Volxsturm

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Volxsturm
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General information
origin Schwerin , Germany
Genre (s) Oi!
founding 1991
Website www.volxsturm.de
Current occupation
Boris
Robert
wolf
guitar
 Marcus

Volxsturm is a German Oi! -Tape. It was founded in Schwerin in 1991 .

history

In contrast to most of the Oi! Bands of the 1980s, when they were founded, Volxsturm did not just refer to the skinhead , but also to the punk scene . This United idea corresponded to the zeitgeist of the skinhead scene in Germany in the 1990s and is also expressed in the band's early lyrics.

The name Volxsturm was written on the door of the rehearsal room at that time in the early days of the music project and then kept as the band name. Due to its spelling, it can be understood as a play on words from the German Volkssturm and the politically left-wing folk kitchen . The band itself sees its name as a provocation, distances itself from political extremes and positions itself as anti-fascist and politically more left-wing.

Volxsturm describe their style of punk rock as "Chaos Rock'n'Roll".

In the early days of the band there were some line-up changes. In 2009 David Stahmer left the band, his place was taken by the guitarist of the Schwerin hardcore band Ground Zero Marcus. Ex-band member Stahmer was active as a guitarist with Smegma until their dissolution , he sings and now plays guitar with his new band Heiamann .

Volxsturm is under contract with Sunny Bastards Records .

The 2015 released album Massenunauglich made it into the charts for the first time. Ferdy Doernberg played the wind and acoustic guitar on this album . Since then he has occasionally been on tour as a live musician.

Singer Rene "Hinkel" Hinkelmann left the band in 2017, he replaced Robert.

Discography

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Albums
Unsuitable for the masses
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  • Alk united (demo 1994, in-house production)
  • Oi! (EP 1995, Nordland Records)
  • Oi! is fun! (CD / LP 1996, Nordland Records)
  • Open your eyes (CD / LP 1998, Nordland Records)
  • Split with mouth Hold (1999/2000, Street Music)
  • Bi uns to Hus (CD / LP 2002, DSS Records)
  • Alk united (One-Site-LP 2004, Hörsturz production)
  • Split with Ultimo Asalto (7 ", 2005, Randale Records)
  • Split with Broilers - Good Fellas Never Split (2006, DSS Records)
  • Lights of my city (CD / LP 2006, DSS Records)
  • Always close to the wind (double CD + DVD 2009, DSS Recors / double LP 2009, Contra Records)
  • Split with Harrington Saints - 40 Years… and still going strong (7 ", 2009, Contra Records / Longshot Music)
  • A little bit of anger (CD / DVD / LP 2011, Sunny Bastards / Contra Records)
  • Counter Strike (12 ″ maxi single, 2014, Sunny Bastards)
  • Unfit for the masses (CD, 2015, Sunny Bastards)

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  1. ↑ The band's first album features the tracks “Oi” and “Bunt & kahl”, both of which address the actual or hoped-for friendship between punks and skins. In addition, a song by the GDR punk band L'Attentat is covered with “Ohne Sinn” . - Lyrics from the album “Oi! is fun! "
  2. ↑ “Our name was also created during the renovation work. At some point it was written over the door. It was provocative, like that of our old heroes "OHL", "Stosstrupp" or "SS Ultrabrutal" and concise. "( Autobiography : page no longer available , search in web archives: Volxsturm website )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.volxsturm.de
  3. ↑ Further reading: Taz article about the provocation with Nazi symbols in the punk scene
  4. ↑ "We see ourselves as Oi! Skins in the sense that we don't want to have anything to do with political extremes. Everyone except Faschos is welcome at our concerts. ”( Interview : Volxsturm website )
  5. ↑ Interview with the Plastic Bomb -Fanzine, which u. a. the political self- image of the band thematized ( memento of the original from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / plastic-bomb.eu
  6. ↑ “Punk rock means provocation. Thus, the band name “Volxsturm” is understood as such and is to be understood in the tradition of 1980s punk bands such as “ SS Ultrabrutal ”, “ Brutal Molded ” etc. If you don't have a musical drawer, you build one. You yourself gave it the label “Chaos Rock'n'Roll”. ”( Self-presentation : Volxsturm website ( Memento from February 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF))
  7. ↑ Chart discography Germany

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