Fettes Brot
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Fettes Brot (ˈfɛtəs ˈbʁoːt) is a German hip hop
group founded in 1992.
Fettes Brot is German
for fat bread. "Fett" is a German slang term for "excellent" and brot is slang for "hash". The band took the name from a fan who called them "Fettes Brot" after an early gig, which was probably meant as a compliment, but the members considered it so bizarre that they took it as the name for their new group. Fettes Brot's longevity has meant that it is sometimes referred to as "Hamburg
's hip-hop-dinosaurs" by its members.
Wilde Welt Records.
Commercial success first came with the single Nordisch by Nature ("Northern by Nature") and its album. The song begins with the sound of a foghorn
and is sung with a strong Low German
accent, which makes the song something of an anthem for persons from Northern Germany
. The single remained in the German charts for a full month and the band was determined not to let this commercial success make them become something like a one hit wonder. The group demonstrated their technical maturity with their first LP Auf einem Auge blöd ("Stupid on one eye", a parody of the phrase Auf einem Auge blind meaning "Blind in one eye"), which boasts versatile and humorous lyrics. The narrated stories and interwoven lines of their rapping were received very well.
A year later Fettes Brot released their second biggest commercial hit and quasi-anthem Jein (a portmanteau of Ja and Nein, meaning both "Yes" and "No"). The main line of the song's chorus asks the sticky question: „Soll ich's wirklich machen oder lass ich's lieber sein?“ ("Should I really do it or should I let it go?") and established a strong fanbase in German speaking countries. Further singles from the following album Außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack (a play on a popular commercial jingle for the aluminum foil Toppits: "Außen Toppits - innen Geschmack" (Toppits on the outside - flavor within) where the like-sounding Album title means "Top hits on the outside - flavor within") were just as successful. The rapper Dendemann
(then a member of the Arme Ritter, meaning "Poor Knights" but also "French toast
") had his first introduction to the mainstream in his collaboration track, Wildwechsel, also with Max Herre
, Blumentopf
, Spax (German) and Der Tobi & das Bo (German) which became representative of these artists. Fettes Brot were at this time very active in other areas, for instance, they created a unique radio transmission called Forellentee for Radio Fritz (German).
, the three said goodbye to writing tunes in 1999, and embarked on a creative pause. This pause was relieved for their fans with the publishing of an anthology of B-sides, remixes, and some exclusive material. Beginner, and Smudo
of the Fantastischen Vier
(Fantastic Four) as well as Der Tobi & Das Bo made personal contributions on this anthology. Furthermore, the widely successful single Da draußen ("Out there") was released for collectors in 2000.
After three years, in 2001, the fourth regular Fettes Brot album was released. The trio marketed a small comeback with the title Demotape using new alternative pseudonyms. The hit singles Schwule Mädchen and The Grosser could not be clearly categorized into a musical style. Then against this they released a collaboration with Skunk Funk (German) the pure Hip Hop single Fast 30 ("Almost 30"). Only a year later, in early 2002 they released their Greatest Hits Compilation Amnesie
("Amnesia
") and a like-named DVD
with extra short films. Three more singles appeared, beginning in 2002 with Welthit ("World Hit"), found on their Greatest Hits CD. In 2003 they released the Rio Reiser
cover
Ich bin müde ("I Am Tired"), written by Reiser and Wolfgang Michels
(German) for Michels' 1983 album Keine Probleme ("No Problems"), which received heavy rotation on television. They made the collaboration Tanzverbot ("Dancing Prohibition") available as a legal MP3 download (as well as a limited CD and Vinyl run), as part of the Hamburg
Bambule (German) protest alongside Bela B.
(German) against the Hamburg senator Ronald Schill
.
(Fettes Brot Records).
With their Comeback! of 2005, Fettes Brot won second place in the Bundesvision Song Contest
with the Song Emanuela. A few days later on Valentines day this single went up to third place on the singles charts. On May 21, 2005 their most successful album to date appeared, Am Wasser gebaut ("Built by the water", but also a term describing a very emotional person who cries easily). This was not so much a rap album like their previous ones, as it was more of a soul
record.
