Die Toten Hosen frontman Campino in 1990.
Photo: Redferns, Bernd Mueller. All rights reserved.
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For the 40th birthday of Toten Hosen, there was a new recording of “Wort zum Sonntag” on Sunday (April 10) – matching the title of the track. The band posted the accompanying music video on YouTube.
A gift for the official band birthday
The release date was anything but coincidence: Although the first rehearsals of the Toten Hosen date back to 1981, the band sees their official band birthday as April 10, 1982. On this day, the Düsseldorf punk group played their first concert in the “Schlachthof” in Bremen.
For their milestone birthday, the musicians gave themselves and their fans a special gift with the remix of the song and the new music video. The text was specially rewritten for the new recording: “I’m not sixty yet / And I’m not close / And only then will I tell / What used to be”, the lines from “Wort zum Sonntag” originally read. In the so-called “70 is the new 60, you lollipops!” mix, the line now reads “I’m not seventy yet” on the occasion of frontman Campino’s 60th birthday in June.
“Word for Sunday”: The band’s creed
In the music video, the Toten Hosen review 40 years of band history. In addition to old photos, they also dug out newspaper clippings from back then. A statement from the five members said: “40 years is a long time and we are just grateful for everything we were able to experience and sometimes survive. On this day we think of everyone who has accompanied us on this path, especially those who can no longer be with us today and of you!” For them there could be no title that could be more suitable for the occasion than ” the creed of the Toten Hosen.
The punk rockers recently announced a retrospective called “Everything out of love: 40 years of the dead pants” with a total of 43 tracks for May. In addition to classics from the band’s history, new recordings and even seven completely new titles should also be heard. Her current single “Scheiss Wessis” was released last month in a joint project with rapper Marteria. The Hosen contributed their track “Unter den Wolken” for a charity mixtape, the proceeds of which will go to Ukraine.
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