Fettes Brot
Background information
Origin	Hamburg, Germany
Genre(s)	German hip hop, Pop rap
Years active	1992-present
Label(s)	Fettes Brot Schallplatten
Website	www.fettesbrot.de
Members
Martin Vandreier Boris Lauterbach Björn Warns

Fettes Brot [ˌfɛtəs ˈbʀoːt] is a German hip hop group founded in 1992. For other uses, see Hamburg (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The term German hip hop denotes hip hop music produced in Germany. ... Pop rap (sometimes referred to as hip pop) is the name given to a style of hip hop that has a strong pop music influences. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... The term German hip hop denotes hip hop music produced in Germany. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...

Fettes Brot is German for fat bread. Although "fat" is a German slang term for "excellent", the phrase has no meaning at all. The band took the name from a fan who called them "Fettes Brot" after an early gig, which was probably meant as a compliment, but the members considered it so bizarre that they took it as the name for their new group. Fettes Brot's longevity has meant that it is sometimes referred to as "Hamburg's hip-hop-dinosaurs" by its members. For other uses, see Hamburg (disambiguation). ...

History

Success with Nordisch by Nature and Jein

When the group Poets of Peeze disbanded in 1992, its members Dokter Renz (Martin Schrader, now Martin Vandreier) and Tobi Tobsen together with König (king) Boris (Boris Lauterbach), Schiffmeister (Björn Warns) and Mighty founded the band Fettes Brot. The Schmidt brothers (Tobi & Mighty) left the newly founded band early on, to pursue other projects, so the band released their first album, the EP Mitschnacker on Yo Mama Records, as a trio. Prior to Mitschnacker the songs Schwarzbrot- Weißbrot (Blackbread - Whitebread) and Schule der Gewalt (School of Violence) appeared on the sampler, Endzeit 93, from the Independent record label Wilde Welt Records. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ...

Commercial success first came with the single Nordisch by Nature ("Northern by Nature") and its album. The song begins with the sound of a foghorn and is sung with a strong Plattdeutsch accent, which makes the song something of an anthem for persons from Northern Germany. The single remained in the German charts for a full month and the band was determined to let this commercial success make them become something like a one hit wonder. The group demonstrated their technical maturity with their first LP Auf einem Auge blöd ("Stupid on one eye", a parody of the phrase Auf einem Auge blind meaning "Blind on one eye"), which boasts versatile and humorous lyrics. The narrated stories and interwoven lines of their rapping were received very well. Foghorns near Lizard Point, Cornwall Foghorns are a navigation aid for mariners. ... Subdivisions East Low German Low Franconian Low Saxon Low German (in Low German, Platt(düütsch) or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of West Germanic languages spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands. ... Northern Germany is the the geographic area of the five German states Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein in the German Lowlands known as the Northern German Plain with Low German as the historic language (see: Benrath line). ... In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist who is generally known for only one hit single. ...

A year later Fettes Brot released their second biggest commercial hit and quasi-anthem Jein (a portmanteau of Ja and Nein, meaning both "Yes" and "No"). The main line of the song's chorus asks the sticky question: „Soll ich's wirklich machen oder lass ich's lieber sein?“ ("Should I really do it or should I let it go?") and established a strong fanbase in German speaking countries. Further singles from the following album Außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack (a persiflage on a popular commercial jingle for the aluminum foil Toppits: "Außen Toppits - innen Geschmack" (Toppits on the outside - flavor within) where the like-sounding Album title means "Top hits on the outside - flavor within") were just as successful. The rapper Dendemann (then a member of the Arme Ritter, meaning "Poor Knights" but also "French toast") had his first introduction to the mainstream in his collaboration track, Wildwechsel, also with Max Herre, Blumentopf, Spax (German) and Der Tobi & das Bo (German) which became representative of these artists. Fettes Brot were at this time very active in other areas, for instance, they created a unique radio transmission called Forellentee for Radio Fritz (German). A portmanteau (IPA: ) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning. ... Daniel Ebel, better known as Dendemann, is a German rapper from Menden. ... For the band, see French Toast (band) French toast serving French toast (often known as eggy bread in most of the UK - the exception being Scotland, pain perdu in French, pain doré in French-speaking parts of Canada) is a popular breakfast food in North America and Europe. ... Maximilian Herre (born April 22, 1973 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) is a German musician who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis. ... Blumentopf (Flower pot) is a German hip hop band from Munich. ...

