Von Wegen Lisbeth

Von Wegen Lisbeth (English: Because of Lisbeth) (IPA: fɔn veːgn̩ liːsbɛt) is a German indie-pop band from Berlin that was founded in 2006 under the name Fluchtweg. The group sings in German; a special feature is the use of unusual musical instruments such as a children's carillon.

Von Wegen Lisbeth
Von Wegen Lisbeth at Rocken am Brocken, 2016
Background information
OriginBerlin, Germany
GenresIndie pop, indie rock
Years active2006–present
Websitevonwegenlisbeth.de
Members
  • Julian Hölting (E-bass)
  • Matthias Rohde (singer, guitar)
  • Robert Tischer (sythesizer, percussion)
  • Dominik "Doz" Zschäbitz (guitar)
  • Julian Zschäbitz (drums)

History

The band was founded when the members were in seventh grade at the Beethoven-Gymnasium in Berlin, while sports lessons were cancelled due to illness of the teacher. They described their earlier musical style as "from hardcore punk to 8-bit Gameboy Casio music". Originally, all members of the band studied subjects like architecture, film music, mathematics, electrical engineering and art. However, they took a break from studying in order to focus on their album and the tour.

In 2014, AnnenMayKantereit took Von Wegen Lisbeth as support band on tour, and in November they released their EP “Und plötzlich der Lachs”. This was followed by 18 more concerts with AnnenMayKantereit at the beginning of 2015 and their first own tour called "Störung im Betriebsablauf" at the end of the year.

After they went on tour with Element of Crime and again AnnenMayKantereit in early 2016.,[1] they released their debut album Grande on July 15, 2016, which was followed by a tour in September and October of the same year. They also played at several music festivals in 2016, such as the Appletree Garden Festival, the Kosmonaut Festival, Rocken am Brocken and the Fusion Festival. In 2018, they played at the Campus Festival in Bielefeld[2] as well as at the Deichbrand in Nordholz.

In 2019, the band released their second album sweetlilly93@hotmail.com.[3] During the music festival summer of that year, they performed at the Open Air Werden, the Taubertal-Festival and others.[4] In 2019, they also travelled through Germany, Austria and Switzerland with their “Britz-California”-tour as headliners for the fourth time[5]

Style

Their song lyrics are mainly written by the band’s singer Matthias Rohde, who mixes everyday situations and conversations into his songs.

“These are all everyday experiences that you unconsciously pick up. The basic idea is mostly autobiographical, but when I’m working on the texts, I add some more devised thoughts.”[6]

Instruments such as an electronic Casio-Keyboard or a Steel Drum, which the band has partly borrowed or bought from an opera house, are characteristic for their musical style.

  • Von Wegen Lisbeth, Live
  • Doz Zschäbitz
  • Matthias Rohde
  • Julian Hölting
  • Robert Tischer
  • Julian Zschäbitz

Discography

Studio albums
Year Title

record label

 Chartposition Comments
DE[7] AT[8] CH[9]
2016 Grande

Sony Music

 25

(3 weeks)

— — Released: July 15, 2016
2019 sweetlilly93@hotmail.com

Columbia

 14

(5 weeks)

19

(2 weeks)

30

(1 week)

Released: May 3, 2019

Live albums
Year Title

record label

 Chartposition Comments
DE[10] AT[11] CH[12]
2020 Von Wegen Lisbeth - Live in der Columbiahalle

Columbia

 24

(1 week)

— — Released: May 22, 2020

EPs
  • 2012: Promo 2012 (first publication: November 20, 2012)[13][14]
  • 2014: Und plötzlich der Lachs (And Suddenly the Salmon) (Chateau Lala, first publication: November 1, 2014)

Awards

References
  1. "Konzerte". vonwegenlisbeth.de. Von Wegen Lisbeth. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  2. "Campus Festival Bielefeld · 21-06-2018". campusfestival-bielefeld.de. Vibra Agency. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  3. Jonas Leppin (2019-05-03), "Deutsche Popmusik: Bernstein über Berlin", Spiegel Online (in German), retrieved 2019-05-19
  4. "Impressionen vom Taubertal Festival 2019". taubertal-festival.de. KARO Konzert-Agentur Rothenburg GmbH. 2019.
  5. Felix Goth (2018-09-10). "Von Wegen Lisbeth kündigen „Britz-California"-Tour 2019 an". eventim.de. CTS EVENTIM AG & Co. KGaA.
  6. Olaf Neumann (2016-08-30). "Musik: Von Wegen Lisbeth im Interview". szenerostock.de. Rostocker Medienverlag. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
  7. "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  8. "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  9. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  10. "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  11. "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  12. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  13. "Promo 2012 — Von wegen Lisbeth". Last.fm (in German). Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  14. "Von Wegen Lisbeth | Promo 2012, by Von Wegen Lisbeth". Von Wegen Lisbeth. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  15. "Brigitta Muntendorf und Von Wegen Lisbeth erhalten den Deutschen Musikautorenpreis in der Kategorie "Nachwuchs" - Deutscher Musikautorenpreis". www.musikautorenpreis.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  16. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Changing its format, the ECHO tries to reinvent itself | DW | 07.04.2017". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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