Biermösl Blosn was a

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n musical and

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band known for combining

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texts with traditional

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. It was founded in 1976 by three brothers - , and - and often works with political cabaret artist

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. The name derives from "Beerenmoos" (berry bog), a part of the

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in the district of

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that was planned to be transformed in a large airport and a

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, and "Blosn", a Bavarian word for "group".

History

The band was founded in 1976 by brothers (born 1 May 1953, Willprechtszell), (born 3 December 1959, Günzlhofen) and (born 10 October 1958, Günzlhofen) in

. Three years later, their first hit ''Gott mit dir, du Land der BayWa'', was broadcast on the

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(BR) television channel. The song lampoons the

n national anthem changing the text to criticize massive use of

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(which was at that time mostly sold by the

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). Following the broadcast, the band as well as the journalists at the BR were attacked for such a "sacrilege". This led to the BR not broadcasting the music of the group for years. In 1979, the group first went on stage together with

. The group announced in August 2011, they will play a final concert in January 2012 and then disband. They gave their last concert in the city of Fürth, Bavaria on January, 18th, 2012.

Music style

The band specializes in combining satirical lyrics with folk melodies to create political songs, mostly endorsing causes of groups of the political left, like the German Green party or the Young Socialists. Aside from their main musical style, they also recorded multiple albums with children's songs together with their own children and have acted in theater shows.

Causes

The band has used their music to protest against multiple projects; amongst them were the planned

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plant in

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, the

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, as well as several scandals of the long time governing party of

, the

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Critical reactions

In 1997, the band was denied the

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n prize for culture for being too "leftist". In 2001, the Bavarian ministry of education disallowed the song ''Gott mit dir, du Land der BayWa'', which was the band's first hit, from being used in a song book for the eighth grade for "lampooning the Bavarian national anthem" and ordered the whole order of books, 75,000 copies, to be destroyed.

Awards

*2000 -

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award of the

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(alongside

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) *2005 - Deutsche RUTH *2007 - Großer

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Preis (together with Gerhard Polt) * Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis *Award of the

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* Ludwig-Thoma-medal *Prix Pantheon: "Reif und bekloppt" *Green twig ( Bund Naturschutz in Bayern) *Grüner Wanninger (

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) *First Bavarian beer award "Der goldene Spaten"

Releases

Studio albums

*''Ex voto'' (1980) *''Grüß Gott, mein Bayernland'' (1982) *''Tschüß Bayernland'' (1985) *''Freibank Bayern'' (feat.

) (1987, 2007) *''Jodelhorrormonstershow'' (1991) *''Sepp, Depp, Hennadreck'' (children's songs) (1993) *''Wo samma'' (feat.

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) (1994) *''Klampfn Toni'' (feat.

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etc.) (1996) *''Wellcome to Bavaria'' (1998) *''Grüaß di Gott Christkindl'' (

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) (1998) *''Erfolg'' (Audio book feat.

) (2001) *''Zing Zang Zing – Sepp, Depp, Hennadreck II'' (children's songs) (2001) *''Räuber & Gendarm'' (2002) *''Der unbekannte Valentin'' (feat. Gerhard Polt and

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) (2002) *''Unterbayern'' (live) (2003) *''Auftanz'' (Bavarian and international folk dances) (2006) *'' Stoibers Vermächtnis'' (feat. Gert Heidenreich, Gerhard Polt und Jörg Hube) (2007) *''Rundumadum'' (international children's songs) (2007) *''Jubiläum''("Best of" album feat. Gerhard Polt) (2009)

DVDs

*''Bayern Open'' (feat. Gerhard Polt) (2006) *''Tschurangrati'' (feat. Gerhard Polt) (2006) *''Obatzt Is/Crème Bavaroise'' (feat. Gerhard Polt) (2006) *''Offener Vollzug'' (feat. Gerhard Polt) (2008)

Song books

* Biermösl Blosn: ''Das Liederbuch.'' Haffmans, Zürich 1994, * Biermösl Blosn: ''Grüß Gott, mein Bayernland. Das zweite Liederbuch.'' Haffmans, Zürich 1994 * Biermösl Blosn: ''Grüß Gott, mein Bayernland.'' Econ & List, München 1999, * Christoph Well, Hans Well, Reinhard Michl: ''Sepp, Depp, Hennadreck.'' Hieber, München, * Christoph Well, Michael Well, Hans Well, Reinhard Michl: ''Zing Zang Zing.'' Hieber, München, * Christoph Well, Michael Well, Hans Well, Reinhard Michl: ''Grüaß di Gott Christkindl.'' Hieber, München, * Hans Well: ''Rundumadum.'' Kein & Aber, Zürich,

Stage productions

* 1984 ''München leuchtet''

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* 1988 ''Diridari'' Münchner Kammerspiele * 1993 ''Tschurangrati'' Münchner Kammerspiele * 1996 ''Bayern Open'' Münchner Kammerspiele * 2002 ''Crème Bavaroise – Obatzt is'' Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel * 2005 ''Abvent'' * 2006 ''Offener Vollzug – ein Staatsschauspiel'' Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel

References

External links

Official homepage
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