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Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
's best-known rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
bands. The majority of their lyrics are written in Bernese German
Bernese German
Bernese German is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau part of the canton of Bern and in some neighbouring regions.- Varieties :There is a lot of regional variation within Bernese German dialects...
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The name is ironic and refers to Bern as merely being a place west of Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
(the largest city in Switzerland) or as the westside of Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
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Current line-up (2006)
- Kuno Lauener (vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
) - Markus Fehlmann (guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Tom Etter (guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Jürg Schmidhauser (bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) - Gert Stäuble (drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) - Oli Kuster (KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
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Discography
- Splendid EP - (December 13, 1985) - Black Cat at Bebop
- Kirchberg EP - (November, 1986) - Black Cat at Sound Service
- Sport und Musik - (November 15, 1987) - Black Cat at Sound Service
- Bümpliz - Casablanca - (May 13, 1989) - Black Cat at Sound Service
- Elvis - (June 15, 1990) - Black Cat at Sound Service
- Arturo Bandini - (November 15, 1991) - Sound Service
- Wintertour - (November 21, 1992) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- Züri West - (May 10, 1994) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- Hoover Jam - (May 11, 1996) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- Super 8 - (March 6, 1999) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- Radio zum Glück - (August 25, 2001) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- Retour - Best of - (November 15, 2003) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- Aloha from Züri West - (June 12, 2004) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- Haubi Songs - (January 12, 2008) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
- HomeRekords - (April 4, 2010) - Weltrekords at Sound Service