Die Kassierer
It's about 4 or 5 years now that Die Kassierer belong to my favourite German Punk bands. They have toured a lot so far, but they unfortunately never came very close to Luxemburg. After I have missed them in September '99 when they played in the Saarland, I was quite eager to see them this year at the Hellmut in Saarbrücken. I was just wondering if this tiny club wouldn't be too small for Die Kassierer on a weekend day, but my fears were in vain. Only about 100 people were present, but they saw a real bizarre show.

I have already been quite familiar with all the records by this unique band, but seeing them on stage is a very different experience. Frontman Wölfi was running around the stage, more or less undressed. He has a big belly and a face that only a mother can love, but watching him was simply fun. The spectators were sharing my opinion and so there was an intense, but not brutal pogo in the first rows. Wölfi, as he was telling me after the gig, found that the audience was wonderful. But Die Kassierer also tried to give their best and played a lot of their classics (see the track list in the review). Everyone knows that the songs aren't on a very high level concerning the technical point of view, but funny and vulgar lyrics or the simple party atmosphere are just two reasons to like Die Kassierer. Sometimes the concert was interrupted by improvisations (Die Kassierer were making fun of a guy who was looking like Wolfgang Petry without his 'Freundschaftsbändchen') or little show blocks (the homosexual cowboy show). Even if they are farting or trying to shit on stage, people are not shocked, but quite amused. Among the spectators, I heard two people speaking French. I hope for them that they also understood some German, otherwise I doubt that they would have enjoyed the show which contained some surprises. To some songs were added new strophes that were not present of the CDs.

Here's a list of the 22 songs that were played on stage. The titles speak for themselves. I just want to add that song 10 was the hit among the spectators.


After the concert, frontman Wölfi was talking for more than an hour to Eaubi and me. Here are some facts he was telling us:


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