine" Birr

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Dieter Birr (born March 18, 1944 in Köslin / Pomerania ) completed an apprenticeship as a universal grinder and at the same time learned to play the guitar himself. From 1966 to 1972 he studied dance music, theory and guitar at the Friedrichshain Music School in East Berlin. He played in various bands until 1969: Telestar , Luniks , Jupiters and with Evgenie Kantschev . From 1969 he was the front man, singer, guitarist and composer of the Puhdys. To date, Birr has composed over 250 tracks, including all the songs on his solo album Intim from 1986. His nickname "Machine" goes back to Peter Meyer ("He eats for three, a real eating machine!"). On March 14, 2014, Birr's second solo album Machine was released. Then factors included Julia Neigel and Wolfgang Niedecken ( BAP ) and Toni Krahl (City) with.

Dieter Birr lives in Neuenhagen . His son Andy Birr is the drummer and guitarist of the pop band Bell, Book & Candle .

Dieter "Quaster" Hertrampf

Dieter "Quaster" Hertrampf

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Dieter Hertrampf (born November 29, 1944 in Berlin ) is lead guitarist and singer and was one of the founding members of the Puhdys in 1969. He is married for the fourth time, has three biological children and a foster son ( Carsten Mohren , keyboard player at Rockhaus ). His son Sven plays in the drum performance Stamping Feet , in which Scharfschwerdt's son Nick also played. Hertrampf trained as a draftsman and then completed a guitar degree. The first band he played in was called Homedia Combo . He got his nickname Quaster from his bandmates because in the early days of the Puhdys he tried to practice the guitar part of the Shadows song Quartermaster's Store . Hertrampf lives in Berlin-Rahnsdorf.

Peter Meyer

Peter "hung up" Meyer

Peter Meyer (born January 5, 1940 in Hohenmölsen ) was responsible for keyboards and sometimes saxophone and flute . He is considered a talent for organization. Meyer lives in Berlin-Rahnsdorf.

His son Hendrik Röder is the bass player in the pop band Bell, Book & Candle .

Klaus Scharfschwerdt

Klaus Scharfschwerdt

Klaus Scharfschwerdt (born February 27, 1954) was the drummer with the Puhdys from 1979, as the successor to Gunther Wosylus. He learned to be a carpenter and has been a professional musician since 1975. Before the Puhdys he played with Vulcan , Knorze , Prinzip and Stern Meißen, among others . By Scharfschwerdt the music of the Puhdys became more dynamic and harder. He was honored as the best drummer in the GDR in 1984–1986, helped out at Stern Meißen and Turbo (Prague) in 1988/89 and composed some of the Puhdys' titles, including Let us preserve the rest , the south and the invisible . He mostly composed with Peter Bimbo Rasym.

With the hits TV show and Jahreszeiten he inspired many people in the time of the Neue Deutsche Welle . But he didn't like these titles: “Terrible, I had to sing those things. I, the drummer. If there was an embarrassing situation before that, I could always hide behind the drums. And now I had to go to the edge of the stage. That pissed me off so much. ”On the Christmas CD Holy Nights , he took on a vocal part again.

Scharfschwerdt lives in Berlin-Rahnsdorf.

Peter "Bimbo" Rasym

Peter "Bimbo" Rasym

Peter Rasym (born July 7, 1953 in Bitterfeld ) was the bass player for the Puhdys from 1997, succeeding Harry Jeske. Before the Puhdys he played with Datzu , the Schubert Band , Stern Meissen , Feuerkitt and Rapunzel. Bimbo stands for " B in I m M oment B assmäßig O rien advantage".

Former

• Harry Jeske, born on October 6, 1937 in Oranienburg , † August 20, 2020 in Wismar , co-founder and bassist of the Puhdys from 1969 to 1997
• Gunther Wosylus, born December 22, 1945, member from 1969 to 1979