Quieter times

After the end of 1998, with the single Können diese Augen lügen? ("Can these Eyes Lie?") and its corresponding album Fettes Brot lässt grüßen ("Fettes Brot Says Hello") 1999, it was somewhat quiet for the Trio. Many purists voiced criticism as the band explored new paths, no longer focussed on pure Hip Hop music style. Viele Wege führen nach Rom ("Many Roads Lead to Rome") and Lieblingslied ("Favourite Song") were successful as a combined single which turned out to become a hit even bigger than both previous albums. With the cooperation of James Last, the three said goodbye to writing tunes in 1999, and embarked on a creative pause. This pause was relieved for their fans with the publishing of an anthology of B-sides, remixes, and some exclusive material. Beginner, and Smudo of the Fantastischen Vier (Fantastic Four) as much as Der Tobi & Das Bo made personal contributions on this anthology. Furthermore, the widely successful single Da draussen ("Out there") was released for collectors in 2000. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... James Last in 2006 James Last together with fan Guenter Krueger from Berlin James Last (born Hans Last on April 17, 1929 in Bremen) is a German composer and big band leader. ... Beginner (formerly Absolute Beginner - note that Beginner is the German plural) is the name of a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Eißfeldt, Denyo and DJ Mad Band history The group was founded as Absolute Beginners in 1991, initially with six members: Jan, Denyo, Mardin, DJ Burn, Nabil... Michael B. Schmidt (born March 6, 1968 in Offenbach, Hesse Germany), better known as Smudo, is a writer and singer in the German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier. ... Die Fantastischen Vier also known as Fanta 4 is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, Germany. ...

After three years, in 2001, the fourth regular Fettes Brot album was released. The trio marketed a small comeback with the title Demotape using new alternative pseudonyms. The hit singles Schwule Mädchen (literally meaning “gay girls”: a pun since the word “schwul” can never applied to girls - it is also a German insult for a male person supposedly being a homosexual and a "sissy") and The Grosser could not be clearly categorized into a musical style. Then against this they released a collaboration with Skunk Funk (German) the pure Hip Hop single Fast 30 ("Almost 30"). Only a year later, in early 2002 they released their Greatest Hits Compilation Amnesie ("Amnesia") and a like-named DVD with extra short films. Three more singles appeared, beginning in 2002 with Welthit ("World Hit"), found on their Greatest Hits CD. In 2003 they released the Rio Reiser cover Ich bin müde ("I Am Tired"), written by Reiser and Wolfgang Michels (German) for Michels' 1983 album Keine Probleme ("No Problems"), which received heavy rotation on television. They made the collaboration Tanzverbot ("Dancing Prohibition") available as a legal MP3 download (as well as a limited CD and Vinyl run), as part of the Hamburg Bambule (German) protest together with Bela B. (German) against the Hamburg senator Ronald Schill. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A pseudonym or allonym is a name (sometimes legally adopted, sometimes purely fictitious) used by an individual as an alternative to their birth name. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... For other uses, see Amnesia (disambiguation). ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Rio Reiser (January 9, 1950 - August 20, 1996), was a German rock musician and singer of the famous rock group Ton Steine Scherben. ... // In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... For other uses, see Hamburg (disambiguation). ... Dirk Felsenheimer (born December 14, 1962 in Berlin-Spandau), better known under his stage name Bela B., is a german musician, singer and songwriter. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Ronald Barnabas Schill (born November 23, 1958 in Hamburg), a judge at an Amtsgericht in Hamburg from 1993 to 2001, was the founder of the German party Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive (PRO, also called Schill-Partei - Schill Party) that managed to gain 19. ...

Comeback and their own record label

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With their Comeback! of 2005, the Fettes Brot won second place in the Bundesvision Song Contest with the Song Emanuela. A few days later on Valentines day this single went up to third place on the singles charts. On May 21, 2005 their most successful album to date appeared, Am Wasser gebaut ("Built by the water", but also a term describing a very emotional person who cries easily). This was not so much a rap album like their previous ones, as it was more of a soul record. The Bundesvision Song Contest is an annual competition created by German TV entertainer Stefan Raab in 2005. ... Valentines Day postcard, c. ... is the 141st day of the year (142nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). ...

The second single from Am Wasser gebaut was An Tagen wie diesen ("On days like this"), working with Pascal Finkenauer (German). Its video, in which Finkenauer and Dj exel. Pauly (German) appear, depicts the activities of an ordinary day. It is ordinary, except armoured tanks drive through the streets as if they were cars, and the people take little notice of them.

