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6-11-98 Knaack
Rock · 1998 · 4 tracks

6-11-98 Knaack

Beatsteaks

Four tracks of unrefined Berlin punk energy. Raw demos and a blistering live recording capture the band before the polished hooks of their later career.

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It's the Beatsteaks before they were famous, recorded in a basement and a loud club.

Unfiltered, high-velocity punk energy with a gritty basement-show aesthetic.

6-11-98 Knaack · vs · Beatsteaks
Raw+2.4σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks
01
Excited (demo)
02
Der KKK war beim Friseur (live, 1998-04-18, Hannover, Germany)
03
Indifferent (demo)
04
Change
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden burst of crowd noise and feedback that kicks off the live Hannover recording.
The unrefined vocal strain in the Excited demo that captures a band still finding its limits.
The way the bass guitar dominates the mix on Change, providing a thick, percussive backbone.
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