{"id":13205,"date":"2019-09-24T17:57:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T16:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=13205"},"modified":"2019-09-27T07:54:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T06:54:39","slug":"short-songs-and-other-mean-stuff-meine-schuppen-back-to-the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=13205","title":{"rendered":"&#8230; short songs and other mean stuff: Meine Schuppen back to the 80&#8217;s!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And you thought\n&#8216;Meine Schuppen&#8217; are dead and dusted&#8230;not so of course. The band used the last\nyear (or so) to write and record plenty of new material. Enough songs in fact,\nto release another 3-4 EP&#8217;s in the near future&#8230;and maybe even really bring\nout a double album on vinyl. If not that, they are definitive thinking of\ngetting out a &#8216;best of Schuppen2000&#8217; CD at some stage. Well, let&#8217;s wait and\ndrink more beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>(c) 2019 Hrost Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, the band celebrating their long awaited comeback with this new EP called &#8216;short songs and other mean stuff&#8217; and is going back to the roots of early 80s hardcore. Why? Well, because they can&#8230;.but also, after some criticism that the songs on the previous EP&#8217;s have been too long, too metal sounding or too much rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll influenced and the lyrics are often about old stories nobody can remember anymore &#8230;, the band thought playing some short and snappy hardcore songs with a fresh lyrical approach might do the trick to silence some citric, but lets see. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs_back.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs_back.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs_back-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs_back-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/short-songs_back-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption> (c) 2019 Hrost Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then in the end, 3-4 songs telling again things from around the time in the early 80s, but that&#8217;s just fitting for a soundtrack from around the same time, so just shut up (insert smiley here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get the sound\njust right, Rudi had to get a few other musicians around him, who helped to\nkeep it short, fast, nice and tidy&#8230; and a bit scary at times. As you might\nalready noticed, half of the songs are in English and half in the local tongue,\nas early German releases (like the Slime LP and the mighty Buttocks first ep) also\nsang in both languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"576\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 768 \/ 576;\" width=\"768\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN-2000-Sommer-Urlaub-73.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There sometimes\nwent a certain pungent stench around in the studio, after all those empty\nwhiskey and beer bottles, cigarettes butts and god knows what piled up over the\nweeks of recording those new gems for you, but it was all worth it, as the band\nis pretty happy with new material and hopes that it goes down well with all\ntheir loyal hordes of fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-Sommer-Urlaub-73.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Meine Schuppen &#8211; Sommer Urlaub &#8217;73 <br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with the song &#8216;Sommer Urlaub &#8217;73&#8217; (summer holiday &#8217;73) the direction of the ep is pretty clear music wise, yet the lyrics are a bit away from the usual &#8216;what happened in the punk scene then&#8217; and is about a tiny place at the North Sea called B\u00fcsum. Here singer Rudi spent 5 or 6 holidays in a row as a young kid and had to deal with the seawater not only often not being there at all, but when it was often choppy, muddy and filled with stinging jellyfish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other oddities like the area been a test field for deep flying fighter jets and having to fight off other kids in the sandbox, makes it (looking back at it now) strange to have a holiday there at all. That said, Rudi said it was great to be there as a kid, but when he recently went back to see the place once again, asked the question&#8230;what have we been doing here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-Cant-get-me.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> Meine Schuppen &#8211; Can&#8217;t Get Me <br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> song &#8216;Can&#8217;t get me&#8217; is in English and don&#8217;t need any translation and not much explanation, as it&#8217;s just about Rudi&#8217;s move to Denmark in the mid 80s, to avoid being drafted into the German Forces. Another real story and not made up by any means. Invented stories you could find only in the Funzine magazine, but more about that in the song about that popular Punk Fan magazine later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-Du-bist-ganz-Allein.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> Meine Schuppen &#8211; Du Bist Ganz Allein <br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3<sup>rd<\/sup> song &#8216;Du bist ganz allein&#8217; (you are all alone) is about an old friend, who once was a real close mate but started to drift away&#8230;into the void of meaninglessness with a life only surrounded by a couple of like minded friends, who are listening to old shitty softcock rock music and their shitty situation of only being at home and looking back in the &#8216;glory&#8217; past is then fuelled by alcohol and drugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 852 \/ 480;\" width=\"852\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN-2000-Ganz-allein.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All the efforts of getting him out about and to move on with new people and new music didn&#8217;t work and he went back to his shell, living a life of a hermit by choice, but not being happy about it. Why not change? Why not trying to get out of it? Well, we are all different and some people just don&#8217;t have the will or strength to change their path they have chosen. We all got a friend or know at least one person like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-MS-Fanclub.