On October 6, 2005, the three rappers for the first time won the Comet Award (German) twice at once. They won both the category for "Best Band" and for "Best Song" (Emanuela). They were also nominated for "Best Video" and "Most Successful Download" (Emanuela). is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On December 22, 2005, the Fettes Brot gave the largest concert of their careers at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg for over 13,000 people. The concert was televised by MTV and numerous radio station (e.g. Radio Fritz) broadcast it live. is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Color Line Arena is an arena in Hamburg, Germany. ... For other uses, see Hamburg (disambiguation). ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...

D.O.C.H.!

Fettes Brot has sometimes used the pseudonym D.O.C.H.! ("doch" is a German word meaning "yet", "to the contrary", and "but", amongst other things - most often, though, it means an emphatic, "damn right!" or "oh yes!") to publish songs which would not be suitable for the Hip Hop genre (compare Sascha Schmitz's alias, Dick Brave). This began with a big PR gag: in January 2006, Fettes Brot announced that they had signed the "Power pop" band D.O.C.H.! to their label. The band was to consist of three 17-year-old Berliners named Boy, Paolo, and Typ. News followed promising a first single and a Hungarian tour in April, and the release of an album in September. As the single Was in der Zeitung steht ("What's in the news") hit radio and television for the first time, a distinct similarity to the B-side of the An Tagen wie diesen single was noticed. (Doktor Renz had sung both songs.) After this, fans began to suspect the photos on the band's website were counterfeit. An announcement was made on MTV's TRL program, May 9th, that the three members of D.O.C.H.! had accused Fettes Brot of having stolen their song (but the announcement was definitely made up by Fettes Brot). Sascha Schmitz (born January 5, 1972 in Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia), better known as Sasha, is a German singer and songwriter. ... // Dictionary. ... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... TRL redirects here. ...

"Bette Frost" and new Album

In 2006, Fettes Brot released a single named Fussball ist immer noch wichtig ("Soccer is still important") for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but because of the german Soccer Boom (Germany made it much farther than most germans expected), not many people recognize this song. After many touring in 2005 and 2006, Fettes Brot worked in 2007 on a new Album. In December, they held several small secret concerts under the name "Bette Frost" and played the new songs. Just the most harcore fans knew that. On January 1st, 2008 they unveiled the new single Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an ("Bettina, please put on some clothes!"), but at the time, the song was known as Bettina, pack deine Brüste ein ("Bettina, pack your boobs"), since Fettes Brot had changed it at the last minute. The song is about the German model Bettina Ballhaus, who at this time hosted a late night quiz show, and with every question answered correctly, she took some of her clothes off. She also happened to unveil her breasts, hence the title of the song. However, before the single came out, Bettina Ballhaus left the show. Fettes Brot released this single on February 15th, 2008. They also have stopped making soul music and have gone back to the "old" Fettes Brot, making Partysongs and Rap. 2006 World Cup redirects here. ...

Fettes Brot will release their new album Strom und Drang ("Electricity and Stress") in March 2008. The album's name alludes to a 19th century epoch of German art and literature, called Sturm und Drang. Sturm und Drang (literally: storm and stress) was a Germany literary movement that developed during the latter half of the 18th century. ...

Members

• Boris Lauterbach (aka König Boris, Kay Bee Baby, Rock'n'Roll Coseng, Long Leg Lauterbach)
• Martin Schrader (aka Dokter Renz, Rektor Donz, Roktor Denz, Speedy Konsalik, Martin Vandreier, Rostige Pforte, Hektor Ronz)
• Björn Warns (aka Schiffmeister, Björn Beton, Flash Müller, Papa Geil)

Trivia

Björn Warns took the name Schiffmeister from the classic computer game Pirates!. In that game when his pirate ship suffered a mutiny, an announcement came up starting with the English words "Shipmaster Warns: ...". The German language does not have a direct equivalent for "Shipmaster" ("Kapitän" is used instead, like the English "Captain"), but when Warns translated it he made up the word "Schiffmeister". Schiffmeister also means "pissmaster" in German. This article is about the videogame released in 1987. ...

