Boxhamsters
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The Boxhamsters are an active punk rock
music band from Gießen
, Germany
, founded in 1987. Active members are: Co (vocals, guitar), Niels (guitar), Philipp (bass) und Ulf (drums). The band's name comes from the Monty Python
play "Upperclass Twit of the Year" the German translation of which features a certain Mr. Boxhamster.
Along with other German punk bands like EA80
and Angeschissen/Dackelblut, the Boxhamsters see themselves in the angry German punk tradition but set off from this tradition/genre by pensive sensible lyrics and a 'first think then strike' attitude.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
music band from Gießen
Gießen
Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, founded in 1987. Active members are: Co (vocals, guitar), Niels (guitar), Philipp (bass) und Ulf (drums). The band's name comes from the Monty Python
Monty Python
Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...
play "Upperclass Twit of the Year" the German translation of which features a certain Mr. Boxhamster.
Along with other German punk bands like EA80
EA80
EA80 is a German punk rock band from Mönchengladbach, Germany. The group started in 1979 as "Panzerfaust" and changed the name to EA80 in the year 1980. The band is still active today, making it one of the oldest punk rock bands....
and Angeschissen/Dackelblut, the Boxhamsters see themselves in the angry German punk tradition but set off from this tradition/genre by pensive sensible lyrics and a 'first think then strike' attitude.
Discography
- Brut Imperial (2009)
- Demut & Elite (2004)
- Die Kinder sind in Ordnung Teil 2 (2002)
- Die Frikadellenfarm - Compilation (2000)
- Saugschmerle (2000)
- Tupperparty (1996)
- Prinz Albert (1993)
- Boxhamsters / EA80EA80EA80 is a German punk rock band from Mönchengladbach, Germany. The group started in 1979 as "Panzerfaust" and changed the name to EA80 in the year 1980. The band is still active today, making it one of the oldest punk rock bands....
Split - Die Kinder sind in Ordnung (1992)
- TötensenTötensenTötensen is a small village near Hamburg, Germany, belonging to the municipality of Rosengarten . It is known mostly for its most famous resident, Dieter Bohlen. It is, however, also the birthplace of Professor Ulf Pallme König the former chancellor of the Heinrich Heine University and spokesperson...
(1991) - Der göttliche Imperator (1990)
- Wir Kinder aus Bullerbü (1988)