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> Meine Schuppen &#8211; MS Fan Club <br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;MS Fanclub&#8217; (the\nsong #4) is upbeat again and talks about all the criticism the band had to\nendure over the last few years (since coming back together again). Well, they\ndon&#8217;t mind it at all, since dishing themselves out against everything and\neverybody and also being outspoken against other bands they might dislike. But\ncritic should stay in the healthy boundaries of&nbsp;\nwhat is actual possible and realistic. For a band with 4 dull musicians\nwith a voiceless singer, you just can&#8217;t get them suddenly to sound like Queen,\njust by telling them how shitty they are. Schuppen2000 is a ongoing project\nwhich takes good criticism on board and is changing naturally over time. The\nsongs you get for free on the net and everybody should just should be happy\nthat they are back to enlighten you, brighten up your day and make you\nsometimes have a little smile on your face&#8230;.even if they could be better if\nthey would take singing, drumming and guitar playing lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-THC.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> Meine Schuppen &#8211; THC<br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then it&#8217;s already\ngoing fast to song 5 &#8216;THC&#8217; with some German lyrics, which are about those\npeople who are fleeing in some sort of dream world of &#8216;everything is fine and\nworks itself out&#8217; by abusing certain chemical Hippie substances. Reality check\nplease&#8230;things are not going to change a bit when you live on some farm\nsmoking your joints and laughing your head off for no reason. Unless you are\nactive in some sort of youth movement or party and trying to change at least a\nfew small things which are not right or need to be changed, nothing ever will\nhappen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-Thank-God-its-weekend.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> Meine Schuppen &#8211; Thank God It&#8217;s Weekend <br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Thank God it&#8217;s\nweekend&#8217; (song #6) doesn&#8217;t need any explanation as it&#8217;s straight forward and\ntalks about everyday family life and people who are only escaping it for one or\n2 days at the weekend. Then you can finally live up, have fun and everything is\ngreat and just like back in the old days, before there was something called\nwork midlife crisis or stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-Funzine-deadline.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> Meine Schuppen &#8211; Funzine Deadline <br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Funzine deadline (Song #7) is about the punk fan magazine the old Knallschoten crew around Biber, Pizza and Rudi K., (along with guest authors Minus, Thomas Koch, Dirk E. and Funzine mascot Stickel) published in the early 80s to mid 90s. Its about all the things happening at the Funzine HQ, like the authors working really hard on their top notch stories and only being supplied with warm tea and noisy hc music, while in the meantime Minus and Stickel are emptying the fridge of all alcohol and sliced cheese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 852 \/ 480;\" width=\"852\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN-2000-Funzine-deadline-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In general all the stuff which had to be done just before the magazine goes to print, like writing up whatever rubbish might comes to your head and just put a bit of dodgy lay-out around it, done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN2000-Mein-Verein.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption> Meine Schuppen &#8211; Mein Verein <br>( (c) 2019 Hrorst Hrubesch Hrecords \/ Holy War Records) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last song and numero 8 is then &#8216;Mein Verein&#8217; (my club) and is about all the frustrations, all the endurance and patience, all the setbacks and especially about all the lost and grey hair you had to deal with over the last few years when supporting one of Hamburg&#8217;s 2 bigger soccer clubs. But I guess, football fans in Hanover, Stuttgart and many other cities had similarly experiences and all know how bad it can be, having to witness a game where no ball wants to go in the net. Where the sidebar and crossbar gets hit like 20 times, but the only goal of the game gets scored against you, maybe even as an own goal&#8230; hard times for sure and making everybody looking a few years older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"540\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 540;\" width=\"720\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SCHUPPEN-2000-Mein-Verein.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe we should change sport and look into smoother things and becoming fans of a curling or synchronized swimming team, who knows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for those who missed the limited 200 vinyl edition pictured below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/back_7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"13226\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?attachment_id=13226\" class=\"wp-image-13226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/back_7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/back_7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/front_7-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"13227\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?attachment_id=13227\" class=\"wp-image-13227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/front_7-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/front_7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>you will need to create your own CD from the MP3 files. In order to have a proper jewel cover <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/HARDCORE-SCHUPPEN-short-songs-CD-Cover.pdf\">download<\/a><\/em><\/strong> it here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And you thought &#8216;Meine Schuppen&#8217; are dead and dusted&#8230;not so of course. The band used the last year (or so) to write and record plenty of new material. Enough songs in fact, to release another 3-4 EP&#8217;s in the near future&#8230;and maybe even really bring out a double album on vinyl. 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