Discography

Annual hit parade of the GDR

title

Long distance running   GDR 4th 1975 Stones   GDR 14th 1975 Game for two   GDR 29 1975 Lifetime   GDR 1 1976 Laughter and silence   GDR 4th 1976 lonliness   GDR 6th 1976 divorce   GDR 38 1976 memory   GDR 1 1977 Old as a tree   GDR 3 1977 When dreams die   GDR 4th 1977 Pearl fisherman   GDR 9 1977   GDR 15th 1978 Wild years   GDR 3 1978 Stars are never late   GDR 11 1978 Traces of the night   GDR 12 1978 But the bars are silent   GDR 1 1979 So close to life, close to death   GDR 10 1979 1000 miles from home   GDR 14th 1979 No paradise   GDR 33 1979 Melanie   GDR 3 1980 Til the end of the world   GDR 9 1980 As hot as snow   GDR 18th 1980 Hey John   GDR 1 1981 What remains of life   GDR 3 1981 Far from home   GDR 4th 1981 All night   GDR 43 1981 The outsider   GDR 1 1982 Seasons   GDR 9 1982 Shadow rider   GDR 10 1982 In the sea of ​​fog   GDR 41 1982 nostalgia   GDR 3 1983 Tv show   GDR 5 1983 Fly with Me   GDR 33 1983   GDR 16 1984 Rocker pension   GDR 1 1984 The book   GDR 2 1984 The boats of youth   GDR 27 1984   GDR 23 1987 sleep with me   GDR 4th 1985 Rock 'n' roll is my companion   GDR 10 1985 Without makeup   GDR 10 1986 Born blind   GDR 14th 1986 Song for a fan   GDR 37 1986 Small planet   GDR 4th 1989 New heroes   GDR 10 1989 Free as the Wind   GDR 13 1989 I do not want to forget   GDR 11 1990

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Computer career   DE 64 03/21/1983 (1 week) 1969-1999   DE 36 03/22/1999 (8 weeks) Wild peace   DE 29 11/22/1999 (4 weeks) Satisfied?   DE 24 06/11/2001 (3 weeks) Undercover   DE 18th 05/26/2003 (8 weeks) Everything has it's time   DE 21st 09/19/2005 (4 weeks) Puhdy's adventure   DE 42 January 16, 2009 (6 weeks) 40 years of Puhdys (DVD)   DE 65 02/20/2009 (2 weeks) Acoustically - the hits   DE 94 December 04, 2009 (1 week) Live from the O2-World (DVD)   DE 54 05/28/2010 (1 week) It was nice   DE 16 December 07, 2012 (8 weeks) Holy nights   DE 22nd 11/15/2013 (3 weeks) Rock legends (with city and carat )   DE 21st 10/10/2014 (8 weeks) Rock Legenden Live (with City and Karat )   DE 13 09/25/2015 (9 weeks) The last concert   DE 2 03/25/2016 (11 weeks) Echo of a lifetime   DE 79 05/06/2016 (1 week) The anniversary concerts   DE 87 11/11/2016 (1 week) Puhdys in skirt   DE 37 07/19/2019 (1 week) Rock ballads   DE 51 13.09.2019 (2 weeks)

Singles

Hey, we want to see the polar bears (with Jürgen Drews )   DE 35 02/25/2011 (4 weeks)

Studio and live albums

• 1974: Зигфрид Валенди & Вокально-Инструментальный Ансамбль “Пудис” (Melodija, The Puhdys as a studio band for Siegfried Walendy)
• 1974: The Puhdys (Amiga, as Puhdys 1 1980 Reissue at Amiga)
• 1975: Puhdys (Amiga, 1976 at Supraphon, as Puhdys 2 1980 Reissue at Amiga)
• 1976: Sturmvogel (Amiga)
• 1976: Rock 'n' Roll Music (Amiga)
• 1977: Perlenfischer (Amiga)
• 1978: 10 wild years (Amiga)
• 1979: Live in Friedrichstadtpalast (Amiga double LP, as Puhdys 6 Live 1979 with Hansa, as 7 - Puhdys Live 1981 reissue with Amiga)
• 1980: hot as snow (Amiga)
• 1981: Far from Home (Amiga)
• 1982: Shadow Rider (Amiga)
• 1983: Computer career (Amiga)
• 1984: The Book (Amiga)
• 1984: Live in Sachsen (double LP) (Amiga)
• 1986: Without make-up (Amiga)
• 1989: New Heroes (Amiga)
• 1989: Anniversary album (Amiga)
• 1992: Like an Angel (DSB)
• 1994: Times Change (Dakoda)
• 1994: Live - 25 years of total action
• 1996: Live in flagranti (Dakoda)
• 1997: Free as the Vultures (Dakoda)
• 1999: Wilder Frieden (BMG)
• 2001: Satisfied? (BMG)
• 2001: December days (BMG)
• 2003: Undercover (Multirecords)
• 2005: Everything has its time (Multirecords)
• 2006: December nights (multirecords)
• 2007: Ostrock in Klassik (Puhdys, Karat, Silly and others) (DE: Gold )
• 2009: Adventure - The Anniversary Album (BuschFunk)
• 2009: Acoustic - The Hits (BuschFunk)
• 2011: Live from the O2-World (BuschFunk)
• 2012: It Was Nice (Universal Music)
• 2013: Holy Nights (Polydor)
• 2014: Rock legends, Puhdys + City + Karat
• 2015: Rock legends Live, Puhdys + City + Karat
• 2016: The Last Concert (Universal Music)
• 2017: Puhdys live - The 3000th concert
• 2019: Puhdys in Rock
• 2019: rock ballads

