Die Ärzte

Die Ärzte are a German punk-pop-rock band from Berlin. The band was founded in 1982, with singer and guitarist Farin Urlaub and singer and drummer Bela B. among the founding members. Rodrigo Gonzáles has been plucking the bass since 1993. Die Ärzte released their debut album Debil in 1984. In the early phase of their career, Die Ärzte repeatedly provoked with cheeky, provocative lyrics. The result: regular indexing, which made the band particularly popular with young people. In 1988, Die Ärzte announced their dissolution, but returned all the more successfully in 1993 with the album Die Bestie In Menschengestalt. In Germany, the album climbed to number 2 and achieved triple gold status. In Austria, it even reaches number 1 and goes platinum. Die Ärzte released their first number 1 album in Germany with 13 in 1998. Their subsequent albums also regularly make it to the top of the German charts, including Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer! (2000), Geräusch (2003), Jazz ist anders (2007), Auch (2012), Hell (2020). In 2021, Die Ärzte released the album Dunkel, with which the band once again climbed to the top position. Many of the band's songs now have cult status, including "Zu Spät", "Westerland", "Schrei Nach Liebe", "Ein Schwein Namens Männer", "Unrockbar", "Junge" and "Lasse Redn". Die Ärzte receive several music awards for their music, including the German music award Echo several times, the MTV Europe Music Award in 2003 as Best German Act and in 2008 the World Music Award as World's Best Selling German Artist. In 2024, the number 1 album Geräusch from 2003 is released as a vinyl edition. With this, Die Ärzte once again make it to number 3 in the German charts. The vinyl edition of Jazz ist anders also reaches number 74 in the German charts in August 2024.