Pestpocken
Pestpocken are a punk band from Gießen.
History
The band formed in 1997 and published in what was then cast (Danny (vocals and guitar), Andrea (vocals and guitar), Stine (drums) and Mirmo (Bass) ) released their debut 7 " EP" Freedom or Death " in -house production. followed some compilations, the EP " virus BRD " and concerts at home and abroad. Occurred are the Pestpocken among other things with the Casualties (2000 ) Tension ( 2001), GBH, batch 69 and Skarface. 2003 rose Mirmo from the band and was replaced by floppy. During the same year, the split LP was with Bad Nasty from France, which had been included in the original line-up released. , 2005, Chris joined as second guitarist on. During 2007, the band launched a three day everlasting festival occurred on the occasion of the 10th anniversary band existence, on the well-known bands on the scene, including The restarts, Stage Bottles, education gap, Rejected Youth and antidotes, Molotow soda, Rawside and Los Fastidios Likewise, in 2012 organized the band a festival for 15. - year band anniversary.
2008 had singer Danny as an actor in the film Punk Chaos Days - We Are Punks! ( Director: Tarek Ehlail ). The band also contributed a song for the film and appeared in small roles with. The celebrations for the movie premiere on October 3 in Hanover presented also the last weekend of the common band with floppy is on bass, which in early October left the band for personal reasons. New bass player was Daniel, a longtime acquaintance. Thus, the band was again exclusively from Giessen members.
2009 also left Stine drummer the band and was replaced by Max, which occurred on August 7, 2009 in Nuremberg for the first time with the Pestpocken. More line-up changes included the exit Daniels in the 15 - year - Pestpocken festival, which was replaced by Eddy and the departure of Chris at the end of the European tour in Frühjhahr 2013, which by Tom ( long-time friend of the band and producer of the album "No Love for a Nation " ) has been replaced.
In February 2012, the split album with Bad Nasty (2003 ) from the BPjM was indicated as harmful to minors.
Style
Music
The band plays exclusively punk, with influences from various subgenres of this style.
Texts
The lyrics to Pestpocken are typical of the punk genre and are mainly directed against Germany's basic political order, state violence and corruption and against the right-wing scene and hooligans. In addition, general topics such as alcohol, friendship and the punk scene are taken. The band can certainly be classified as extremist because it asks repeatedly in their texts on violence against police officers and political opponents.