The second single from Am Wasser gebaut was An Tagen wie diesen ("On days like this"), working with Pascal Finkenauer (German). Its video, in which Finkenauer and Dj exel. Pauly (German) appear, depicts the activities of an ordinary day. It is ordinary, except armoured tanks drive through the streets as if they were cars, and the people take little notice of them.
On October 6, 2005, the three rappers for the first time won the Comet Award (German) twice at once. They won both the category for "Best Band" and for "Best Song" (Emanuela). They were also nominated for "Best Video" and "Most Successful Download" (Emanuela).
On December 22, 2005, the Fettes Brot gave the largest concert of their careers at the Color Line Arena
in Hamburg
for over 13,000 people. The concert was televised by MTV
and numerous radio stations (e.g. Radio Fritz) broadcast it live.
's alias, Dick Brave). This began with a big PR
gag: in January 2006, Fettes Brot announced that they had signed the "Power pop
" band D.O.C.H.! to their label. The band was to consist of three 17-year-old Berliners named Boy, Paolo, and Typ. News followed promising a first single and a Hungarian
tour in April, and the release of an album in September. As the single Was in der Zeitung steht ("What's in the news") hit radio and television for the first time, a distinct similarity to the B-side of the An Tagen wie diesen single was noticed. (Doktor Renz had sung both songs.) After this, fans began to suspect the photos on the band's website were counterfeit. An announcement was made on MTV's TRL
program, May 9, that the three members of D.O.C.H.! had accused Fettes Brot of having stolen their song (but the announcement was definitely made up by Fettes Brot).
("Soccer is still important") for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
, but because of the German Soccer Boom (Germany made it much farther than most Germans expected), not many people recognize this song. After many touring in 2005 and 2006, Fettes Brot worked in 2007 on a new Album. In December, they held several small secret concerts under the name "Bette Frost" and played the new songs. On January 1, 2008 they unveiled the new single Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an ("Bettina, please put on some clothes!"), but at the time, the song was known as Bettina, pack deine Brüste ein ("Bettina, tuck your boobs away"), since Fettes Brot had changed it at the last minute. The song is about the German model Bettina Ballhaus, who at this time hosted a late night quiz show, and with every question answered correctly, she took some of her clothes off. She also happened to unveil her breasts, hence the title of the song. However, before the single came out, Bettina Ballhaus left the show. Fettes Brot released this single on February 15, 2008. They also have stopped making soul music and have gone back to the "old" Fettes Brot, making Partysongs and Rap.
Fettes Brot released their new album Strom und Drang ("Electricity and Stress") in March 2008. The album's name alludes to a 19th century epoch of German art and literature, called Sturm und Drang
.
. In that game when his pirate ship suffered a mutiny, an announcement came up starting with the English words "Shipmaster Warns: ...". The German language does not have a direct equivalent for "Shipmaster" ("Kapitän" is used instead, like the English "Captain"), but when Warns translated it he made up the word "Schiffmeister". Schiffmeister also means "pissmaster" in German.
Opener: Superpunk, Die Türen, 1000 Robota, Johanna Zeul
, Bernadettte La Hengst
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, Vincent Van Gogo
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German hip hop
German Hip Hop refers to hip hop music produced in Germany. Elements of American hip hop culture, such as graffiti art and breakdancing, diffused into Western Europe in the early 1980s.-1980–1990:...
group founded in 1992.
Fettes Brot is German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
for fat bread. "Fett" is a German slang term for "excellent" and brot is slang for "hash". The band took the name from a fan who called them "Fettes Brot" after an early gig, which was probably meant as a compliment, but the members considered it so bizarre that they took it as the name for their new group. Fettes Brot's longevity has meant that it is sometimes referred to as "Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
's hip-hop-dinosaurs" by its members.
