Die Erde - Live. Loft/Loft

The Hamburger Schule (German for "School of Hamburg") was a musical current in Germany during the end of the 1980s and early 1990s, encompassing elements from punk, grunge and experimental pop, and featuring intelligent and often political lyrics. It established new grounds for the use of German language in pop music.

As the name indicates, the movement was initially carried by Hamburg based bands like Cpt. Kirk &., Kolossale Jugend, Die Erde, Die Sterne, Ostzonensuppenwürfelmachenkrebs, Blumfeld, Tocotronic and Huah! Their music didn't necessarily sound similar, but was characterised by lyrics in German language (not a given in Germany) that gave voice to social criticism and were based on post-modern theory.

Consequently it was lauded by the leftist press (especially Spex magazine). The artists themselves didn't initially perceive these similarities to be particularly important and denied the existence of a homogeneous movement. However, social links and political cooperations suggest that it wasn't unreasonable to view it as that.

Furthermore the term Hamburger Schule is obviously a pun on the so called "Frankfurt School" ("Frankfurter Schule") which is a school of neo-Marxist social theory, social research, and philosophy, centered at the Institute for Social Research (Institut für Sozialforschung) of the University of Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

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1	Eis	4:18
2	9 Jahre	5:39
3	Mit Dir	5:23
4	Leben den Lebenden	5:07
5	Halbe Woche	4:48
6	Heimkehr	4:49
7	Laub	4:58
8	Vater	6:56
9	Deborah	4:18
10	Hassle	4:05
11	Party	4:13

Die Erde - Live. Loft/Berlin
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