Spermbirds
Encyclopedia
Spermbirds are a German
punk
band
from Kaiserslautern
. Formed in 1982, by the members of the melodic punk rock band Die Walter Elf among American G.I. stationed in Germany, they created a fast hardcore punk
group that gained popularity inside as well as outside of Germany. Their most successful album was named Something To Prove mixing influences by many American hardcore punk bands with snotty and furious lyrics.
They split up in 1988, but reformed later in 1990 releasing a number of full-length albums and touring up to this date.
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...
punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
from Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...
. Formed in 1982, by the members of the melodic punk rock band Die Walter Elf among American G.I. stationed in Germany, they created a fast hardcore punk
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...
group that gained popularity inside as well as outside of Germany. Their most successful album was named Something To Prove mixing influences by many American hardcore punk bands with snotty and furious lyrics.
They split up in 1988, but reformed later in 1990 releasing a number of full-length albums and touring up to this date.
Members
- Lee Hobson Hollis – vocals
- Steve Wiles – guitar
- Roger Ingenthron – guitar
- Markus Weilemann – bass
- Matthias "Beppo" Götte – drums
- Frank Rahm – guitar (1983-2007)
Discography
- Don't Forget the Fun 7" EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
splitSplit albumA split album is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively...
with Walterelf (1985, X-Mist Records) - Something to Prove (1986, We Bite Records)
- Get on the Stage / My Brother live 7" (1987, We Bite Records) Limited To 500 Copies Only
- Nothing Is Easy (1987, We Bite Records)
- Common Thread (1990, X-Mist Records)
- Thanks live album (1990, Dead-Eye Records)
- Eating Glass (1992, X-Mist Records)
- Joe (1992, X-Mist Records)
- Shit For Sale (1994, G.U.N. Records)
- Family Values (1995, G.U.N. Records)
- Get Off the Stage live (1996, G.U.N. Records)
- Coffee, Hair and Real Life compilation Compilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
(1997) - Set An Example (2004, Common Thread Records)
- Spermbirds: Me and My People DVD (2007, Rookie Records)
- A Columbus Feeling (2010, Rookie Records)