Die Kassierer


Die Kassierer, also Die mächtigen Kassierer, are a satirical punk band from Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany. The group was founded in 1985 by Wolfgang Wendland, Nikolai Sonnenscheiße, Volker Kampfgarten and Mitch Maestro.
The lyrics of Die Kassierer's songs are mainly about drugs, sex, violence, strange phenomena – such as aliens – and the region the band comes from. Generally their lyrics are extremely satirical and therefore often misunderstood.
Die Kassierer have been criticized for making what has been considered aggressive and socially as well as sexually disorienting music, but up to now only the album Habe Brille has been officially indexed as harmful by the "Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien". This indexing was due to the original album's pornografic cover. Shortly after the indexing the cover was changed, so that the LP was acceptable for sale in Germany again. Further attempts to label other LPs of Die Kassierer have been blocked by the courts because their songs were deemed satirical and socially critical enough to qualify as art.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the band in 2005 nineteen artists, including the Donots, Die Lokalmatadore, Hennes Bender, Emscherkurve 77 and Mambo Kurt recorded songs of Die Kassierer for a tribute album, also called "Kunst". Bela B. and Rodrigo González from Die Ärzte played under the pseudonym 2 fickende Hunde. 4 years before Die Kassierer had played a song for the Die Ärzte- tribute sampler "GötterDÄmmerung". They had transformed the song "Du willst mich küssen" into "Du willst mich fisten".
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Famous songs

  • "Mein Glied ist zu groß"
  • "Ich töte meinen Nachbarn und verprügel seine Leiche"
  • "Sex mit dem Sozialarbeiter"
  • "Menschenkatapult"
  • "Tot, tot, tot"
  • "Gott hat einen IQ von 5 Milliarden"
  • "Abschaum der Nacht"
  • "Wenn das Wasser der Ruhr... blondes Pils wär"
  • "Bin ich oder hab ich?"
  • "Kommste mit ins Stadion?"
  • "Im Jenseits gibts kein Bier"
  • "Thomas Wenner"
  • "Sauerlandlied"
  • "Mit meinem Motor"
  • "Das Leben ist ein Handschuh"
  • "Ich onaniere in den kopflosen Rumpf von Uwe Seeler"
  • "Das Schlimmste ist, wenn das Bier alle ist"
  • "Blumenkohl am Pillemann"
  • "Erdrotation"

Albums

  • 1987: "Fit durch Suizid"
  • 1989: "Sanfte Strukturen"
  • 1993: "Der heilige Geist greift an"
  • 1995: "Goldene Hits, teilweise in Englisch"
  • 1997: "Habe Brille"
  • 1998: "The Gentlemen of Shit"
  • 1998: "Taubenvergiften" / cover CD of songs from Georg Kreisler
  • 2000: "Musik für beide Ohren"
  • 2000: "Jetzt und in Zukunft öfter"
  • 2003: "Männer, Bomben, Satelliten"
  • 2005: "Kunst - 19 Künstler und sie selber spielen Lieder der Kassierer"
  • 2006: "Das schlimmste ist, wenn das Bier alle ist" .
  • 2010: "Physik"