Singles

• 1973: Go to her / times and expanses (Amiga, also published under title DT64 Musikstudio Nr. 16 )
• 1973: DT64 Music Studio No. 17 (Puhdys: In front is the light / Electra : That comes because the soul burns) (Amiga)
• 1973: Freedom to peace (Puhdys: Our song is your scream / October Club : I sing for peace / Inti Illimani : Resistencia - resistance) (Amiga)
• 1973: Hell Raiser / Highway Star (Amiga)
• 1973: Icarus / Summer Night (Amiga)
• 1973: Эстрада Планеты (Melodija, Flexi - Split with Karel Gott, Johnny Hallyday and Juri Antonow)
• 1974: Like an arrow / song for generations (Amiga)
• 1974: The sun knows its way / game for two (Amiga)
• 1974: Times and vastness / Sometimes asleep / Gentleman / Doors open to the city (Melodija)
• 1975: Petrel / Solitude (Amiga)
• 1975: Song for Generations / Stones (Amiga)
• 1976: Long Tall Sally / Party / Rock And Roll Music / Bye Bye Love (Amiga)
• 1976: Old as a tree / memory (Amiga)
• 1976: Old as a Tree / Pearl Fisher (Hansa)
• 1977: When dreams die / Perlenfischer (Amiga)
• 1977: Wild Years / The Stars Are Not Late (Amiga)
• 1977: Stones / Sunday drivers (Melodija, Flexi)
• 1977: Go to her / song for generations (Hansa)
• 1978: Ikarus II / Flieg, Vogel flieg (Amiga)
• 1978: But the bars are silent / hear and see (Amiga)
• 1978: Wild Years / Perlenfischer (Hansa)
• 1979: No Paradise / Reunion (Amiga and Hansa)
• 1979: Hot as snow / Melanie (Amiga as well as Hansa and Rocktopus)
• 1979: Grids are silent / Icarus II (Hansa)
• 1980: Until the end of the world / I will never cry for you again (Amiga)
• 1980: Until the End of the World / Song for Anja (Rocktopus)
• 1980: childhood love ( Amiga Quartet , together with Ute Freudenberg , Neumis Rock Circus and Karussell )
• 1981: Hey, John / What remains of life (Amiga)
• 1981: The Outsider / On the Shores of the Night (Amiga)
• 1981: He John / Fern von Zuhaus (Rocktopus)
• 1981: Schattenreiter / When a person lives (Hansa)
• 1982: Seasons / TV Show (Amiga)
• 1982: Hiroshima / Computer dreams (pool)
• 1982: Peace should be (Amiga, together with Karat , Dialog and Karussell)
• 1983: longing / computer man (pool)
• 1984: I don't want to forget / The warmth of the night (pool)
• 1984: Rockerrente / The Book (Amiga)
• 1985: Rock 'n' Roll is my companion / How much love (Amiga)
• 1987: Big Hits 1975–85 (Puhdys: Hiroshima / City : Am Fenster ) (Teldec)
• 1989: Free as the wind / autumn wind (Koch)
• 1992: Like an angel / Like before / Black and white (DSB)
• 1994: No idea / Come and go / Germany, Germany (Dakoda)
• 1994: I'm sorry for not a mile / With a little help from my friends / The show must go on (Dakoda)
• 1995: FC Hansa - We totally love you (Dakoda)
• 1995: Old like a tree '95 (Hansa, GDR feat.Puhdys)
• 1995: Live Forever (ZYX Records)
• 1996: Longing (new version '96) (Dakoda, Promo)
• 1997: SC Paderborn - Heroes Never Give Up (published under the name Wounded Knee ) (Dakoda)
• 1997: Get up and run (Dakoda)
• 1997: Kiss My Ass (Dakoda)
• 1997: Bye, bye… H'arryvederci - Farewell song for Harry (Dakoda)
• 1997: Hey, we want to see the polar bears! (Dakoda, Reissue Sony BMG 1998, EHC Berlin 2004, Buschfunk 2008 and Buschfunk 2009)
• 1998: Comeback (Gigolo - Mario-Adorf-Version / Gigolo - Puhdys-Version) (Promo)
• 1999: Old as a Tree '99 (BMG)
• 1999: When a person lives (BMG)
• 1999: Hipp Hipp Hurra (BMG)
• 1999: Wilder Frieden (Shortened Version / Live Waldbühne Berlin) (BMG, Promo)
• 2000: Anger doesn't want to die (feat.Till Lindemann) (BMG)
• 2000: Anger doesn't want to die (BMG)
• 2000: Eisern Union 2000 (BMG)
• 2000: Speed ​​Kings (BMG)
• 2001: Stars (BMG)
• 2001: I have the feeling (BMG)
• 2001: Hey, we want to see the Puhdys (BMG, Promo)
• 2006: It's not a duck - we drink to rocker retirement (multirecords)
• 2009: Adventure / Earwig (Buschfunk)
• 2011: The Puhdys are coming - Auf nach Kamenz (Multirecords)
• 2011: Hey, we want to see the polar bears (new recording with Jürgen Drews ) (Universal Music)
• 2012: It Was Nice (Universal Music, Promo)
• 2012: The Stars Are Waiting Outside (Universal Music, Promo)
• 2013: Don't Worry About Me (Universal Music, Promo)
• 2013: All These Years (Universal Music, Promo)

