Superpunk

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Superpunk
General information
Genre (s) Northern soul , pop-punk , garage rock
founding 1996
resolution 2012
Website http://www.superpunk.de/
Last occupation
Carsten Friedrichs
Vocals, bass
Tim Juergens
guitar
 Lars Bulnheim
Thorsten Wegner
Thies Mynther

Superpunk was a Hamburg band founded in 1996 . The band developed partly from the Five Friends , the direct predecessor was the Bruno Ferrari Quintet .

The style of superpunk is a mix of northern soul , punk rock and garage rock .

Band history

The band released five studio albums and one live album before 2011 with Oh, this Sound! a tribute sampler appeared on which performers of various genres covered superpunk songs. In addition to Fettes Brot and Madsen were u. a. Egotronic , Die Sterne and Andreas Dorau represented on the compilation.

On February 10, 2012, their record company, Wallpaper Records, announced the breakup of Superpunk, along with the announcement of a final seven-gig club tour. The performance on June 2, 2012 in Knust in Hamburg was supposed to be the last, but in March 2012 an additional concert in Knust was announced for June 3, 2012. On August 25, Superpunk played their last festival concert at the Bootboohook Festival in Hanover, and on September 10, 2012, their very last live concert in the Stadtsaal Wien, a surprise concert by radio station FM4 .

A short time after the band ended, it was announced that Carsten Friedrichs and Tim Jürgens would continue stylistically with other musicians as The League of Ordinary Gentlemen .

Trivia

Tocotronic bassist Jan Müller was a co-founder of Superpunk, in which he also worked as a guitarist.

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: A little something is always possible , Fidel Bastro
  • 2001: Water March , L'age d'or
  • 2004: Once superpunk, please , L'age d'or
  • 2005: Can you make this big please ?! (Live CD + DVD), L'age d'or
  • 2008: Why not? , Wallpaper Records
  • 2010: The human soul under superpunk , Wallpaper Records
  • 2011: Oh, that sound! - Stars Play Superpunk (Tribute Album), Wallpaper Records
  • 2012: A Young Person's GUIDE to Superpunk (Compilation), Wallpaper Records

Singles

  • 2001: New teeth for my brother and me (CD), L'age d'or
  • 2002: I'm not an ignoramus, I'm not an idiot (CD), L'age d'or
  • 2002: Right back to where we started from (vinyl single), L'age d'or , (cover by Maxine Nightingale )
  • 2004: I refuse to give up (vinyl single), L'age d'or
  • 2005: Please leave me (CD), L'age d'or
  • 2008: That was mods (vinyl single), wallpaper records
  • 2008: Gespenster (split vinyl single with Potato Fritz ), Fidel Bastro
  • 2011: Play Andreas + Bernd (vinyl single), wallpaper records (cover by Andreas Dorau and Bernd Begemann )
  • 2012: New Teeth for My Brother and Me (split vinyl single with Boy Division), Fidel Bastro

Compilation Contributions

  • "Sauerkraut Not Sushi" (Track: "This is not your day today"), 1999, L'age d'or
  • "Fast forward Eins" (Track: "You can't bring an honest man to his knees"), 2001, V2 Records
  • "Operation Pudel 2001" (Track: "A motorway in the rain"), 2001, L'age d'or
  • "Ten B" (Track: "Lehn dich an mich (Mega Mopel Mix)"), 2002, Fidel Bastro
  • "Kombilado Spezial" (Track: "Happy Crossdresser"), 2002, L'Age D'Or
  • “Yubellado / 15 years L'age d'or” (Tracks: “I'm not an ignoramus, I'm not an idiot (2002)”; “New teeth for my brother and me (Wigan Garage Mix)”, 2003), L ' age d'or
  • "Meet Me At Club 2 - A Benefit Farewell" (Track: "Right Back Where We Started From"), 2002, house music
  • "Must All With" (Track: "You can't bring an honest man to his knees"), 2003, Wallpaper Records
  • "WIR" (Track: "Right back to where we started from"), 2003, L'age d'or
  • "Immergutrocken 4" (Track: "Right back to where we started from"), 2003, Grand Hotel van Cleef
  • "Recording condition 2" (track: "New teeth for my brother and me"), 2003, ZYX Music
  • "United Zoo Of Waldstock # 2" (Track: "I'm not ignorant, I'm not an idiot"), 2003, Benghazi Records
  • “Lado FM 3 Singles Compilation” (Track: “I Don't Like The Man Who I Am (I-Like-Him-But-The-Man-Mix)”), 2004, L'Age D'Or
  • "Must All Mit ... Ewig Schön" (Track: "I can't say no"), 2004, Wallpaper Records
  • “Pudel Produkte 1” (Track: “You can't bring an honest man to his knees”), 2005, Nobistor
  • "2001 (One Year And His 20 Songs)" (track: "You can't force an honest man on his knees"), 2005, Süddeutsche Zeitung series
  • Book / CD " I Can't Relax in Germany ", 2005, below average
  • "Come on soul! # 1 ”(Track:“ Lehn Dich An Mich ”), 2005, Légère Recordings
  • "Quota Rocker" (Track: "Kidnapper"), 2005, Wallpaper Records
  • "Strom und Guitar # 2 (Home Is Where The Heart Is)" (Track: "You Didn`t Have To Be So Nice"), 2006, Popappeal
  • “Bringing Nazis Out of Time (Strong Voices Against Right)” (Track: “Parties In Munich”), 2009, Motor Music
  • "Operation Poodle Two thousand and ten" (Track: "You can't force an honest man on his knees" ((Rüftata110 Remix))), 2010, State Act
  • "Dial T For Wallpaper (10th Anniversary Compilation)" (Track: "The Fireworks Is Over (Single Edit)"), 2012, Wallpaper Records
  • "Fidel Bastro 20 / A" (Track: "Ghosts"), 2013, Fidel Bastro

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The League of Ordinary Gentlemen. Ex-superpunk singer Carsten Friedrichs on the debut album of his new band Article on deutschlandfunk.de
  2. ↑ Superpunk says goodbye: The consumer just failed Article in the taz