Züri West (

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for ''

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West'') is a

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band. Most of their songs are written in

Bernese German Bernese German (Standard German: ''Berndeutsch'', ) is the dialect of High Alemannic German spoken in the Swiss plateau (Mittelland) part of the canton of Bern and in some neighbouring regions. A form of Bernese German is spoken by the Swiss A ...

. The band's name is an ironic reference to

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, the largest city in Switzerland.

Line-up

Current members

* Kuno Lauener (

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

): since 1984 * Markus Fehlmann (

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

): since 1984 * Gert Stäuble (

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

): since 1993 *Manuel Häfliger (

): since 2017 *Wolfgang Zwieauer (

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

): since 2017

Former members

* Peter Schmid (

): 1984-1986 *

Sam Mumenthaler Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictio ...

(drums): 1984-1986 * Martin S. Silfverberg (drums): 1986–1992 *

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(guitar): 1984-2000 *

Martin Gerber Martin Gerber (born 3 September 1974) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted in the eighth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft (232nd overall) by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. He played in the National Hockey League ...

(

): 1986–2000 *

Oli Kuster Oli or OLI may refer to: Places * Oli-ye Jonubi, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Oli-ye Shomali, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran People * Óli, a Faroese and Icelandic given name * Oliver (given name) Oliver is a masculine given ...

( keyboards): 2000-2004 *

Jürg Schmidhauser Jürg is the name of: * Jürg Amann (1947–2013), Swiss author and dramatist * Jürg Baur (1918–2010), German composer and teacher of classical music * Jürg Berger (born 1954), retired Swiss professional ice hockey forward * Jürg Capol (bor ...

(

): 2000-2012 *

Tom Etter Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name. Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tom'' (1973 film), or ''The Bad Bunch'', a blaxploitation film * ''Tom'' (2002 film) ...

(

): 2000-2017

Discography

* ''Splendid EP'' (13 December 1985) - Black Cat at Bebop * ''Kirchberg EP'' (November, 1986) - Black Cat at Sound Service * ''Sport und Musik'' (15 November 1987) - Black Cat at Sound Service * ''Bümpliz - Casablanca'' (13 May 1989) - Black Cat at Sound Service * ''Elvis'' (15 June 1990) - Black Cat at Sound Service * ''Arturo Bandini'' (15 November 1991) - Sound Service * ''Wintertour'' (21 November 1992) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Züri West'' (10 May 1994) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Hoover Jam'' (11 May 1996) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Super 8'' (6 March 1999) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Radio zum Glück'' (25 August 2001) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Retour - Best of'' (15 November 2003) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Aloha from Züri West'' (12 June 2004) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Haubi Songs'' (12 January 2008) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''HomeRekords'' (23 April 2010) - Weltrekords at Sound Service * ''Göteborg'' (23 March 2012) - Sound Service * ''Love'' (24 March 2017) - Sound Service * ''Loch dür Zyt'' (8 December 2023) - Sound Service

Videography

* ''Am Blues vorus'' (28 March 2003)

External links

The band's website
Musical groups established in 1985 Swiss rock music groups 1985 establishments in Switzerland German-language musical groups from Switzerland {{Europe-band-stub