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Released
  
1985

The Battle of the Bands(1985)
  
Damenwahl(1986)

Release date
  
27 November 1985

Genre
  
Punk rock

Length
  
16:29

Artist
  
Die Toten Hosen

Label
  
Virgin Records

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The Battle of the Bands is an EP by the German punk band Die Toten Hosen. The songs are sung under different aliases, which makes it kind of a "battle of the bands".

Contents

The EP was re-released remastered as whole on the 2007 re-release of Unter falscher Flagge.

Track listing

  1. "Faust in der Tasche" (Fist in the pocket) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 3:55 (as Ricky Curl and the Standing Ovations)
  2. "Head over Heels" (Trimpop/Frege) – 4:05 (as The Evil Kids)
  3. "Schöne Bescherung" (roughly Happy holidays; lit. Nice gift-giving, also Nice mess) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 2:23 (as Die Flinger Domspatzen)
  4. "La historia del pescador Pepe" (The story of Pepe the fisherman [in Spanish]) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 3:17 (as Little Pepito and the Swinging Pesetas)
  5. "Vom Surfen und vom Saufen" (About surfing and about drinking) (Breitkopf/Frege) – 2:49 (as Die Pebbles)

Singles

  • 1985: "Faust in der Tasche"

    • Personnel

  • Campino - vocals
  • Andreas von Holst - guitar
  • Michael Breitkopf - guitar
  • Andreas Meurer - bass
  • Trini Trimpop - drums

    • Songs

    1Faust in der Tasche3:56
    2Head Over Heels4:05
    3Schöne Bescherung2:23

    References

    The Battle of the Bands Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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