hip hop
Fat bread for the final farewell: “I mean it seriously”
Martin “Doktor Rentz” Vandreier (lr), Boris “König Boris” Lauterbach and Björn “Björn Beton” Warns from the Hamburg hip-hop band Fettes Brot. photo
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For three decades the sounds of Fettes Brot echoed through children’s rooms, clubs and arenas. But now the three Hamburg boys are pulling the plug. Fatty bread is history – with one exception?
After 31 years, the Hamburg hip-hop trio says goodbye Fat bread into early retirement and the band wants to stay that way – to a large extent. “We’re serious now and are looking forward to the time without Fettes Brot. Nevertheless, we can’t rule out that the time will come when we’ll be on stage together again – even if it’s for grandpa’s 80th birthday.” , said Martin Vandreier alias Dokter Renz (49) of the German Press Agency in Hamburg.
It’s exciting to see how the band has evolved over time. “We’ve developed more skills, more subtleties in handling our talent. But at the same time, it’s really hard to recreate the energy that was on the first record. That was just this youthful power and fearlessness that we had.”
Fettes Brot will be giving their farewell concerts on September 1st and 2nd in front of around 25,000 people on Hamburg’s trotting course in Bahrenfeld. Before that they play two club concerts in the Hamburger Markthalle. Fettes Brot are known for German rap catchy tunes such as “Nordisch By Nature”, “Jein”, “Emanuela”, “On Days Like These” and “Gay Girls” and have also become a cult for many.