Kai & Funky from Ton Steine Scherben feat. Birthe Volta

Is there a German rock band whose songs have hardly lost any of their relevance even after more than 50 years? Probably not many, but certainly one: Ton Steine Scherben. Ton Steine Scherben was founded in 1970 in West Berlin by R. P. S. Lanrue (real name Ralph Peter Steitz), Rio Reiser (real name Ralph Möbius), Kai Sichtermann and Wolfgang Seidel, who were all around 20 years old at the time. After the early death of their singer Rio Reiser (†1996), the band returned to the stage in various formations in the new millennium. Two original Scherben still tour German-speaking countries today: Kai Sichtermann (bass, since 1970) and drummer Funky K. Götzner (from 1974, now cajón). From April 2023, they will be playing together with singer/songwriter nomad Birte Volta (vocals, guitar). Birte internalizes both the folk blues and the rock'n'roll that emerged from it with passion and poetry and draws on many years of street and stage experience at home and abroad, with her solo project and as a singer and guitarist in various formations of these genres. The trio draws on the repertoire of Rio Reiser, R.P.S. Lanrue and the Scherben and keeps the memories of a rebellious time alive: the radicalism of the Scherben, which was a lived everyday radicalism with values, heart and ideals