Success with Nordisch by Nature and Jein
When the group Poets of Peeze disbanded in 1992, its members Dokter Renz (Martin Vandreier né Schrader) and Tobi Tobsen together with König (king) Boris (Boris Lauterbach), Schiffmeister (Björn Warns) and Mighty founded the band Fettes Brot. The Schmidt brothers (Tobi & Mighty) left the newly founded band early on, to pursue other projects, so the band released their first album, the EP Mitschnacker on Yo Mama Records, as a trio. Prior to Mitschnacker the songs Schwarzbrot- Weißbrot (Blackbread - Whitebread) and Schule der Gewalt (School of Violence) appeared on the sampler, Endzeit 93, from the Independent record labelIndependent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
Wilde Welt Records.
Commercial success first came with the single Nordisch by Nature ("Northern by Nature") and its album. The song begins with the sound of a foghorn
Foghorn
A foghorn or fog signal or fog bell is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of hazards or boats of the presence of other vehicles in foggy conditions. The term is most often used in relation to marine transport...
and is sung with a strong Low German
Low German
Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
accent, which makes the song something of an anthem for persons from Northern Germany
Northern Germany
- Geography :The key terrain features of North Germany are the marshes along the coastline of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, and the geest and heaths inland. Also prominent are the low hills of the Baltic Uplands, the ground moraines, end moraines, sandur, glacial valleys, bogs, and Luch...
. The single remained in the German charts for a full month and the band was determined not to let this commercial success make them become something like a one hit wonder. The group demonstrated their technical maturity with their first LP Auf einem Auge blöd ("Stupid on one eye", a parody of the phrase Auf einem Auge blind meaning "Blind in one eye"), which boasts versatile and humorous lyrics. The narrated stories and interwoven lines of their rapping were received very well.
A year later Fettes Brot released their second biggest commercial hit and quasi-anthem Jein (a portmanteau of Ja and Nein, meaning both "Yes" and "No"). The main line of the song's chorus asks the sticky question: „Soll ich's wirklich machen oder lass ich's lieber sein?“ ("Should I really do it or should I let it go?") and established a strong fanbase in German speaking countries. Further singles from the following album Außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack (a play on a popular commercial jingle for the aluminum foil Toppits: "Außen Toppits - innen Geschmack" (Toppits on the outside - flavor within) where the like-sounding Album title means "Top hits on the outside - flavor within") were just as successful. The rapper Dendemann
Dendemann
Daniel Ebel, better known as Dendemann is a German rapper from Menden. He is known for his rough voice and his witty, wordplay-filled lyrics in which he mostly tells stories from everyday life.-Biography:...
(then a member of the Arme Ritter, meaning "Poor Knights" but also "French toast
French toast
French toast or Eggy Bread, is a food made with bread and eggs. It is a Christmas time dessert in Portugal and Brazil.Where French toast is served as a sweet dish, milk, sugar, or cinnamon are also commonly added before frying, and it may be then topped with sugar, butter, fruit, syrup, or other...
") had his first introduction to the mainstream in his collaboration track, Wildwechsel, also with Max Herre
Max Herre
Maximilian Herre is a German musician who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis.-Biography:...
, Blumentopf
Blumentopf
Blumentopf is a German hip hop band from Freising, near Munich.In the early days of the band, the members met irregularly and did not have ambitions to become professional musicians. Each week a new name was chosen . The band was invited to perform at a festival for their first live show...
, Spax (German) and Der Tobi & das Bo (German) which became representative of these artists. Fettes Brot were at this time very active in other areas, for instance, they created a unique radio transmission called Forellentee for Radio Fritz (German).
Quieter times
After the end of 1998, with the single Können diese Augen lügen? ("Can these Eyes Lie?") and its corresponding album Fettes Brot lässt grüßen ("Fettes Brot Says Hello") 1999, it was somewhat quiet for the Trio. Many purists voiced criticism as the band explored new paths, no longer focussed on pure Hip Hop music style. Viele Wege führen nach Rom ("Many Roads Lead to Rome") and Lieblingslied ("Favourite Song" (and semantically synonymous to "Darlings's Song")) were successful as a combined single which turned out to become a hit even bigger than both previous albums. With the cooperation of James LastJames Last
James Last is a German composer and big band leader. His "happy music" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom. His composition, "Happy Heart", became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark...
