Fahnenflucht - Trümmer Tour 2024

If Fahnenflucht ever release a soft-spoken, feel-good album, we'll know that we've made it as a society. We have overcome our problems, destroyed racism, defeated capitalism and everyone is treated equally. As long as this hasn't happened, Fahnenflucht will continue to angrily hold up a mirror to us and serve us zeitgeist distillates in 6 studio albums.

Since their debut album in 2000, the band has been going where it hurts. The current members are Thomas (vocals), Mole (guitar), Kai (guitar), Dennis (bass) and Jan (drums). The band and many of its members have their origins in the Lower Rhine region. But instead of brash village punk, Fahnenflucht have always played political punk that can be heard loud and far across the country.

There is no reason to be quiet about anti-fascism. And that's why we need a band like Fahnenflucht with their uncompromising, intelligent punk rock, which not only has its ears on the pulse of the times, but also both fists.

This is constructive, well thought-out and consistent criticism of the system, politics, capitalism and society, without any moralizing, but always with hand and foot. This is not an anti-attitude based on punk dogma. Fahnenflucht are against pigeonholing and don't fit into any. They hit exactly where they are needed: up to date, relevant and to the point.

This is ensured by clever lyrics wrapped in aggressive vocals, driven forward by melodic guitar riffs and energetic drums. The sound sometimes veers towards hardcore without ever losing its clarity. The guys know what they have to say and how, and manage to convey a damn loud message in their unmistakable style, even in quieter, experimental songs.

The global crisis mode has not just become a permanent state since yesterday. Hopes of solving the major problems of our society are dwindling and there will be no cheerful, carefree Fahnenflucht album until then. But give up? Never. "Weiter Weiter" is not only the current album title, but also a reminder of what Fahnenflucht has stood for for 25 years now.