{"id":22311,"date":"2026-01-30T16:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=22311"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:01:47","slug":"r-i-p-witte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=22311","title":{"rendered":"… R.I.P. Witte!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It was a blow to the community last year, when the news crept through social media that Martin Witte passed away. He had his song writing & guitar playing fingers in so many bands plus he also had his fingers on the mixing desk for so many bands.<\/p>\n

In short, he was a mainstay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a short and intimate farewell at the Pretty Vacant HQ already last year close friends setup a rather big tribute night at The Hafenklang, with 8 bands taking a deep bow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And to no surprise it was sold out in record time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The audience was greeted by this lovely picture, wall size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For me Witte was always up there on stage (or in my record collection). The first time i really took note was when i saw Napalm at the Graffiti on 09.09.1982<\/a><\/em>, supporting The Insane. I already was sold on their “It’s a warning” EP (and i had both the Punkenstein EP and the first Napalm EP with the novelty song “Tolle”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the reason another trustworthy source has determined exactly right: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keine andere deutsche Punkband hatte damals den knackigen Gitarrensound der Cockney Rejects so gut drauf wie Napalm. Kein Wunder, dass auch John Peel die zweite EP \u00bbIt\u2019s a Warning\u00ab in seiner Radioendung spielte, wo ich sie praktischerweise auch gleich auf Kassette mitschnitt. Ein Erwerb der Platte war also nicht n\u00f6tig, sie in die Finger zu bekommen, w\u00e4re auch nicht leicht gewesen. Sp\u00e4ter wurden beide Napalm-Platten teure Sammlerst\u00fccke.<\/em>
Andreas Michalke<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

They sounded so perfect like an English band (though, Lui’s accent on the vocals gives away that they ain’t).<\/p>\n\n\n\n