, the three said goodbye to writing tunes in 1999, and embarked on a creative pause. This pause was relieved for their fans with the publishing of an anthology of B-sides, remixes, and some exclusive material. Beginner, and Smudo
Smudo
Michael Bernd Schmidt , better known as Smudo, is a writer and rapper in the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier.-Life:...
of the Fantastischen Vier
Die Fantastischen Vier
Die Fantastischen Vier , also known as Fanta 4, is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, Germany. The members are Michael Bernd Schmidt alias Smudo, Andreas Rieke alias And.Ypsilon, Thomas Dürr alias Hausmeister Thomas D and Michael 'Michi' Beck alias Dee Jot Hausmarke...
(Fantastic Four) as well as Der Tobi & Das Bo made personal contributions on this anthology. Furthermore, the widely successful single Da draußen ("Out there") was released for collectors in 2000.
After three years, in 2001, the fourth regular Fettes Brot album was released. The trio marketed a small comeback with the title Demotape using new alternative pseudonyms. The hit singles Schwule Mädchen and The Grosser could not be clearly categorized into a musical style. Then against this they released a collaboration with Skunk Funk (German) the pure Hip Hop single Fast 30 ("Almost 30"). Only a year later, in early 2002 they released their Greatest Hits Compilation Amnesie
Amnesie
Amnesie is an album from German hip hop band Fettes Brot.Amnesie, meaning "Amnesia" in English, is a compilation of their singles from 1994 to 2002.- Track listing :# Definition von Fett # Männer # Nordisch by Nature Amnesie is an album from German hip hop band Fettes Brot.Amnesie, meaning...
("Amnesia
Amnesia
Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...
") and a like-named DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
with extra short films. Three more singles appeared, beginning in 2002 with Welthit ("World Hit"), found on their Greatest Hits CD. In 2003 they released the Rio Reiser
Rio Reiser
Rio Reiser , was a German rock musician and singer of the famous rock group Ton Steine Scherben. He was born Ralph Christian Möbius in Berlin and died at the age of 46 in the little German town of Fresenhagen. Rio Reiser was politically active during his whole life...
cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
Ich bin müde ("I Am Tired"), written by Reiser and Wolfgang Michels
Wolfgang Michels
Wolfgang Michels is a German singer-songwriter.-Discovered:In May 1968 a very young musician named Wolfgang Michels with the pseudonym "One Plus None" landed a No 2 hit with "Desert Walker", a song produced by himself, topped only by the Rolling Stones at No 1...
(German) for Michels' 1983 album Keine Probleme ("No Problems"), which received heavy rotation on television. They made the collaboration Tanzverbot ("Dancing Prohibition") available as a legal MP3 download (as well as a limited CD and Vinyl run), as part of the Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
Bambule (German) protest alongside Bela B.
Bela B.
Dirk Felsenheimer , better known under his stage name Bela B., is a German musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the drummer and one of the singers in the German band Die Ärzte. In 2006 he released his first solo album entitled Bingo. Bela B...
(German) against the Hamburg senator Ronald Schill
Ronald Schill
Ronald Barnabas Schill is a former judge, the founder of the German political parties Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive and Pro DM/Schill...
.
Comeback and their own record label
In 2004, they founded their own record label, Fettes Brot Schallplatten GmbHGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung is a type of legal entityvery common in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and other Central European countries...
(Fettes Brot Records).
With their Comeback! of 2005, Fettes Brot won second place in the Bundesvision Song Contest
Bundesvision Song Contest
The Bundesvision Song Contest is an annual competition created by German TV entertainer Stefan Raab in 2005. For each of the 16 states of Germany a song is chosen by regional radio stations. The songs are performed on live television in order to find the most popular song in the competition...
with the Song Emanuela. A few days later on Valentines day this single went up to third place on the singles charts. On May 21, 2005 their most successful album to date appeared, Am Wasser gebaut ("Built by the water", but also a term describing a very emotional person who cries easily). This was not so much a rap album like their previous ones, as it was more of a soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
record.
