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die ärzte (formerly known as "Die Ärzte") is a German rock/punk rock band from Berlin. die ärzte (German for The Doctors) are self-proclaimed as "Die beste Band der Welt" ("The best band in the world") and, along with Düsseldorf outfit Die Toten Hosen are among the best-known German punk-rock bands.
die ärzte were formed in 1982 by Jan Vetter (aka Farin Urlaub), Dirk Felsenheimer (aka Bela B.) and Hans Runge (aka Sahnie).
Sahnie left the band in 1986 and Hagen Liebing (aka The Incredible Hagen) filled in as bassist until the band broke up in 1988. In 1993 the band reunited with Rodrigo González (aka Rod) playing bass.
die ärzte have shown no fear of controversy and have faced off with the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons BPJM over their tongue-in-cheek lyrics to Geschwisterliebe (Love between brother and sister) over claims that it promoted incest, Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund (Claudia has a shepherd's dog) over claims that it promoted zoophilia, and Schlaflied (Sleep song) over references to excessive violence. The group has leveraged these controversies to their advantage and gained popularity by making fun of their censors.
On their most recent album "Geräusch", they spell their name with three dots over the a in ärzte, a sort of "triaresis" mark that does not correspond to any real language construct—a play on the heavy metal umlaut. This can be represented in Unicode: die a⃛rzte. Please note that "Die Ärzte", with two dots, is correct German orthography and not related to the heavy metal umlaut.
Since November 2003 the album Debil with the songs Claudia hat 'nen Schäferhund and Schlaflied is not on the index anymore.
Discography
- Uns geht's prima ... (1984) (We're fine ...)
- Debil (1984) (Feebleminded)
- Im Schatten der Ärzte (1985) (In the shadow of Die Ärzte)
- Die Ärzte (1986) (The doctors)
- Ist das alles? (1987) (Is That All?)
- Ab 18 (1987) (From 18 up)
- Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit ... (1988) (This is not the whole truth ...)
- Live - Nach uns die Sintflut (1988) (Live - The Flood after us)
- Die Ärzte früher! (1989) (Die Ärzte former!)
- Die Bestie in Menschengestalt (1993) (The beast in human form)
- Das Beste von kurz nach früher bis jetze (1994) (about: The best of shortly after earlier 'til now)
- Planet Punk (1995)
- Le Frisur (1996)
- 13 (1998)
- Wir wollen nur deine Seele (1999) (We just want your soul)
- Satanische Pferde (2000) (Satanic Horses)
- Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer! (2000) (refers to a German idiom - about: Pull down your donation trousers, invisible!)
- 5, 6, 7, 8 - Bullenstaat! (2001) (5, 6, 7, 8 - Cop state!)
- die ärzte (Japan Edition) (2001)
- Unplugged - Rock'n'Roll Realschule (2002) (Rock'n'roll secondary school)
- Geräusch (2003) (Noise)
- Die Band, die sie Pferd nannten (Live-DVD) (2004) (The band they called horse)
External links
- Official Website (http://www.bademeister.com)
- Bootlegs from concerts for free download (http://www.kill-them-all.de)de:Die Ärzte