Itchy Poopzkid - Stuttgart 2007

Röhre, Stuttgart, Germany
8th November 2007
Itchy Poopzkid, Benzin

My first thought was, who and what the hell is ITCHY POOPZKID and what funny name they have. So I could confess that I never heard of this band before neither their name nor one of their songs, but this should change today. A good friend of mine mentioned that concerts of ITCHY POOPZKID are really funny and reassembled a great party. So I had certain expectations for this evening, a little curious about the things that would come. Somehow it was a little disturbing for me to realize that I am one of the few older people around. The average age of ITCHY POOPZKID fans is rather under 20 and so I felt a little bit wrong here. The concert was completely sold out and the fans swarmed the Röhre like a wandering ant hive. The space in front of the stage was ready to burst and all the fans waited eagerly for the beginning. Shortly after eight o’clock more and more fans filled the space in the Röhre and there was no possibility to trip over. You could see some older people here and there, whether they were worried parents who wanted to see what their children were doing tonight or real fans of this music couldn’t be said yet, but would show at the end of this evening when the temperatures rose and the adrenalin was pumped through the body. 


BENZIN

With their debut album ‘Soundtrack for Your Weekend’, BENZIN delivered an impressive evidence for real good German Punk/Rock music, they showed that not all music from Germany had a boring sound. They convinced most critics and experts of their music scene as every concert visitor with their hard beats and their hot and clear vocals. The recipe of these four guys from Ulm stands for catchy hook lines combined with entertaining German songs and hard played punk rock guitars. Many media companies were convinced of their qualities and so followed some appearances on television and radio and over 100 concerts with famous bands like BELA B., SUM 41, SPORTFREUNDE STILLER or REVOLVERHELD. Their new studio album was recorded and produced by Achim Lindermeir in the year 2007 and will appear 2008 in the shops combined with an extensive tour. http://www.meinbenzin.de/ / http://www.myspace.com/benzinpage



Music
Typical trashy sounds of some good old television series combined together in a funny way started a real big party this evening. From the start on, BENZIN produced a good mood and all the fans in front of the stage caught it like flew on winter’s days. ‘Laut’ (Loud) was really the right word for the first song of this evening. Loud, harsh and merciless was the song dashed on the front line of the fans and ensured a rising temperature to the boiling point from the beginning. Fantastically played drums paired with a charismatic singer ensured that the masses got no rest.  The guys on the stage rocked like a hurricane and tore everybody from their feet. And so only the brief announcements from the singer provided a little rest. With a good mixture of Punk and Hard Rock combined with Metal-like guitar play, BENZIN sucked their fans in front of the stage into a maelstrom of joy and their concentrated bass and hard hitting drums spit them back to the dance floor. Song after song a tidal wave of real good Punk Rock smashed the fans again and again and left them no place to rest for a while.