The second single from Am Wasser gebaut was An Tagen wie diesen ("On days like this"), working with Pascal Finkenauer (German). Its video, in which Finkenauer and Dj exel. Pauly (German) appear, depicts the activities of an ordinary day. It is ordinary, except armoured tanks drive through the streets as if they were cars, and the people take little notice of them.
On October 6, 2005, the three rappers for the first time won the Comet Award (German) twice at once. They won both the category for "Best Band" and for "Best Song" (Emanuela). They were also nominated for "Best Video" and "Most Successful Download" (Emanuela).
On December 22, 2005, the Fettes Brot gave the largest concert of their careers at the Color Line Arena
Color Line Arena
O2 World is a multi-purpose arena in Hamburg, Germany. It opened in 2002 and can hold up to 16,000 people. It is located adjacent to the football stadium Imtech Arena and the new Volksbank Arena in the Bahrenfeld district...
in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
for over 13,000 people. The concert was televised by MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and numerous radio stations (e.g. Radio Fritz) broadcast it live.
D.O.C.H.!
Fettes Brot has sometimes used the pseudonym D.O.C.H.! ("doch" is a German word meaning "yet", "to the contrary", and "but", amongst other things - most often, though, it means an emphatic, "damn right!" or "oh yes!") to publish songs which would not be suitable for the Hip Hop genre (compare Sascha SchmitzSascha Schmitz
Sascha Schmitz , better known under his stage name Sasha, is a German singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actor. From 2003 until 2005 he performed under his alter ego Dick Brave.- Early life :...
's alias, Dick Brave). This began with a big PR
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
gag: in January 2006, Fettes Brot announced that they had signed the "Power pop
Power pop
Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...
" band D.O.C.H.! to their label. The band was to consist of three 17-year-old Berliners named Boy, Paolo, and Typ. News followed promising a first single and a Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
tour in April, and the release of an album in September. As the single Was in der Zeitung steht ("What's in the news") hit radio and television for the first time, a distinct similarity to the B-side of the An Tagen wie diesen single was noticed. (Doktor Renz had sung both songs.) After this, fans began to suspect the photos on the band's website were counterfeit. An announcement was made on MTV's TRL
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
program, May 9, that the three members of D.O.C.H.! had accused Fettes Brot of having stolen their song (but the announcement was definitely made up by Fettes Brot).
"Bette Frost" and "Strom und Drang"
In 2006, Fettes Brot released a single named Fussball ist immer noch wichtigFussball ist immer noch wichtig
"Fussball ist immer noch wichtig" is a song by Fettes Brot, Bela B. of Die Ärzte, Marcus Wiebusch of Kettcar and Carsten Friedrichs of Superpunk. It's written for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and is about reviving the belief in football.There is also an instrumental version of the song, only available...
("Soccer is still important") for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
, but because of the German Soccer Boom (Germany made it much farther than most Germans expected), not many people recognize this song. After many touring in 2005 and 2006, Fettes Brot worked in 2007 on a new Album. In December, they held several small secret concerts under the name "Bette Frost" and played the new songs. On January 1, 2008 they unveiled the new single Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an ("Bettina, please put on some clothes!"), but at the time, the song was known as Bettina, pack deine Brüste ein ("Bettina, tuck your boobs away"), since Fettes Brot had changed it at the last minute. The song is about the German model Bettina Ballhaus, who at this time hosted a late night quiz show, and with every question answered correctly, she took some of her clothes off. She also happened to unveil her breasts, hence the title of the song. However, before the single came out, Bettina Ballhaus left the show. Fettes Brot released this single on February 15, 2008. They also have stopped making soul music and have gone back to the "old" Fettes Brot, making Partysongs and Rap.
Fettes Brot released their new album Strom und Drang ("Electricity and Stress") in March 2008. The album's name alludes to a 19th century epoch of German art and literature, called Sturm und Drang
Sturm und Drang
Sturm und Drang is a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music taking place from the late 1760s through the early 1780s, in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism...
