SS-Kaliert
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SS-Kaliert are a German
hardcore
street punk
band, they had been mistaken as a Neo Nazi group as the name has the "SS" as in the Nazi SS
. Originally, the band name was "Es Eskaliert" which means “it escalates”, the band decided to replace it with the actual SS-Kaliert name because it was more eye-attractive as a logo.
helped the band by pressing their debut 7” Stand Up and Fight, from this point, the band started to create themselves a name and a reputation, playing shows on Europe and having a second pressing of the debut EP. On April 2005, Flo is added as a second guitarist, some shows are booked plus participations on the Punk And Disorderly Festival and Endless Summer Festival.
2006 sees the release of the Self Titled EP on FNS Records form Boston
on January, also the band tour on Brandenburg
, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saarland
, Bayern, Berlin
and Austria
with bands such as Lower Class Brats
, Defiance
, Pestpocken
, Emscherkurve 77, Hellratz, Action, Xcrosscheckx
, Damage Case
, Krum Bums, Abrasive Wheels
, Mouth Sewn Shut among others. On June, DSKlation, the band's first LP is released through Punk Core Records
, on September, the album is released on AMP Records, label managed by Benni and Nils, the picture disc
LP features the original eleven tracks plus 4 live. In September Flo left the band.
On 2007, Olli join the band as guitarist for a couple of months, being replaced by A. G. in august. The band keep playing shows with bands like Leftöver Crack
, The Business
and Conflict
, also joins Total Chaos
for a Europe tour and Monster Squad
for a U.S. west coast tour. On may, the SS-Kaliert / Mouth Sewn Shut Split is released through Razorblade Music and Drinking Class Records.
Released on May 13, 2008, Addiction is the second album from the band, released by Razorbalde Music (CD) and Maniac Attack Records (LP) in Europe
, also, pressed as a digipak
in the U.S.
by Rodent Popsicle Records. The album contains 12 tracks, following the street punk style as the previously released material, to support the release the band booked the International Chaos Tour, beginning in October. On June 24, 2010 the band signs with People Like You Records and later that year they announce that their new album will be released in 2011. On 28 April 2011 the band announced that bass player Nils had left the band for personal problems.On 30 May of the same year Moritz became the new bass player for the band.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
street punk
Street punk
Street punk is a working class-based genre of punk rock which took shape in the early 1980s, partly as a rebellion against the perceived artistic pretensions of the first wave of British punk. Street punk emerged from the Oi! style, performed by bands such as Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney...
band, they had been mistaken as a Neo Nazi group as the name has the "SS" as in the Nazi SS
Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel |Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II...
. Originally, the band name was "Es Eskaliert" which means “it escalates”, the band decided to replace it with the actual SS-Kaliert name because it was more eye-attractive as a logo.
History
Formed in 2003, with Torsten on vocals, Benni on guitar and vocals, Nils on bass and Fab on drums, it's until 2004 that the band record their demo tape titled “A.C.A.B. Demo Tape”. After some shows, the vocalist Wolfgang Wendland from the band Die KassiererDie Kassierer
Die Kassierer , also Die mächtigen Kassierer , are a satirical punk band from Bochum-Wattenscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...
helped the band by pressing their debut 7” Stand Up and Fight, from this point, the band started to create themselves a name and a reputation, playing shows on Europe and having a second pressing of the debut EP. On April 2005, Flo is added as a second guitarist, some shows are booked plus participations on the Punk And Disorderly Festival and Endless Summer Festival.
2006 sees the release of the Self Titled EP on FNS Records form Boston
Boston
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on January, also the band tour on Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
, Bayern, Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
with bands such as Lower Class Brats
Lower Class Brats
Lower Class Brats are a punk rock band founded in Austin, Texas in January 1995. They describe their sound as high energy "Rock and Roll Street Noize." They have released a number of recordings including twelve 7" singles, two 12" singles, four full-length albums and one live album...
, Defiance
Defiance (punk band)
Defiance are an anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in 1993. Their discography includes five E.P.s, four full-lengths, and one album of out of print and rare songs...
, Pestpocken
Pestpocken
Pestpocken is an Street Punk band from Germany. The band is a less-popular band that is more regionally known around the German state of Hessen, where they originally are from.- History :...