Compilations

• 1976: Puhdys 1 (Hansa, as Puhdys 1 - When A Person Lives 1982 at Pool)
• 1977: Puhdys 3 (Hansa, as Puhdys 3 - Old As A Tree 1982 at Pool)
• 1977: The great successes (Amiga)
• 1977: Пудис (Melodija)
• 1978: Puhdys 4 - The Wild Years (Hansa)
• 1978: Puhdys 5 (Hansa)
• 1992: Rock from Germany East Vol. 19 (DSB)
• 1994: The best of 25 years (Amiga)
• 1994: rarities - special hits (Amiga)
• 1994: Hot as snow / Schattenreiter (Amiga)
• 1994: Castle Masters Collection (Castle)
• 1995: Until the End of the World (Ariola)
• 1995: What is good prevails (Amiga)
• 1995: The best of 25 years - Volume 2 (Amiga)
• 1993: The Legend of Paul and Paula (with Peter Gotthart) (Quadriga)
• 1995: The Hit Singles (Amiga)
• 1996: ... pure (Amiga)
• 1996: The Most Beautiful Ballads (Amiga)
• 1996: Golden Stars (Club Exclusive)
• 1997: The Puhdys 1 + 2 (BMG)
• 1998: Rock 'n' Roll Music / anniversary album (Amiga)
• 1999 Sturmvogel / 10 wild years (Amiga)
• 1999: 1969 - 1999 (BMG)
• 2000: What remains
• 2004: Puhdys forever (BMG / Shop24 Direct)
• 2004: Best Lifetime (Zounds)
• 2004: Rarities - Volume 2 (Amiga)
• 2005: 36 songs from 36 years (BMG)
• 2005: Only the best (BMG)
• 2007: A festival for the senses (BMG)
• 2007: The best of the GDR - Puhdys (Amiga)
• 2008: Christmas carols (BMG / SUPERillu)
• 2009: The 10 greatest hits from 30 years (Amiga / SUPERillu)
• 2009: Songs for Generations (BMG, 33 CDs)
• 2010: Perlenfischer / Computer career (Amiga)
• 2011: Original Album Classics (Amiga, 5 CDs)
• 2013: Best Of (BMG)
• 2014: The Greatest Hits (The Music of Our Generation) (BMG)
• 2016: The Legends of Ostrock: City - Karat - Puhdys - Silly (Amiga, 2 CDs)
• 2016: Echo of a Lifetime (Amiga, 2 CDs)