.
Members
- Boris Lauterbach (aka König Boris, Kay Bee Baby, Rock'n'Roll Coseng, Long Leg Lauterbach)
- Martin Vandreier né Schrader (aka Dokter Renz, Rektor Donz, Roktor Denz, Speedy Konsalik, Rostige Pforte, Hektor Ronz)
- Björn Warns (aka Björn Beton, Schiffmeister, Flash Müller, Papa Geil)
Trivia
Björn Warns took the name Schiffmeister from the classic computer game Pirates!Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a video game created by Sid Meier and published and developed by MicroProse in 1987. It was the first game to include the name "Sid Meier" in its title as an effort by MicroProse to attract fans of Meier's earlier games, most of which were flight simulators...
. In that game when his pirate ship suffered a mutiny, an announcement came up starting with the English words "Shipmaster Warns: ...". The German language does not have a direct equivalent for "Shipmaster" ("Kapitän" is used instead, like the English "Captain"), but when Warns translated it he made up the word "Schiffmeister". Schiffmeister also means "pissmaster" in German.
Studio albums
- 1995 – Auf einem Auge blöd ("Stupid in one eye") GER#29,SWI#22
- 1996 – Außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack ("Top Hits Outside, Taste Within" (pun on a commercial aired in Germany)) GER#10,AUT#21,SWI#14
- 1998 – Fettes Brot lässt grüßen ("Fettes Brot Send Their Regards") GER#9,AUT#30,SWI#27
- 2001 – Demotape GER#9,AUT#30,SWI#27
- 2005 – Am Wasser gebaut ("Built By The Water") GER#4,AUT#9,SWI#23
- 2008 - Strom und Drang ("Electricity and Stress") GER#3,AUT#9,SWI#14
Other albums
- 2000 – Fettes Brot für die Welt ("Fat Bread For The World") (Compiled with B-SidesA-side and B-sideA-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
, rare and unpublished pieces, and three new songs.) GER#10,AUT#32,SWI#55 - 2002 – AmnesieAmnesieAmnesie is an album from German hip hop band Fettes Brot.Amnesie, meaning "Amnesia" in English, is a compilation of their singles from 1994 to 2002.- Track listing :# Definition von Fett # Männer # Nordisch by Nature Amnesie is an album from German hip hop band Fettes Brot.Amnesie, meaning...
(with the DVD, all singles up to 2002 except Gangsta Rap) GER#41 - 2007 - Strandgut (Flotsam & Jetsam)
Singles
- 1994 – Definition von Fett ("Definition of fat")
- 1995 – Männer ("Men")
- 1995 – Nordisch by Nature ("Northern by Nature") GERMedia Control ChartsThe official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
#17 - 1995 – Gangsta Rap (only on vinyl)
- 1996 – Jein (Portmanteau of "Yes" and "No") GER#10, SWISwiss Music ChartsThe Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...
#7 - 1996 – Mal sehen ("We'll see") GER#68,SWI#23
- 1997 – Silberfische in meinem Bett ("Silverfish in my bed")
- 1997 – Sekt oder Selters ("Sparkling wine, or seltzer") GER#81
- 1997 – Lieblingslied ("Favourite song") GER#81
- 1998 – Viele Wege führen nach Rom ("Many roads lead to Rome") GER#96
- 1998 – Können diese Augen lügen? ("Can these eyes lie?") GER#100
- 1999 – Ruf mich an ("Call me") (with James LastJames LastJames Last is a German composer and big band leader. His "happy music" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and the United Kingdom. His composition, "Happy Heart", became an international success in interpretations by Andy Williams and Petula Clark...
) GER#53,SWI#39 - 2000 – Da draußen ("There, outside"/"Out there") GER#35, SWI#58
- 2001 – Schwule Mädchen ("Gay girls") GER#9, AUSÖ3 Austria Top 40Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...
