We Butter the Bread with Butter

We Butter the Bread with Butter
We Butter the Bread with Butter
	WBTBWB at Rock in Caputh 2013
Background information
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	Deathcore; electronicore; metalcore;
Years active	2007–present
Labels	AFM; Redfield;
Associated acts	The Browning, Eskimo Callboy
Website	wbtbwb.de
Members	Marcel Neumann; Tobias Schultka;
Past members	Kenneth Iain Duncan; Maximilian Pauly Saux; Paul Bartzsch; Can Özgünsür; Axel Goldmann;

We Butter the Bread with Butter (also known as WBTBWB) is a German deathcore band noted for their heavy use of electronic music characteristics.^[1]^[2] The group was founded in 2007 by Marcel Neumann, was signed to Redfield Records and have released two albums through the label. Their debut album Das Monster aus dem Schrank was released on November 21, 2008.^[3] Their second album, Der Tag an dem die Welt unterging was released May 14, 2010, followed on December 19, 2012 by an EP titled Projekt Herz. Their third studio album, Goldkinder, was released on August 9, 2013, and a fourth album, Wieder geil!, was released on May 22, 2015.

History[]

We Butter the Bread with Butter was founded in 2007 by Marcel Neumann, who was originally guitarist for Martin Kesici's band,^[4] and Tobias Schultka. The band was originally meant as a joke, but progressed into being a more serious musical duo. The name for the band has no particular meaning, although its origins were suggested from when the two original members were driving in a car operated by Marcel Neumann and an accident almost occurred. Neumann found Schultka "so funny that he briefly lost control of the vehicle."^[4] Many of their songs from this point were covers of German folk tales and nursery rhymes.^[5]

On the "Infiziert-Tour 2008" (German: 'Infected-Tour 2008') they performed together with the German metalcore band Callejon and the post-hardcore band, The Parachutes in major cities in Germany such as Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne and Stuttgart^[1]^[3]^[6] and furthermore opened for A Day to Remember multiple times.^[6] After that, both members turned to the production of their second full-length album, Der Tag an dem die Welt unterging, which was released on May 14, 2010 in Germany, the US and Japan. During the production of the album, three new musicians joined WBTBWB with Kenneth Iain Duncan now being the second guitarist, Maximilian Pauly Saux playing the bass and Can Özgünsür as drummer.

Tobias Schultka, vocalist and founding member of We Butter the Bread with Butter when the group was a duo, parted ways with the band in June 2010. The reason stated was because he wanted to focus into being an application developer for Apple Inc.^[7] Schultka is found on multiple websites and is known for his company and production of his iPhone game, Happy Chewing Gum.^[8] Schultka was replaced by Paul Bartzsch.

On June 28, 2012, Kenneth Duncan announced his departure from the band via his personal Facebook page, citing creative and personal differences.

On October 28, 2012 the band posted a video on YouTube called We Butter the Bread with Butter - New EP and Album Trailer. The video says that the EP will come out in 2012 and new album will come out on April 12, 2013. The day after the band Posted a picture of the album art for Projekt Herz EP on Facebook.

On November 11, 2012 the band posted one of the new songs from their new EP on Facebook. The song name is USA. On December 19, 2012 the band released an EP titled Projekt Herz.

On February 17, 2013 the band posted a video on YouTube announcing the release date of their upcoming album - August 9, 2013 On April 21, 2013 the band revealed via Facebook the cover and the name of the third album, Goldkinder, which will be released on August 9, 2013.

On We Butter the Bread with Butter's UK tour, fans were able to receive a new single "Pyroman & Astronaut" from the merchandise area for free.

On 18 June 2013 the band released another single from their upcoming album, Goldkinder, titled "Das Uhrwerk". On 10 July 2013 the band released their first music video for "Alles was ich Will", from their upcoming album Goldkinder, on their official YouTube channel. On 16 July 2013 the band revealed a USA tour via their official Facebook page. On 9 August they released Goldkinder. On June 12, 2014 the band released a new song titled "Weltmeister" on YouTube. This was followed on April 13, 2015 by a song titled "Ich mach was mit Medien", which was featured on the band's fourth album Wieder geil!, released on May 22, 2015. On January 20, 2017, the band released a music video for a song called via AFM Records.

On April 12, 2019, Paul Bartzsch announced his departure from the band via his personal Instagram, reasons being that things happened in the past without [his] knowledge. Paul also uploaded a picture announcing his departure to Instagram, saying "Thank you for all the support over the past 8 years! I will never forget all the love, support and adventures." On 27 October 2019, the band announced Schultka's return to vocalist position. Two days later, the 2019 Rehab European Tour was announced, with Eskimo Callboy. WBTBWB were to perform in the original line-up of duo Marcie and Tobi. On November 24, 2019 the band announced the release of their new single, "Dreh Auf!", which was released on 30 November 2019 via AFM Records on YouTube.

