Landser
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Landser was a rock band from Germany inspired by nationalist themes.
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[edit] Founding
Landser is a German word for a low-ranking soldier or private. The band, which is officially outlawed in Germany, was previously called Endlösung (or 'Final Solution' in English) and was founded by members of the organization Die Vandalen-Ariogermanische Kampfgemeinschaft (The Vandal's-Aryan Germanic Fight Club), which was founded 1982. Compared to many nationalist bands, Landser's musical skills and production values are usually considered high.
[edit] Legal Action
In Germany, the group has been deemed a criminal organization. Three members of Landser were convicted of "forming a criminal gang organization" in December of 2003, under laws that make the publication of politically incorrect materials about World War II or about races a crime in Germany. Two members received nearly two years probation, while the band's leader, Michael Regener (also known as "Lunikoff", or "Luni"...Lunikoff was a brand of Vodka in the GDR), was sentenced to more than three years in prison, making it the first time in Germany that a band has been declared illegal, and its members incarcerated. On March 10, 2005, Germany's liberal courts (the German Federal Court of Justice) rejected Regener's appeal of his sentence.
Regener was still producing CDs while waiting for his appeal. After the forced breakup of Landser, Regener parted ways with his bandmates and founded a new band, called Die Lunikoff Verschwörung (the Lunikoff conspiracy), in 2004. Thus far, they have made several CDs, including 2004's Die Rückkehr des Unbegreiflichen, Amalek Vol. 1 & 2, and Niemals auf Knien in 2005. The lyrics of these CDs were vetted by lawyers to make them not actionable according to German law.
On October 21, 2006, hundreds of Nationalists launched a protest outside the jail where Michael Regener was being held asking his release.
[edit] Album Productions
Landser recorded its music in Germany, but had the CDs manufactured abroad, mainly in the U.S., Canada and Eastern Europe. The music is distributed online, by dealers through peer to peer networks or purchased from music labels inside the United States and in some countries in Europe where they do not undergo political persecution.
[edit] Music Themes
Music themes
Their first CD was called Das Reich Kommt Wieder. Other Landser albums include Ran an den Feind, where the title song -- a RAC remake of the 1940 German military march "Bomben auf England" -- calls for the bombing of Israel. One song glorifies Nazi martyr Rudolf Hess and, in Opa War Sturmführer, Landser pays tribute to his grandfather, who was a Nazi SS officer.
Their music pokes fun at Blacks ("Afrika-Lied/Afrika für Affen", Turkish ("Wieder Mal Kein Tor Für Türkiyemspor", Polish ("Polackentango"), and Communists ("10 Kleine Kommieschweine").
[edit] Discography
- Landser: Lunikoff Demo '92, ~1992, MC/later CD.
- Landser: Das Reich kommt wieder, 1992, MC/later CD
- Landser: Republik der Strolche, 1995, MC/CD
- Landser: Berlin bleibt deutsch, 1996, CD (identical with "Das Reich kommt wieder", Bootleg)
- Landser: Deutsche Wut, 1998, CD (called "Rock gegen oben")
- Landser: Best of..., 2001, CD. forbidden since October 2005.
- Landser, Stahlgewitter, Hauptkampflinie (HKL): Amalek
- Landser: Ran an den Feind, 2001, CD
- Landser: Sampler, 2001, CD
- Landser: Endlösung - Final Solution: The Early Years, 2002, CD
- Tanzorchester Immervoll, 2002, CD.
- Rock gegen ZOG - hepp, hepp..., 2003, CD.
- Tribute to Landser, 2003, CD.
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