"Die Kassierer" (The Cashiers) is a satirical German punk band from Bochum- Wattenscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia. The group was founded in 1985 by Wolfgang Wendland (vocals), Nikolai Sonnenscheiße (guitar), Volker Kampfgarten (drums, jazz guitar) and Mitch Maestro (bass guitar). Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Coat of arms Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DEA Capital Düsseldorf Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  34,084 km² (13,160 sq mi) Population 18,033,000... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Jazz guitar refers to the use of guitar in jazz music. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ...

The songs of "Die Kassierer" are often about drugs, sex, violence, and strange phenomena--such as aliens--and are extremely satirical. "The Kassierer" have been criticised for making what has been considered aggressive and socially as well as sexually disorienting music, but up to now only the album "Habe Brille" (I got glasses) has been officially indexed as harmful by the "Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefärdende Schriften" (Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons). This indexing was due to the original album's pornografic cover- photo. Shortly after the indexing the cover was changed, so that the LP was acceptable for sale in Germany again. Further attempts to label other LP's of Die Kassierer have been blocked by the courts because their songs were deemed satirical and socially critical enough to qualify as "Kunst" (art). The Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons (in German: Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien, BPjM) is an administrative authority of the German government responsible for protecting children and adolescents from possibly harmful material on any kinds of media including print media, videos, CDs, DVDs, computer and...

Some of the Kassier's songs are about the region the band members come from.

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the band in 2005 nineteen artists, including the Donots, Die Lokalmatadore, Hennes Bender, Emscherkurve 77 and Mambo Kurt recorded songs of Die Kassierer for a tribute album, also called "Kunst". Bela B. and Rodrigo Gonzales from Die Ärzte played under the psuedonym 2 fickende Hunde (2 Fucking Dogs). Donots are a punk band from Germany, formed in 1993 in Ibbenbüren. ... Die Lokalmatadore is a German punk band from Mülheim an der Ruhr. ... Mambos debut The Return of Alleinunterhalter. ... Dirk Felsenheimer (born December 14, 1962 in Berlin-Spandau), better known under his stage name Bela B., is a german musician, singer and songwriter. ... Die Ärzte (also spelled die ärzte; German for the physicians or the doctors) are a German Rock/Punk Rock band from Berlin. ...

Famous songs

• "Großes Glied" (Large Member)
• "Ich töte meinen Nachbarn und verprügel seine Leiche" (I'm Going to Kill My Neighbor and Beat His Corpse)
• "Sex mit dem Sozialarbeiter" (Sex with the social worker)
• "Menschenpkatapult" (People Catapult)
• "Tot, tot, tot" (Dead, dead, dead)
• "Gott hat einen IQ von 5 Milliarden" (God has a 5 Billion IQ)
• "Abschaum der Nacht" (Scum of the night)
• "Wenn das Wasser der Ruhr... blondes Pils wär" (If the water in the Ruhr River were only golden pilsner...)
• "Bin ich oder hab ich?" (Do I exist or do I have?)
• "Kommse mit ins Stadion?" (Gonna come with to the stadium?)
• "Im Jenseits gibts kein Bier" (In Nirvana there is no beer)
• "Thomas Wenner" (Thomas Wenner was the chief of the police of Bochum and had an bitter argure with Wolfgang Wendland)
• "Sauerland- Lied" (Sauerland- song)
• "Mit meinem Motor" (With my engine)

albums

• 1987: "Fit durch Suizid" (Fit Through Suicide)/production stopped in 1994
• 1989: "Sanfte Strukturen" (Gentle Structures)
• 1993: "Der heilige Geist greift an" (The Holy Spirit Attacks)
• 1995: "Goldene Hits" (Golden Hits) / partly in English
• 1997: "Habe Brille" (I Got Glasses)
• 1998: "The Gentlemen of Shit"
• 1998: "Taubenvergiften" (Poisoning Pigeons) / cover-CD of songs from Georg Kreisler
• 2000: "Musik für beide Ohren" (Music for Both Ears)
• 2000: "Jetzt und in Zukunft öfter" (Now and Even More Often in the Future)
• 2003: "Männer, Bomben, Sateliten" (Men, Bombs, Satellites)
• 2005: "Kunst - 19 Künstler und sie selber spielen Lieder der Kassierer" (Art - 19 artists and Die Kassierer themselves play songs of Die Kassierer)
• 2006: "Das schlimmste ist, wenn das Bier alle ist" (The Worst Thing Is, when the Beer is Gone ) /split with Too Strong.

Georg Kreisler (born 18 July 1922, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-American German-language cabarettist, satirist, composer, and author. ...

References

• Wahlwerbung: APPD-'Skandalspot' nicht mehr im TV, Stern, September 12, 2005