German music

[Winmar]

I'm doing German and have to do a presentation on something to do with Germany, so I've chosen music. I'm primarily going to focus on rock and metal.

What aspects do you folks are worth covering? There are some pretty cool festivals there, so I might talk about them. Is there a German metal music awards or anything, or is there a metal category in their main awards?

I get to talk about Helloween in class. Nice.

So anyway, let's talk German music.

 

[Iron Zombius]

ramstien.....

 

[Iron Zombius]

either that or nena...99 red balloons!

 

[Goreripper]

I don't know about awards and such, but Wacken is a pretty prominent festival so I'd definitely talk about that.

 

[Spiff]

Scorpions, Helloween, cheesy power metal (all the best cheesy power metal is German).

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yes, Wacken is regarded as 'the' festival of the genre.

For something a little different, you could mention the Star-Club in Hamburg:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Club

And of course the thrash and power metal scenes churning out a number of quality bands.

 

[Southy]

Kreator

 

[TinMan666]

blind fkn guardian mang.

 

[chrisvp]

Been there , all that remains is a small monument to the star club and a little metal club where it was, Grose Freiheit is still there which is a good venue.
If you are going to mention Germany you gotta mention the Reeperbahn , its an eye opener thats for sure heh heh

Yes, Wacken is regarded as 'the' festival of the genre.

For something a little different, you could mention the Star-Club in Hamburg:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Club

And of course the thrash and power metal scenes churning out a number of quality bands.

 

[JontRevolting]

don't forget to mention mighty Stormwitch and Bethlehem

 

[Goreripper]

I'm sure mentioning Bethlehem will go down well.

 

[Bucko]

buy the German version of Metal Hammer

 

[chrisvp]

buy a can or five of Warsteiner

 

[phlogiston]

Rock and metal aside, if you're going to be doing German music you've at least got to nod towards Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Handel and Wagner. The dudes basically invented modern music.

 

[chrisvp]

I thought Mozart was born in Salzburg Austria , maybe I'm wrong .

 

[phlogiston]

Yeah, but aside from the fact that he wasn't born there, or did any work there, or actually had anything to do with Germany, he's as German as they come! He went through there a couple of times...

Maybe if you actually want to pass you shouldn't listen to me.

 

[Spruce Goose]

 

[KoichCPA]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk

 

[KoichCPA]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Teenage_Riot

 

[Winmar]

Thanks, peoples! Keep the suggestions coming. They get metal in the charts in Germany, don't they?

I will mention Beethoven etc, but there's someone else doing music as well, and I reckon they might give a broader overview of German music, so I thought I'd start off with that before moving into more modern stuff.