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Die Ärzte (Music)

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 Die Ärzte (lit. The Doctorsnote As in medical doctor/physician.) are a punk rock/pop-punk band from Berlin, Germany. Along with "Die Toten Hosen" (lit. "The Dead Pants") they are the most successful German punk act. In The '90s they made a music video starring Lara Croft. They modestly refer to themselves as die bäste Band der Welt; "the bäst band in the world."For most of their career they have consisted of: Farin Urlaub/Jan Vetter (Vox, Guitar)note His stage name is a pun on the German phrase fahr' in Urlaub, meaning "go on [a] vacation." He chose the name for stage since his premier hobby is travelling, and he has made it his set goal to travel to every country in the world. Bela B./Dirk Felsenheimer (Vox, Drums)note  His stage name is a tribute to Bela Lugosi Rodrigo "The Rod" Gonzalez (Vox, Bass)Formed in 1982, they broke up briefly in 1989, reuniting in 1993. They have released 15 studio albums, six live albums and seven compilations until now, and managing to get three of all of them indexed in Germany. Farin and Bela are for all intents and purposes the face of the band but their current bass player (the third in band history and with them since 1993) also sings a handful of songs and has written a couple, usually one or two per LP. The two former bass players have been even more marginal to the band with their second bass player never even officially being part of the band (Their second bass player was featured in the manner of "Die Ärzter with..." or similar ways). Bela and Farin are both from Berlin whereas Rod was born in Chile and came to Germany because his parents ran afoul of the Augusto Pinochet regime. Die ärzte are famous/notorious for their elaborate three hour live shows that include antics like giving encores at festivals and spending most of the time bickering at each other in puerile humor and heavy Berliner dialect. There is even one semi-official release of just the things they said on live concerts that weren't their songs. Improvising changed lyrics to their songs is also a thing they like to do.Their (studio) discography: Debil ("Moronic" 1984)note Originally on the index list of the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons, and thus unavailable in Germany (indexing lasts 25 years), it was relaunched in 2005 as Devil, with extra songs, earning it a positive rating. Im Schatten der Ärzte ("In the Shadow of Die Ärzte" 1985) Die Ärzte (1986)note As of 2015, still on the index list of the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons due to the song Geschwisterliebe, and thus unavailable in Germany. In defiance, the band released the Mini-Album Ab 18 ("For 18 years old and above"), which subsequently was also indexed. In 2020 a Reissue omitting that song was released in Germany. Das ist nicht die ganze Wahrheit... ("That is not the whole truth..." 1988) Die Bestie in Menschengestalt ("The beast in human form" 1993) Planet Punk (1995) 5, 6, 7, 8 – Bullenstaat! ("5, 6, 7, 8 – Cop state!"note Initially only available at concerts, now for free download on their homepage. 1995) Le Frisur (Gratuitous French, "Le Hairstyle" 1996) 13 (1998) Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer! ("Stop being so generous, Mr. Invisible!"note  literally "Take off your spending pants, Mr. Invisible" 2000) Geräusch ("Noise" 2003) Jazz ist anders ("Jazz is Different" 2007) Auch ("As well" 2012) They've given me Schrott! - Die Outtakes ("They've given me Scrap! - The Outtakes" note A Compilation/Boxset of previously unreleased Demos. 2019) Hell ("Bright" 2020) Dunkel ("Dark" 2021)
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