#11, SWI#74 - 2001 – Fast 30 ("Almost 30") (with Skunk Funk)
- 2001 – The Grosser ("The greater") GER#26, AUS#49, SWI#75
- 2002 – Welthit ("World hit") GER#75
- 2003 – Tanzverbot (Schill to Hell)Tanzverbot (Schill to Hell)"Tanzverbot " is a song by the German hip-hop group Fettes Brot and rock musician Bela B.. It was written to protest against the then Hamburg Senator of the Interior Ronald Schill...
("Dance ban") (with Bela B.Bela B.Dirk Felsenheimer , better known under his stage name Bela B., is a German musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the drummer and one of the singers in the German band Die Ärzte. In 2006 he released his first solo album entitled Bingo. Bela B...
) - 2003 – Ich bin müde ("I'm tired") (Cover of Wolfgang Michels and Rio ReiserRio ReiserRio Reiser , was a German rock musician and singer of the famous rock group Ton Steine Scherben. He was born Ralph Christian Möbius in Berlin and died at the age of 46 in the little German town of Fresenhagen. Rio Reiser was politically active during his whole life...
) GER#87 - 2005 – Emanuela GER#3, AUS#1, SWI#20
- 2005 – An Tagen wie diesen("On days like these") (with Pascal Finkenauer) GER#9, AUS#10, SWI#69
- 2006 – Soll das alles sein ("Is this supposed to be it") GER#40, AUS#54
- 2006 – Was in der Zeitung Steht ("What The Newspaper Reads") (under the nickname "D.O.C.H")
- 2006 – Fußball ist immer noch wichtig ("Soccer is still important") (with Bela B., Marcus WiebuschMarcus WiebuschMarcus Wiebusch is a German musician and lyricist.From 1992 to 1999 he played in the political punk-band ...But Alive, for which he sang, played guitar, and wrote lyrics. He also had two even more aggressive and politically charged, but less prolific and recognized by-projects, the bands Die vom...
of KettcarKettcar- History :Former German punk rock great Marcus Wiebusch of ...But Alive and bass player Reimer Bustorff, who were both members of ska band Rantanplan, decided in 2001 to break away from punk's and ska's traditions of aggressive, political lyrics in favor of developing a more emotional, laid-back...
and Carsten Friedrichs of Superpunk) GER#61 - 2008 – Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an! ("Bettina, please put on some clothes!") GER#3, AUS#14, SWI#43
- 2008 – Erdbeben ("Earthquake/s") GER#28, AUS#65
- 2008 – Ich Lass Dich Nicht Los (I won't let you go) GER#55
- 2008 - Das allererste Mal (The very first time)
- 2010 - Jein (2010 live) (Portmanteau of "Yes" and "No") GER#36
- 2010 - Kontrolle (live)
- 2010 - Falsche Entscheidung"(live)
- 2010 - Amsterdam"
DVDs
- 2002 – AmnesieAmnesieAmnesie is an album from German hip hop band Fettes Brot.Amnesie, meaning "Amnesia" in English, is a compilation of their singles from 1994 to 2002.- Track listing :# Definition von Fett # Männer # Nordisch by Nature Amnesie is an album from German hip hop band Fettes Brot.Amnesie, meaning...
(Archive DVD with music videos and other Material, supplementary CD with all singles except Gangsta Rap.)
Awards
- ECHO 1996 als "Erfolgreichste deutsche Nachwuchsband" (most successful new German band)
- Comet 2005 for "Beste Band" (Best Band) and for "Besten Song" (Best Song) ("Emanuela")
- GQGQ (magazine)GQ is a monthly men's magazine focusing on fashion, style, and culture for men, through articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books...
Man of the Year 2005 as "Beste Musiker" (Best Musician) - Eins Live Krone 2005 for "Beste Single" (Best Single) ("Emanuela")
- Gold Record for "Am Wasser gebaut" (Germany) and "Emanuela" (Germany and Austria)
- ECHO 2006 for best "Hip-Hop/R&B national" Act
- Bravo Otto Gold 2006 for best "Hip-Hop national" Act
- MTV Europe Music AwardsMTV Europe Music AwardsThe MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular music videos in Europe. Originally beginning as an alternative to the American MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards is today a popular celebration of what MTV viewers consider...
