Sweat foot
| Sweat foot | |
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 Schwoißfuaß in the original line-up from 1979 (from left to right): "Didi" Holzner (bottom left), André Schnisa (top left), "Sulla" Bratke, "Riedel" Diegel, "Alex" Köberlein. |
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| General information | |
| origin | Tübingen / Reutlingen |
| Genre (s) | Dialect - rock , black baroque |
| founding | 1979, 1996 |
| resolution | 1986, 1996 |
| Website | http://www.schwoissfuass.de |
| Founding members | |
| Alexander "Alex" Köberlein | |
| Dieter "Didi" Holzner | |
| Rudolf "Riedel" Diegel | |
| André Schnisa † (until 1983) | |
| Jürgen "Sulla" Bratke † (until 1983) | |
| Later members | |
bass |
Michael Stoll (1983–1986, 1996) |
Drums |
Eberhard Bronner (1983–1984) |
Drums |
Andreas "Gottlob" Schmid (1984–1986) |
Drums |
Bodo Schopf (1996) |
Schwoißfuaß ( High German : sweatfoot ) was a German rock group from the Tübingen / Reutlingen area , whose lyrics are largely in the Upper Swabian dialect. The group was a pioneer of the black baroque in the late 1970s .
history
Schwoißfuaß was founded in 1979 by Alex Köberlein out of the band Grachmusikoff , which had existed since 1978 . In the beginning Schwoißfuaß also played mainly pieces by Grachmusikoff - but interpreted them in a rockier way . Later I added my own compositions - especially by Alex Köberlein and André Schnisa. With these, the band became much more successful in the early 1980s than the already existing Grachmusikoff project. Schwoißfuaß concerts were often sold out, sometimes even overcrowded. Within two years, the band sold around 150,000 self-produced and distributed LPs . In particular, the second album Oinr Isch Emmr Dr Arsch ("One is always the ass") from 1981 sold so well that the group was offered a record deal by EMI Electrola . The band rejected this, however, as they feared commercialization of their music.
With the following records, Schwoißfuaß was only able to partially build on the great success of Oinr Isch Emmr Dr Arsch . While the 1982 album Mir Suached Jetz Dr Dialog ("We are looking for dialogue") still had satisfactory sales figures, the 1983 LP Du Glaubsch Des War A Game ("You think that was a game") only sold slowly.
In addition, the first tensions in the band began to appear in 1982. 1983 drummer "Sulla" Bratke left the group because he no longer met the musical demands of the other band members. A short time later he was followed by bassist and organist André Schnisa . He left Schwoißfuaß because he was becoming less and less able to cope with the arguments within the group. Above all, his departure disturbed the band structure. Schnisa not only played two instruments , but was also one of the two main composers and songwriters . Only one year later the position on drums was filled again. Andreas “Gottlob” Schmid came for Eberhard Bronner, who had fallen out with the other band members.
After the personnel changes, Schwoißfuaß began working on the album Mach was! ("Do something!"). The record, in which almost all the band members were involved as composers, was no longer distributed independently , but via the independent label SPV . Despite the professional help, the LP was only sold in small numbers. In addition, the ebb of the alternative movement , from which many Schwoißfuaß fans came, had led to a general decline in interest in the band.
As a consequence of this development, Schwoißfuaß dissolved in March 1986. In the spring of 1996 the group briefly reunited for a successful revival tour. Despite the ten-year break, over 50,000 visitors came to a total of eleven concerts. There won't be another tour , as Alex Köberlein stopped all his concert activities at the end of 2017. In addition, two members of the original line-up are no longer alive: Jürgen “Sulla” Bratke died in an apartment fire in 1987, André Schnisa in 1999 from stomach cancer.
The sister band Grachmusikoff used some successful Schwoißfuaß pieces in live performances until they broke up in December 2017. The best-known Schwoißfuaß piece " Oinr Isch Emmr Dr Arsch " (title song of the LP of the same name) can still be found regularly in the top 50 of the SWR1 hit parade in Baden-Württemberg .
Style and background
The hallmark of Schwoißfuaß was the Upper Swabian song lyrics from the beginning, which in authentic colloquial language reflected the attitude towards life of many teenagers and young adults. This enabled the group to clearly differentiate itself from other German-speaking bands . In addition, she had a harmonica player in her ranks - unusual for a German rock band - in Riedel Diegel , which also gave her a specific sound.
Musically, Schwoißfuaß was primarily characterized by a large variety of styles. The band's pieces were influenced by jazz , rock , blues , funk , reggae and, on the album Du Glaubsch Des War A Spiel, also by the Neue Deutsche Welle . Politically, Schwoißfuaß was assigned to the left-alternative scene, but was also extremely critical of it, as for example in the texts of the plays Am I a Rastaman? (“Am I a Rasta man myself?”) Or Laudr guade Leut (“Lauter good people”) becomes clear.
Discography
Albums
- 1980 Schwoba-Rock Laif ("Schwaben-Rock Live")
- 1981 Oinr isch emmr dr Arsch ("One is always the ass")
- 1982 I am now looking for a dialogue ("We are now looking for dialogue")
- 1983 You think it was a game ("You think it was a game")
- 1985 Do what !? ("Do something!?")
- 1986 Sieba Johr… (“Seven Years…”) - Best of album
- 1987 Really Sentimental - together with Grachmusikoff
- 1996 Auf dr Stroß ("Auf der Straße") - live album
- 1996 Rattakarma ("rat karma")
Singles
- 1985 Do something!? / Just an film ("Do something!? / Just a film")
Web links
- Official website of Schwoißfuaß, with audio samples
- Official website of the sister band Grachmusikoff
- History of the band on Germanrock.de
- Schwoißfuaßstücke on YouTube: Oinr isch emmr dr Arsch / Spreng Karle Spreng / Wasserkopf
Individual evidence
- ^ German Rock eV , accessed on January 26, 2018.
- ↑ Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de , accessed on February 1, 2018
- ↑ Mandala Movie , accessed August 1, 2019
- ↑ Germanrock.de , accessed on February 1, 2018
- ↑ Schwäbisches Tagblatt accessed on December 26, 2019.
- ↑ Germanrock.de , accessed on April 10, 2019
- ↑ A look at the hit parade , accessed on November 17, 2019
- ^ Harmonica-Masters.de , accessed on January 27, 2018