40 Jahre JOE UDL

In the organizer's words:

January 31, 1986 in the gray Hamburg winter: Undeterred by the weather, five 16-year-olds scream their passion into the world in the sweaty Sasel youth center, which is filled to the last seat: "Twist and shout!". Accompanied by raw guitars and a bassist who built his own bass with just one string. Saxophone, melodica, watering can, glockenspiel and rock'n'roll - that's the world of these very young boys from the Alster valley. They play rock, reggae and blues as if their lives were at stake, or at least the lives of their classmates in the audience. They love the Stones, the Beatles, Bob Marley and The Police and therefore call themselves "The Udls", because "Udl" is Hamburgian for "Police".

Titles such as "Fernglas", "W. Axl Schweiß", "Günter", "Wunderlampenblues mit zwei Andechs im Kopf" and "Supermanns Mittagspause" point to the sometimes Dadaist lyrical world of the eternal school band. That was "Hamburger Schule" before the "Hamburger Schule". For the anniversary concert "40 years of JOE UDL", the current line-up presents 20 songs with all (!) former fellow musicians as guests and celebrates a huge party with everyone who was there. "You take the detour over Easter, because you know very well: Don't drive over Whitsun, because there's always a traffic jam!"

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