The Idiots
| The Idiots | |
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 Logo from The Idiots |
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 Hannes Schmidt (2015) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | German punk , Oi! , Hardcore punk , crossover |
| founding | 1978, 2012 |
| resolution | 1989, 1992 |
| Website | www.the-idiots.de |
| Founding members | |
| Sir Hannes Schmidt | |
| Olaf Jantoss (until 1992/93) | |
| Anne (until 1989) | |
| Steve (until 1987/88) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Sir Hannes |
guitar |
Guido Girsch (since 2012) |
bass |
Volker Körner (since 1989) |
Drums |
Richie Gorilla (since 2012) |
| former members | |
Drums |
Piet Scritic (1987/88) |
Drums |
Dominik Sapia (1989/90) |
Drums |
Oliver Lonien (approx. 1991–93) |
guitar |
Holger "Holli" Bals (1989) |
bass |
Christian Fabian (approx. 1991–93) |
singing |
Santos Nunez Ramon (approx. 1991-93) |
The Idiots is one of the oldest German punk bands . The singer and head of the Dortmund formation founded in 1978 is Sir Hannes Schmidt (stage name ; also called Sir Hannes Smith, Sir Hannes or just Hannes).
history
The band members started in 1978 with slow Oi! -Punk, which evolved into hardcore punk in the mid-1980s . After various concerts and some sampler contributions, the first album They Call Us: The Idiots was released in 1984 . In 1987 the second album Cries of the Insane followed . Afterwards there were some changes in the line-up; the drummer and bassist said goodbye to the band. On the third album Station of Life , which was released in 1989, there were clear Thrash Metal influences. Sir Hannes and the guitarist Holger Bals then left the band; of the founding members only the bassist Olaf Jantoss remained. The fourth album Imzeichen des Kreuzes was created with a new singer in 1992 , but it could no longer tie in with the old Idiots times. Then the band broke up.
As early as 1986 - parallel to his work as Idiots - Sir Hannes founded the crossover band Phantoms of Future , which was temporarily under contract with major labels and dissolved at the end of 2001 after 16 years. Then in 2002 he founded the folk punk band Honigdieb, which still exists today (2020) .
2012 saw the Idiots comeback with a new guitarist and a new drummer; The concerts included, among other things, live performances at Rock in denüsten and at the Ruhrpott Rodeo , Germany's largest punk festival. The release of the fifth album Amok in April 2013 was followed by the albums Gott sei Punk (2014) and Schweinköter (2019).
Since 1987 Sir Hannes Schmidt has also been running the record store and distributor Idiots Records in downtown Dortmund .
Discography
Albums
- 1984: They Call Us: The Idiots (LP; Mülleimer Records 012, SPV )
- 1987: Cries of the Insane (LP; We Bite 020, SPV)
- 1989: Station of Life (LP; We Bite 048)
- 1992: In the Sign of the Cross (LP; Rebel Records, SPV)
- 2013: Amok (CD; Idiots Records, Soulfood )
- 2014: God be punk (CD, LP; Idiots Records)
- 2019: Schweinköter (CD, LP; Idiots Records, Soulfood )
Compilations
- 1989: Never Give Up ( Compilation ; Snake Reco; SPV)
- 1995: Idiot to the death! Your greatest successes 79-89 (Compilation; Day-Glo ; SPV)
EPs
- 1983: S04 and BVB (5-track EP)
- 1986: Emmy, oh Emmy / Pigs in (into) space
Sampler contributions (selection)
- 1981: H'Artcore (Lied Stadion )
- 1984: Hardcore Power Music Part 2 (Song Saturday Night )
- 1989: The Were Still Times (Snake Record 003, AM Music)
- 1989: Unnamed (Split- Flexi with Youth of Today , Emils and Negazione)
- 1990: Battle cries BRD
- 1990: Kampftrinker - German punk
- 1990: Festival of Popular Music
- 2006: Punk Rock BRD 3
- 2012: Sun of a Bastard 5
Web links
- Official website
- The Idiots at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Joachim Hiller / Sir Hannes Schmidt: About The Idiots, Phantoms of Future, Honigdieb. Interview in Ox-Fanzine , issue 78, June / July 2008.