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Lassie Singers

The Lassie Singers are an indie-pop band from Berlin-Kreuzberg that was active from 1988 to 1998. Their musical style was in between the Hamburger Schule and Neue Deutsche Welle.[3] The Lassie Singers have been called the first German girl-band.[4] The band's lyrics often use bitter humor to describe clichéd romantic relationships from a feminist perspective. For example, popular songs of written by the Lassie singers include: Die Pärchenlüge (English translation: the couple-lie), Mein zukünftiger Exfreund (English translation: My future ex-boyfriend), and Liebe wird oft überbewertet (English translation: Love is over valued).

Lassie Singers
OriginBerlin, Germany
GenresIndiepop, Hamburger Schule, Neue Deutsche Welle
Years active1988–1998
LabelsColumbia Records, Dragnet Records, Flittchen Records
MembersChristiane Rösinger (vocals, guitar),[1]
Almut Klotz (vocals),[2]
Funny van Dannen (guitar),
Kathrin von Witzleben (vocals),
Heiner Weiß
Past membersBritta Neander (drums)
Herman Herrmann (guitar)

The Lassie Singers’ largest commercial success came with the 1994 single Es ist so schade (English translation: It is too bad), peaking at number 24 in the Austrian Charts.[5] They released four studio albums, the first of which was released on Columbia Records; their final three studio albums were released on Dragnet Records, a sub-label of Sony Music Germany.[citation needed]

History

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The founding members of the Lassie Singers were Christiane Rösinger, Almut Klotz, Heiner Weiß, Kathrin Fitzner (aka Kathrin Witzleben), and Funny van Dannen. The band had three front-women, and Rösinger wrote the band's song lyrics. van Dannen was only a member of the Lassie Singers for a short time; Herman Herrmann later joined the band as a guitarist. The band name refers to the American TV series Lassie. Over a period of years the Lassie Singers worked with many different well-known German pop-artists, including Bernd Begemann, King Rocko Schamoni, Die Regierung, Eff Jott Krüger (Ideal), and Jochen Distelmeyer (of Blumfeld).[4]

Their first album Die Lassie Singers helfen Dir (English translation: "The Lassie Singers help you") was released in 1991.[6] This was quickly followed by Sei À Gogo in 1992,[7] and then Stadt, Land, Verbrechen in 1994. In 1996, the Lassie singers released the album Hotel Hotel, which was produced by Thomas Meinecke and recorded by Chris von Rautenkranz.[8]

In 1998 the Lassie Singers broke up.[9] Almut Klotz and Christiane Rösinger opened the record label Flittchen Records. Rösinger founded the band Britta and since 2010 has released two solo albums under her own name.[10][11] Klotz and Sandra Grether founded the riot-grrl band Parole Trixi. Klotz also founded the band Maxi unter Menschen with Maximilian Hecker, and played as a duo with Christian Dabeler called Klotz+Dabeler. In 2013 Klotz died of breast cancer.[2][12] In 2020 Christiane Rösinger won the Rio Reiser Sonderstipendium from the Musicboard Berlin.[13]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  1. 1991: Die Lassie Singers helfen Dir (Columbia Records (Sony Music Entertainment))
  2. 1992: Sei À Gogo (Dragnet Records (Sony Music Entertainment))[14]
  3. 1994: Stadt, Land, Verbrechen (Dragnet Records)
  4. 1996: Hotel Hotel (Dragnet Records)[15]

Compilation albums

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  • 1998: Best of Lassie Singers – Time to say Tschüss (Flittchen Records)
  • 1998: Rest of Lassie Singers – rare & unreleased, 1988–1998 (Flittchen Records)

Singles

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  • 1991: Mein Freund hat mit mir Schluß gemacht
  • 1991: Falsche Gedanken
  • 1994: Schade! (Es ist so schade)
  • 1996: Liebe wird oft überbewertet, Regen

References

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  1. ^ "LIVE CONCERT WITH BERLIN SINGER SONGWRITER CHRISTIANE RÖSINGER IN THE COURTYARD "THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY GERMAN SONGWRITER"". NYU. 2012-09-13. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  2. ^ a b "Lassie-Singers-Mitbegründerin Almut Klotz ist tot" (in German). Rolling Stone. 2013-08-19. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  3. ^ Jenny Bergner (2007-05-15). "Lassie Singers" (in German). Munzinger-Archiv. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17.
  4. ^ a b "LAUT.DE-BIOGRAPHIE Lassie Singers" (in German). LAUT.DE. Archived from the original on 2023-09-05.
  5. ^ "Lassie Singers" (in German). Austrian Charts. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  6. ^ Matthias Wagner (2019-03-16). "Reviews: Die Lassie Singers: … helfen Dir" (in German). Kulturnews. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  7. ^ Bayer, Felix (1998-11-18). "Soundcheck: Lassie Singers". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. p. 23. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  8. ^ GEORG GÖTZ (1996-09-06). "Musik für junge Erwachsene: Lassie Singers spielten im Waschhaus". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. p. 24. Archived from the original on 2023-08-07. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  9. ^ GERRIT BARTELS (1998-11-13). "Dieses Kreuzberg-Gefühl loswerden". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  10. ^ Arno Frank (2011-03-24). "Musikpreis für Christiane Rösinger: Hier gibt es nichts zu hören!". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  11. ^ "Sängerin über die Waffe der Männer "Die Liebe unterdrückt die Frauen"". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. 2010-10-25. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  12. ^ Julian Weber (2013-08-19). "Almut Klotz über neues Album "Sauber ist verlogen"". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  13. ^ THOMAS MAUCH (2020-04-02). "Ein Preis im Namen von Rio Reiser: Ist das noch Boheme?". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  14. ^ Matthias Wagner (2019-03-16). "Reviews: Lassie Singers: Sei á Gogo" (in German). Kulturnews. Archived from the original on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  15. ^ ANKE WESTPHAL (1996-05-31). "Hallo, laute Welt! Poesie der Gefühle, Prosa der Verhältnisse: Die Lassie Singers mit neuer Platte. Alltagstaugliche Message:"Sei dein eigenes Hotel!"". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). TAZ. p. 13. Archived from the original on 2023-12-02. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
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