, Emscherkurve 77, Hellratz, Action, Xcrosscheckx
Xcrosscheckx
-History:xCrosscheckx was formed by vocalist Kalle in 2002. The other members are Koppman on drums, Marcia on bass and Litz on guitar. This line-up existed since forming the band till October 2007 consistently. In October 2007 Marcia left the band and was substituted through Benjamin. The band...
, Damage Case
Damage Case
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, Krum Bums, Abrasive Wheels
Abrasive Wheels
Abrasive Wheels were a punk rock band of the late 1970s/early 1980s. They hailed from Leeds, England and were seldom out of the Independent charts between 1980 and 1984 when the band split. The band were Shonna Rzonca - vocals, Dave Ryan - guitar, Harry Harrison - bass, Nev Nevison - drums...
, Mouth Sewn Shut among others. On June, DSKlation, the band's first LP is released through Punk Core Records
Punk Core Records
Punk Core Records is an inactive record label founded in 1989 by Dave Amcher, alias Dave Punk Core. The label is based on Long Island, New York.Punk Core originally started out a punk zine/distro in the late 80's, but became a record label in the mid 90's...
, on September, the album is released on AMP Records, label managed by Benni and Nils, the picture disc
Picture disc
Picture discs are gramophone records that show images on their playing surface, rather than being of plain black or coloured vinyl.-Development:...
LP features the original eleven tracks plus 4 live. In September Flo left the band.
On 2007, Olli join the band as guitarist for a couple of months, being replaced by A. G. in august. The band keep playing shows with bands like Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska and hardcore punk, they classify themselves as "crack-rocksteady". The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and...
, The Business
The Business (band)
The Business are an English Oi!/punk rock band formed in 1979 in Lewisham, South London. Their album Suburban Rebels became influential in the Oi! movement...
and Conflict
Conflict (band)
Conflict is an English anarcho-punk band originally based around Eltham in South London. Formed in 1981, the band's original line up consisted of: Colin Jerwood , Francisco 'Paco' Carreno , Big John , Steve , Pauline , Paul aka 'Nihilistic Nobody' . Their first release was the EP "The House That...
, also joins Total Chaos
Total Chaos (band)
Total Chaos is an American street punk band from Pomona Valley, California, formed in 1989. Lead vocalist Rob Chaos is also co-owner of SOS Records with Ezzat Soliman, owner of the Showcase Theater, having released albums by classic Punk and Oi! bands like The Exploited, Vice Squad, Sham 69,...
for a Europe tour and Monster Squad
Monster Squad (band)
Monster Squad is an American street punk band, formed in Vacaville, California in 1997. The band has released two full length albums, Strength Through Pain with Charged Records in 2004, and Fire the Faith, released by Punk Core Records, as well as three split albums and one EP.In 2008, the band...
for a U.S. west coast tour. On may, the SS-Kaliert / Mouth Sewn Shut Split is released through Razorblade Music and Drinking Class Records.
Released on May 13, 2008, Addiction is the second album from the band, released by Razorbalde Music (CD) and Maniac Attack Records (LP) in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, also, pressed as a digipak
Digipak
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in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by Rodent Popsicle Records. The album contains 12 tracks, following the street punk style as the previously released material, to support the release the band booked the International Chaos Tour, beginning in October. On June 24, 2010 the band signs with People Like You Records and later that year they announce that their new album will be released in 2011. On 28 April 2011 the band announced that bass player Nils had left the band for personal problems.On 30 May of the same year Moritz became the new bass player for the band.
LPs
- DSKlation (2006) (Punk Core RecordsPunk Core RecordsPunk Core Records is an inactive record label founded in 1989 by Dave Amcher, alias Dave Punk Core. The label is based on Long Island, New York.Punk Core originally started out a punk zine/distro in the late 80's, but became a record label in the mid 90's...
) - Addiction (2008) (Razorblade Music/Rodent Popsicle Records)
- SubZero (2011) (People Like You Records)
EPs
- A.C.A.B. Demo Tape (2004)
- Stand Up And FightStand Up and FightStand Up and Fight is a 1939 film starring Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor. The supporting cast includes Florence Rice, Helen Broderick, Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Charley Grapewin, and John Qualen, and the movie was directed by W.S. Van Dyke...
(2004) (D´acord Goldklang Records) - Self Titled (2006) (FNS Records)
- SS-Kaliert / Mouth Sewn Shut Split (2007) (Drinking Class Records)
- SS-Kaliert / Futureless System Split (2008) (E.A.S.T. Peace Records)
External links
- Official Website
- SS-Kaliert at MySpace