Kai und Funky Ton Steine Scherben feat. Birte Volta

Is there a German rock band from which most of the songs have hardly lost any of their relevance even after more than 50 years? Probably not many, but certainly one: Ton Steine Scherben.

After the early death of their singer Rio Reiser in 1996, the band was back on stage in various formations in the new millennium. Two original Scherben still tour German-speaking countries today: founding member Kai Sichtermann (bass, since 1970) and drummer Funky K. Götzner (from 1974, now cajón, percussion). From April 2023 they play together with singer/songwriter nomad Birte Volta (vocals, guitar). Birte internalises both 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 (including BM Stereo).

The trio draws from the repertoire of Rio Reiser and the Scherben and keeps the memories of a rebellious time alive: the radicalism of the Scherben, which was a lived everyday radicalism.