Win Beatsteaks stuff!

This month we have some free stuff from pop punks the BEATSTEAKS whose album ‘Limbo Messiah’ is released on Monday July 12th! BEATSTEAKS have already succeeded in creating an unmistakable full-speed-ahead sound on their four previous albums. ‘Smack Smash’ (2004) delivered the climax so far and was even awarded Platinum status in their native Germany. Half of the songs on ‘.Limbo Messiah’ are driven by the catapult energy that you find with American hardcore combos from the Eighties. "Bands like Black Flag, Minor Threat and so on can't play like Pink Floyd, but they had this unbelievable power. On the other hand Bad Brains did have this diversified musicality," says bass player Torsten Scholz.

It's also somehow typical that composing, rehearsing and playing live is not enough for these crazy citizens of Germany's capital. Freely adapted from the punk motto "Do It Yourself" the somewhat scatterbrained, but likeable band, takes care of almost all aspects of what is a complex organisation. Torsten (bass) works in the Mail Order shop, Arnim (vox) helps with management and designs tasteful T-shirts (or at least what he considers tasteful). Bernd (guitar) takes care of the equipment. Peter (guitar) has taken on the Herculean task oanswering all of the band's e-mails. So overall you have a DIY band with some great energy here, check out ‘.Limbo Messiah’ in record stores and online at www.beatsteaks.com or

www.myspace.com/beatsteaks and watch the video for Jane Became Insane here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIha7mdzCQ4

To win a copy of the BEATSTEAKS album ‘.Limbo Messiah’ and a band tee shirt answer this question below:

How many albums have the BEATSTEAKS released to date?

1.Three

2. Four

3. Five

 

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