Discography

Fettes Brot on the cover of their single Emanuela

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Studio albums

• 1995 – Auf einem Auge blöd ("Dumb in one eye")
• 1996 – Außen Top Hits, innen Geschmack ("Outside Top Hits, Taste Within", a play on an advertising slogan)
• 1998 – Fettes Brot lässt grüßen ("Fettes Brot Send Their Regards")
• 2001 – Demotape
• 2005 – Am Wasser gebaut ("Built By The Water", a German saying for someone who cries easily)
• 2008 - Strom und Drang ("Electricity and Stress", an allusion to "Sturm und Drang")

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Other albums

• 2000 – Fettes Brot für die Welt ("Fat Bread For The World", referring to the German aid organisation "Brot für die Welt" which means "Bread for the world") (Compiled with B-Sides, rare and unpublished pieces, and three new songs.)
• 2002 – Amnesie (with the DVD, all singles up to 2002 except Gangsta Rap)
• 2007 - Strandgut (flotsam & jetsam)

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Singles

• 1994 – Definition von Fett ("Definition of fat")
• 1995 – Männer ("Men")
• 1995 – Nordisch By Nature ("Northern by Nature")
• 1995 – Gangsta Rap (only on vinyl)
• 1996 – Jein (Portmanteau of "Yes" and "No")
• 1996 – Mal sehen ("We'll see")
• 1997 – Silberfische in meinem Bett ("Silverfish in my bed")
• 1997 – Sekt oder Selters ("Sparkling wine, or seltzer")
• 1997 – Lieblingslied ("Favourite song")
• 1998 – Viele Wege führen nach Rom ("Many roads lead to Rome")
• 1998 – Können diese Augen lügen? ("Can these eyes lie?")
• 1999 – Ruf mich an ("Call me") (in collaboration with James Last.)
• 2000 – Da draussen ("There, outside")
• 2001 – Schwule Mädchen ("Gay girls")
• 2001 – Fast 30 ("Almost 30") (in collaboration with Skunk Funk.)
• 2001 – The Grosser ("The greater")
• 2002 – Welthit ("World hit")
• 2003 – Tanzverbot (Schill To Hell) ("Forbidden dance") (in collaboration with Bela B. and Die Ärzte.)
• 2003 – Ich bin müde ("I'm tired") (Cover of Wolfgang Michels and Rio Reiser.)
• 2005 – Emanuela
• 2005 – An Tagen wie diesen ("On days like these") (in collaboration Pascal Finkenauer.)
• 2006 – Soll das alles sein ("Is this supposed to be it")
• 2006 - Fußball ist immer noch wichtig ("Soccer is still important") together with Bela B., Marcus Wiebusch of Kettcar und Carsten Friedrichs of Superpunk
• 2008 - Bettina, zieh dir bitte etwas an! ("Bettina, please put on some clothes!")

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EPs

• 1994 – Mitschnacker (Northern German slang for "Kidnapper", but also "chatting guy")

DVDs

• 2002 – Amnesie (Archive DVD with music videos and other Material, supplementary CD with all singles except Gangsta Rap.)

Compilations

• 1993 - Endzeit 93 ("Final hour 93") (two songs)

Awards

• ECHO 1996 als "Erfolgreichste deutsche Nachwuchsband" (most successful new German band)
• Comet 2005 for "Beste Band" (Best Band) and for "Besten Song" (Best Song) ("Emanuela")
• GQ Man of the Year 2005 as "Beste Musiker" (Best Musician)
• Eins Live Krone 2005 for "Beste Single" (Best Single) ("Emanuela")
• Gold Record for "Am Wasser gebaut" (Germany) and "Emanuela" (Germany and Austria)
• ECHO 2006 for best "Hip-Hop/R&B national" Act
• Bravo Otto Gold 2006 for best "Hip-Hop national" Act

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Tours

• 1995 – Klasse von '95 (Class of '95) – with Main Concept, Massive Töne, ZM Jay, MC René, F.A.B., Der Tobi & Das Bo
• 1996 – Sven, Sven & Sven live Inkognito-Club-Tour, November
• 1996/97 – Spiel mir das Lied vom Brot (Play for me the song of bread) – with Blumentopf, Massive Töne
• 1998 – Harte Tour '98 (Hard Tour '98) – with Eins Zwo und DJ I.L.L. Will
• 2001 – Schlechtwetterfront (Bad Weather Front) – with DJ Pauly & Skunk Funk
• 2003 – Gute Laune Hölle (Good Mood Hell) (only in Theaters) – with Die Herren
• 2003 – Jenseits der Grenze des Zumutbaren (Unreasonable Actions Across the Border) for Die Ärzte with Fettes Brot and opening band
• 2005 – Am Wasser gebaut Part 1 – with Pascal Finkenauer, Emel & J-Luv, Opener: Fiva MC & DJ Radrum
• 2005 – Am Wasser gebaut Part 2 – with Pascal Finkenauer, Emel & Patrick Gwada, no opener

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External links

• Fettes Brot homepage (German)
• DieFalschenLeute.de Fettes Brot Community
• Nuscheltiere.de - Fettes Brot fanpage (German)
• Definition-von-Fett.de - Fettes Brot fanpage (German)

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