While the band had no public appearance in 2020, Neumann did help produce "MC Thunder II (Dancing Like A Ninja)", off of Eskimo Callboy's XXMM EP. Subsequently, WBTBWB was announced as one of multiple artists to remix "Hypa Hypa", another song from the same EP. A week later, it was announced that the first new album as a duo will be titled "Das Album", with a release date of September 24, 2021.

Members[]

We Butter the Bread with Butter, live at With Full Force 2018
Ex-vocalist Paul Bartzsch
Guitarist Marcel Neumann
Ex-bassist Axel Goldmann
Ex-drummer Can Özgünsür

Current

Marcel "Marcie" Neumann – guitar, synthesizers, programming, backing vocals (2007–present), bass (2007–2010)
Tobias "Tobi" Schultka – lead vocals (2007–2010, 2019–present), drum programming (2007–2010)

Former

Kenneth Iain Duncan – guitar (2010–2012)
Maximilian Pauly Saux – bass, backing vocals (2010–2015)
Paul Bartzsch – lead vocals (2010–2019)
Can Özgünsür – drums (2010–2019)
Axel Goldmann – bass (2015–2019)

Timeline[]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	GER ^[9]	AUT ^[10]
2008	Das Monster aus dem Schrank Released: November 21, 2008 (2008-11-21) Label: Redfield	—	—
2010	Der Tag an dem die Welt unterging Released: May 14, 2010 (2010-05-14) Label: Redfield	—	—
2013	Goldkinder Released: August 9, 2013 (2013-08-09) Label: independent	27	70
2015	Wieder geil! Released: May 22, 2015 (2015-05-22) Label: AFM	31	—
2021	Das Album Released: September 24, 2021 (2021-09-24) Label: AFM	—	—

EPs[]

List of EPs
Year	EP details
2012	Projekt Herz Released: December 19, 2012 (2012-12-19) Label: independent

Singles[]

2012: USA
2013: Pyroman & Astronaut
2013: Alles Was Ich Will
2014: Weltmeister
2015: Ich mach was mit Medien
2015: Bang Bang Bang
2015: Berlin! Berlin!
2015: Anarchy
2017: Klicks. Likes. Fame. Geil!
2017: Man's Not Hot (Big Shaq Cover)
2019: Dreh Auf!
2021: 20 km/h
2021: N!CE

Music videos[]

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Year	Title	Album	Director(s)
2013	"Alles was ich will"	Goldkinder	Soeren Schaller, Martin Grau
2013	"Meine Brille"		Soeren Schaller, Martin Grau
2014	"Ohne Herz"		N/A
2014	"Weltmeister"	N/A	N/A
2015	"Berlin, Berlin!"	Wieder geil!	N/A
2015	"Exorzist"	Wieder geil!	N/A
2017	"Klicks. Likes. Fame. Geil!"	N/A	N/A
2019	"Dreh Auf!"	Das Album	N/A
2021	"20 km/h"		Schillo Brothers
2021	"N!CE"		Peter Grünheim

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Newsflash II". Visions.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Get Infected Tour zabouří už za pár dní v Praze". Musicserver.cz. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "WBTBWB" (PDF). Redfield-records.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Interview". Smash-mag.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Review". Hardkern.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "PHP version not supported". Dosenmusik.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "We Butter The Bread With Butter". Facebook.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "App Store - Happy Chewing Gum". iTunes. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "Chartverfolgung / We Butter the Bread with Butter / Longplay". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved May 5, 2015.
^ "Discographie We Butter the Bread with Butter". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

External links[]

[newsflash-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Newsflash II". Visions.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[2] "Get Infected Tour zabouří už za pár dní v Praze". Musicserver.cz. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[WBTBWB_at_redfield-records.de-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "WBTBWB" (PDF). Redfield-records.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[smash-mag-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Interview". Smash-mag.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[5] "Review". Hardkern.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[dosenmusik-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "PHP version not supported". Dosenmusik.de. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[7] "We Butter The Bread With Butter". Facebook.com. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

[8] "App Store - Happy Chewing Gum". iTunes. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[GER-albums-9] "Chartverfolgung / We Butter the Bread with Butter / Longplay". Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved May 5, 2015.

[AUT-10] "Discographie We Butter the Bread with Butter". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

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