Swiss und die Andern

Swiss und die Andern
Swiss und die Andern
Background information
Origin	Hamburg, Germany
Members	Swiss (vocals) Jakob Schulze (guitar) Matze Grimm (base guitar) Da Wizard (DJ) Tobias Gerth (drums)
Past members	Shocky (background vocals)
Website	https://missglueckte-welt.de/

Swiss und die Andern (English: Swiss and the others) are a German Punkrock-band from Hamburg that also uses a lot of crossover elements. The band consists of frontmann Swiss, Jakob Schulze on the guitar, Matze Grimm on the base guitar, drummer Tobias Gerth and DJ Da Wizard. Their style is heavily influenced by political topics.

In September 2014, the band officially released their first EP Schwarz Rot Braun via their own label Missglückte Welt. It was distributed by Soulfood. Following the release, Swiss und die Andern performed three live shows for fans and journalists aboard a boat in the port of Hamburg.^[1] In fall 2014, the band went on tour through Germany, Austria and Switzerland together with J.B.O.^[2] After that they had several appearances on the German TV programme ARD as well as performances on multiple festivals.

In January of 2015 the band released their first studio album Große Freiheit (Great Freedom), which ranked 44th in the German album charts. In 2016, the second album Missglückte Welt (Failed World) appeared. After the EP Wir gegen die (We against them) the third studio album Randalieren für die Liebe (riot / rampage for love) was released in 2018. In 2020, the fourth album Saunaclub was released, followed by the fifth album Orphan in February of 2021.^[3]

The band's fans (who call themselves Zecken (ticks), a German slang word for left-wing extremists) are organised in so-called Sippschaften. In exchange for promoting the band, these fans get early access to tickets and merchandise, additionally they are allowed to enter concerts, while soundchecks are still carried out. In 2022, the newspaper Main-Post reported, that the band had been heavily critizised on social media. The band would undermine the anticapitalistic tendencies inherent in the punk community by selling expensive merchandise and promoting sect-like structures in the Sippschaften.^[4]