Torfrock (ˈtɔʁfʁɔk, lit. "Peat

Peat

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 Rock") is a German

Germany

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 rock group founded by Klaus Büchner and Raymond Voß in 1976. With their Northern German identity, they are notable for keeping alive the native Low German

Low German

Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...

 language in their lyrics. With many of their songs being Low-German covers of Anglo-American standards, their music style ranges from R'n'B to blues rock and folk rock.

Their humorous to surreal song lyrics mostly deal either with 10th century Viking Rollo

Rollo

Rollo has multiple meanings. It may mean:a first name*Rollo Armstrong, member of British dance act Faithless* Rollo May, American psychologist...

 (in an interpretation obviously strongly reminiscent of Dik Browne's Hägar the Horrible

Hägar the Horrible

Hägar the Horrible is the title and main character of an American comic strip created by cartoonist Dik Browne , and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It first appeared in February 1973, and was an immediate success. Since Browne's retirement in 1988 , his son Chris Browne has continued the...

rather than the actual historical person) situated in Hedeby

Hedeby

Hedeby |heath]]land, and býr = yard, thus "heath yard"), mentioned by Alfred the Great as aet Haethe , in German Haddeby and Haithabu, a modern spelling of the runic Heiðabý was an important trading settlement in the Danish-northern German borderland during the Viking Age...

 instead of Skandinavia in their songs, or life in the modern-day fictional Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

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 rural village of Torfmoorholm (lit. "Peatbogville").

Beside being a trademark of modern-day Northern German culture, the band is closely associated with another Northern German icon, the Werner

Werner (comics)

Werner is a fictional character, appearing in a number of German comic books and animated films. He was created by Brösel . Werner is the most successful German comic character of all time with over 10 million books sold and over 13 million film admissions...

 comics and movie franchise created by comic artist Rötger Feldmann

Rötger Feldmann

Rötger Feldmann , aka Brösel, is a German comic book artist.He is most famous for creating the character Werner.- External links :*...

 (aka Brösel), not only because the band wrote the original soundtrack to the first Werner movie and partly to its sequels, but also because Torfrock singer Büchner voices character Werner in the movies. Also, Torfrock guitarist and singer Voss voices the Präsi, the choleric leader of a biker gang Werner is a member of.

Studio albums

• Dat matscht so schön (It squeezes so nicely, 1977)
• Rata-ta-zong (1978)
• Torfrockball im Hühnerstall (Torfrock party in the chicken's barn, 1979)
• Vierter Versuch (Fourth attempt, 1980)
• Mein Gott, sind wir begabt (My god, we're so talented, 1982)
• Alle an die Ruder (All hands to the oars, 1990)
• Aufe beinharte Tour (The rough way, lit. On the hard tour, 1991, Live) – soundtrack for the film adaptation of the Werner
  Werner (comics)
  Werner is a fictional character, appearing in a number of German comic books and animated films. He was created by Brösel . Werner is the most successful German comic character of all time with over 10 million books sold and over 13 million film admissions...
  
   comics
• Torfrock oder Watt? (Torfrock or mudflat?, pun on Torfrock oder was? [...or what?], 1991, Remix)
• Beinhart - geht das ab hier (Hard to the bone - everything is fine here, 1991)
• Die Bagaluten-Fete (The Bagalute party, 1992)
• Goiler Tonträger (Cool sound medium, 1994)
• Die Wikinger (The Vikings, 1995, Compilation)
• Rockerkuddl (1996)
• Beinhart - Alle Hits (2000, Compilation)
• Einigkeit und Blech und Freizeit (Unity and tin and spare time, a pun on the first lines of the German national anthem ["Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" - Unity and right and liberty] 2001)

Videography

• Aufe Beinharte Tour (1992)
• Torfrock - Die Beinharte Bagaluten-Weihnacht (2002)