2008 – Best German Act
Tours
- 1995 – Klasse von '95 (Class of '95) – with Main Concept, Massive TöneMassive TöneMassive Töne is one of the oldest and most popular German Hip hop groups, founded in 1991 in Stuttgart.The four founding members, Showi , Ju , Wasi and DJ 5ter Ton all originated in Stuttgart's hip hop scene and modeled themselves at first on the American and French hip hop groups like...
, ZM Jay, MC René, F.A.B., Der Tobi & Das Bo - 1996 – Sven, Sven & Sven live Inkognito-Club-Tour, November
- 1996/97 – Spiel mir das Lied vom Brot (Play for me the song of bread) – with Blumentopf, Massive TöneMassive TöneMassive Töne is one of the oldest and most popular German Hip hop groups, founded in 1991 in Stuttgart.The four founding members, Showi , Ju , Wasi and DJ 5ter Ton all originated in Stuttgart's hip hop scene and modeled themselves at first on the American and French hip hop groups like...
- 1998 – Harte Tour '98 (Hard Tour '98) – with Eins ZwoEins ZwoEins Zwo was a German hip hop group from Hamburg, consisting of DJ Rabauke and MC Dendemann . Rabauke produced his first music with his 'Projekt an der Grenze'. He however, was before Eins Zwo more known for his work as tour DJ with the group Fettes Brot...
und DJ I.L.L. Will - 2001 – Schlechtwetterfront (Bad Weather Front) – with DJ Pauly & Skunk Funk
- 2003 – Gute Laune Hölle (Good Mood Hell) (only in Theaters) – with Die Herren
- 2003 – Jenseits der Grenze des Zumutbaren (Beyond The Reasonable Limit) support for Die ÄrzteDie ÄrzteDie Ärzte is a punk band from Berlin. Die Ärzte are one of the best-known German punk rock bands and have released over 20 albums. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B. and bass player Rodrigo González...
with Die Herren - 2005 – Am Wasser gebaut Part 1 – with Pascal Finkenauer, EmelEmel AykanatEmel Aykanat better known as Emel, is a Turkish-Swiss singer. Her first big success came with the single Somebody Dance With Me with DJ BoBo.- Career :...
& J-Luv, Opener: Fiva MC & DJ Radrum - 2005 – Am Wasser gebaut Part 2 – with Pascal Finkenauer, EmelEmel AykanatEmel Aykanat better known as Emel, is a Turkish-Swiss singer. Her first big success came with the single Somebody Dance With Me with DJ BoBo.- Career :...
& Patrick Gwada, no opener - 2008 - Strom und Drang Part 1 - with eight musicians (drums, bass, 2 guitars, keys, DJ, tp, tb)
Opener: Superpunk, Die Türen, 1000 Robota, Johanna Zeul
Johanna Zeul
Johanna Zeul is a German singer songwriter.- History :Zeul has been giving concerts since 1996. She studied Pop Music Design at the Popakademie in Mannheim, Germany and took classes at an acting school in Mainz...
, Bernadettte La Hengst
- 2008 - Strom und Drang Part 2 - with eight musicians (drums, bass, 2 guitars, keys, DJ, tp, tb)
Opener: Johanna Zeul
Johanna Zeul
Johanna Zeul is a German singer songwriter.- History :Zeul has been giving concerts since 1996. She studied Pop Music Design at the Popakademie in Mannheim, Germany and took classes at an acting school in Mainz...
, Vincent Van Gogo
- 2010 - "Fettes/Brot Tour - with band (drums, bass, 2 guitars, keys, DJ, tp, tb)
Opener: Die Orsons, Kraftklub, Jarle Bernhoft
Jarle Bernhoft
Jarle Bernhoft, also known as Bernhoft, is a Norwegian singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer and lyricist. Bernhoft is from Nittedal in Norway, but currently lives in Oslo. His best known songs are "Streetlights", "Shout", "Choices" and "C'mon Talk"....