Wohlstandskinder
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Also known as | WSK, W$K |
Origin | Overath, Germany |
Genres | Punk rock |
Years active | 1995 | –2005
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The Wohlstandskinder (German pronunciation: [ˈvoːlʃtantskɪndɐ], "Children of prosperity", shortform WSK or W$K) was a punk rock band from Overath near Cologne, Germany that was founded in 1995. They define their music as Provinzrock ("Province rock"). After their 10th anniversary in December 2005 they produced a double-live-album, which was also released as DVD.
Name[]
"The" was added to the band name in 2000, according to the official statement on their website as an Adelsprädikat ("an ennobling descriptor") and as sign for Posertum and Möchtegernglamour ("Wannabe-glamour").
Style[]
The early songs of The Wohlstandskinder were socially critical, politically left and often shameless. On their way to success, which led to a major label taking them up, their music became much more subtle, and almost completely lost its shameless style.
Members[]
The Wohlstandskinder are:
- Honolulu Silver - Vocals, Guitar
- Türk Travolta - Lead-Guitar
- Raki Neidhardt - Bass
- Don Ludger de la Cardeneo - Drums
Discography[]
The Wohlstandskinder published several singles and five studio albums. They have also been sampled several times.
They have recorded two music-videos (Wie ein Stern and Kein Radiosong), the last one was even shown on the German music-television station VIVA (but only very late in the evening).
On their tours they promoted bands like Sum 41, The Offspring, Die Happy and Donots.
Demos[]
- 1996: Mit Sex verkauft sich alles -Demo (Sex sells everything)
LPs[]
- 1997: Für Recht und Ordnung (For Right and order)
- 1997: Poppxapank
- 1999: Delikatessen 500sl (delicatesses 500sl)
- 2000: En Garde
- 2002: Baby, Blau! (Baby, blue)
- 2003: Poppxapank + Die 90er waren zum Recyclen da (Re- release)
- 2004: Dezibelkarate
- 2005: Zwischen Image und Gewohnheit" (Between image and habits)/live
EPs[]
- 1998: Die 90er waren zum Recyclen da (The 90s had to be used for recycling)
- 2001: Untot macht hirnpolitisch - EP (undead makes brainpolitical) (under the nickname "Kinderkacke", which means in English "unimportant", lit. children poo)
Singles[]
- 2002: Wir sehen uns in Las Vegas (We'll meet again in Las Vegas)
- 2003: Wie ein Stern (Like a star)
- 2004: Kein Radiosong (No radio song) (not released)
VHS & DVD[]
- Wie ein Stern 2002 (Like a star, VHS)
- Zwischen Image und Gewohnheit" (Between image and habits)/live (DVD)
External links[]
- German musical groups
- German punk rock groups