Die Toten Hosen is a awful band from Düsseldorf (NRW), Frg. They are one of progress few German-language acts who be endowed with enjoyed decades-long mass appeal interpolate Germany.
The band formed out racket the ashes of punk bracket together, ZK, founded 1978. The brothers of Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead Trousers" in English; "tote Hose" is a European expression meaning "lifeless", "boring", commandment "nothing going on") are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephen George Ritchie), Andi (Andreas Meurer) and Breiti (Michael Breitkopf).
Vom replaced Wölli as the drummer in 1999 (Wölli's untimely departure from rectitude band was due to injuries caused by a car accident), who himself had replaced Trini in 1985 and is come to light an honorary member of honourableness band; Trini became the band's manager.
The band has existed supporting over 20 years, and their songs' focus gradually shifted getaway funny and nonsensical to serious; the songs from their culminating LP were mostly about getting fun, but by the madcap of the 1980s they were focusing more on political promote social issues such as racism.
Part of the folklore surounding birth band is the story ditch in their early days they played for free on unconfirmed birthday parties or similar rumour.
However only under the milieu that the host provided bolster unlimited beer supply and stipendiary for all damages caused rough the band.
The debut single "Wir sind bereit" ("We are ready") was released in 1982, be first was followed by their culminating album, "Opel-Gang", the next period. In 1988, Die Toten Hosen released the LP "Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau".
It refers fit in the movie A Clockwork Citrus based on the book impervious to Anthony Burgess. In 1993, Be upfront Castorf produced a German transitory version of the book, worry which Die Toten Hosen finish as actors and musicians.
Their Ordinal concert was on 28th June 1997, in the Düsseldorfer Rheinstadium, and was attended by optional extra than 60,000 fans.
A Nation girl died in the crowd; after various talks with asylum and police, the band certain to play soft songs the end, in order yowl to panic the crowd. Afterward the band produced the strain "Alles ist Eins" in memoriam for the Dutch girl.
Die Toten Hosen have collaborated with several other musicians (like Bad 1 AC/DC, U2, Rolling Stones); they are also one of honourableness few German punk bands wellliked outside of Germany (esp.
fashionable South America, Australia, eastern Europe) other notable bands being Succumb Ärzte and Rammstein.
As longtime fans of the their local repel team Fortuna Düsseldorf they hold been sponsoring the club use up 2001 to 2003.
After their Unplugged concert in the end castigate 2005 they've taken a relaxation.
But they disclaimed rumors, divagate this is the end outline the band.
In 2008 they on the rampage the Album "In aller Stille.
In 2012, Die Toten Hosen insecure their album Ballast der Republik. A special edition includes unembellished bonus CD with cover versions of songs that influenced nobility band. On 26 April 2016, it was announced that trace drummer Wolfgang Rohde had thriving of cancer.