Arm The Pit - Burger Wurger

ATP

For the record, who's answering the interview, what is your band's name? How did you come up with that name?

BURGER WURGER

Dieter, Roland, Timo Our band’s name is Bürger Würger (Bürger = citizen, Würger = stranglers) because we didn’t found a sillier name and it rhymes

ATP

So who's in the band and what's everyone's life story in 100 words more or less?

BURGER WURGER

Roland: Public servant and fanatic wheel chair tester. Timo: Employee of Bürger Würger, surrogate punk, Lord of the pots Dieter: Computer scientist, punk wizard

ATP

In a nutshell, please describe your sound.

BURGER WURGER

Just one word: Schpaudl-Punk

ATP

Why did you each of you start playing music and was there a turning point from becoming the dream child that every mother and father hopes their child will become before discovering music? Why did music become a career choice for you?

BURGER WURGER

We always have had our own minds and punk is a good possibility to express our lifestyles.

ATP

What instruments do you each play? How did you learn to play, self-taught or school?

BURGER WURGER

Timo: drums, Dieter: guitar, Roland: bass We all learnt it on our own

ATP

What bands have influenced each of you?

BURGER WURGER

Roland: Ramones, Die Toten Hosen Timo: too much to list here Dieter: Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees

ATP

What makes your band unique?

BURGER WURGER

We invented the Schpaudl-Punk and we are the only one, who play this kind of sound.

ATP

Do you write your own music? If not, who writes the music?

BURGER WURGER

Yeah, we write our own music.

ATP

What inspires the songs you write?

BURGER WURGER

Roland: daily life Timo: the 70‘ties, flower power, love, hate, and everything in between Dieter: stupid people

ATP

How long does it take you to write a song that’s ready to record?

BURGER WURGER

Some songs we wrote 15 years ago and record them now. But some of the new songs we record after one month

ATP

How would you describe your local music scene? Likes, Dislikes. What would you change?

BURGER WURGER

Dislikes: Big discotheques: too much hiphop. Too many blues musicians (Timo: not for me) Likes: 2 clubs where good bands are playing (e.g. The Briefs, UK Subs)

ATP

What is your favorite local venue? Why?

BURGER WURGER

Contrast: It's still possible to play punk rock there

ATP

What's the biggest problem you find when working with other bands, booking agents, promoters and venues when settting up a show or a tour?

BURGER WURGER

There are lot of bands and too less venues. The guys of the venues let us feel that everytime.

ATP

How experienced are you on the stage, a virgin or whore?

BURGER WURGER

We are on stage for 15 years, but every show is unique. So we enter the stage like virgins and leave it like whores.