Video albums

• 1989: Tour: New Heroes (two-part VHS promo video)
• 1989: Good-Bye (two-part VHS promo video)
• 1995: The Puhdys are coming!
• 1999: The 3000th concert
• 2002: music store
• 2004: December days
• 2007: Ostrock in classical music
• 2007: A feast for the senses
• 2009: 40 years of Puhdys - cult band of the East
• 2010: Live from the O2-World
• 2016: The last concert
• 2016: The anniversary concerts

literature

• Monika Fehlberg: Lifetime. A Puhdys portrait . Lied der Zeit, VEB, Berlin 1979. (New edition 1982)
• Wolfgang Tilgner : The great successes . Berlin 1982.
• Wolfgang Tilgner , Volker Ettelt: The Puhdys . Berlin 1983.
• Roland Magnussen: Computer career . Berlin 1984.
• Kristina Wolf: When dreams die - Puhdys between vision and reality . K. Wolf, Dresden 1993.
• Irmela Hannover, Peter Wicke (Ed.): Puhdys. A cult band from the east . Elefanten Press, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-88520-519-X .
• Harry Jeske: My wild life and the puhdys . Ullstein, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-548-35758-X .
• Uwe Beyer: 30 years of Puhdys: old as a tree: the complete Puhdys discography; all records, LPs, CDs from 30 years of band history . Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-187-7 .
• Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 .
• Uwe Beyer: The Puhdys: Songs for Generations . Berlin 2005.
• Angela Kaiser, Christian Hentschel (ed.): Puhdy's adventure . New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-355-01755-8 .
• Wolfgang Martin: machine. The autobiography. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-355-01818-0 .
• Ingo Friedrich: The Puhdys are coming - the book. XaanoMedia, Berlin 2015.
• Christian Hentschel: It was beautiful ... simply beautiful ... 2015.
• Thomas Reibetanz: For Life - The Puhdys and Freiberg . Chemnitzer Verlag, Chemnitz 2016, ISBN 978-3-944509-36-5 .
• Rock Legends - The Songbook . Music publisher Bernhard Geiger, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Puhdys  - collection of images

• Official website
• Extensive discography ( Memento from August 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Puhdys on MusicBrainz (English)
• Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de
• Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from August 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
• Works by and about the Puhdys in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ band history at rock-and-drum.de, accessed on October 6, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b} On the death of Udo Jacob (Puhdys, Panta Rhei): From the work of the little "u". deutsche-mugge.de from February 1, 2013, accessed on October 6, 2016
3. ↑ Interview with Dreilich at deutsche-mugge.de, accessed on October 7, 2016
4. ↑ Lakomy's portrait at deutsche-mugge.de , accessed on October 7, 2016
5. ↑ Exemplary: Portrait of Dieter Hertrampf at deutsche-mugge.de, accessed on October 7, 2016
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Torsten Hampel: Die Endlosband In: Der Tagesspiegel from January 3, 2009
7. ↑ Sensational discovery: Puhdys: Big Bang of a Legend , Berliner Kurier , August 29, 2013
8. ^ HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Performers, authors, technical terms. VEB Lied der Zeit, Berlin 1977, p. 144.
9. ↑ Official website , accessed February 8, 2010
10. ^ Ostrock Berlin 2012: Puhdys, City, Karat, Pankow on tour together , TrendJam Magazin, October 9, 2012
11. ↑ bild.de
12. ↑ Puhdys go to Rockerrente , bild.de, accessed on February 17, 2014
13. ↑ Puhdys concert in the Mercedes-Benz-Arena: Bad farewell of the Puhdys. berliner-zeitung.de from January 3, 2016, accessed on January 3, 2016
14. ↑ Freiepresse.de
15. ↑ AnnenMayKantereit, die Puhdys, Der W: What the first three places in the charts reveal about Germany. In: sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved March 31, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Puhdys receive ECHO for their life's work | Echo 2016. In: DasErste.de. Retrieved April 8, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Dieter "Machine" Birr from the Puhdys: "I am the composer". In: Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved December 6, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Dieter Birr on puhdys.com (archive version )
19. ↑ ^{a b c} Super Illu No. 42/2011 of October 13, 2011.
20. ↑ The founder of the Puhdys is dead. August 21, 2020, accessed on August 21, 2020 . 
21. ↑ puhdys-forum.de , accessed on May 16, 2014
22. ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , pp. 320–338.
23. ↑ ^{a b} DE1 DE2
24. ^ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Association of the Music Industry , accessed on June 2, 2016