Die Roten Punkte

Die Roten Punkte (German for "The Red Dots") is a pop-music comedy duo composed of Australians Clare Bartholomew and Daniel Tobias, in the tradition of Spinal Tap and Flight of The Conchords.^[1]^[2] Like The White Stripes, the band members (Bartholomew and Tobias)^[3] claim to be a brother and sister, named Otto Rot and Astrid Rot, and they banter and sing in German accents of questionable authenticity.^[4]^[5]

The band has released four studio albums.

Band members

Astrid Rot – vocals, drums, glockenspiel, accordion
Astrid Rot performing at the Woodford Folk Festival in 2011
Otto Rot – vocals, guitar, keytar, loops
Otto Rot performing at the Woodford Folk Festival in 2012

Discography

Die Roten Fahrten ("The Red Journeys", 2006)^[6]
Super Musikant ("Super Musician", 2008)^[7]
Kunst Rock (Art Rock) 2010
Eurosmash! 2014

Songs

"Ich Bin Nicht Ein Roboter (I Am a Lion)"
"Rock Bang!"
"Burger Store Dinosaur"
"Bananenhaus (Banana House)"
"Second Best Friend"
"The Situation"
"The 4:15 To Spandau Will Not Run Today"
"Super Musikant (Super Musician)"
"Straight Edge Girl"
"Prince & Princess of Rock 'n' Roll"
"It's Bad, It's Good"
"Trying Not To Die"
"Grunewald"
"Automatic Door"
"Rock 'n' Roll Monster"

References

^ "Die Roten Punkte, German Sibling Act With Comic Punk Edge, Invade Our Town's Space June 23–28". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
^ Eberbach, Jennifer (9 July 2010). "Berlin band Die Roten Punkte bringing music, laughs to Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
^ Razer, Helen (4 April 2012), "Die Roten Punkte - Eurosmash!", The Age.
^ Black, Claire (28 August 2009), "Review: Die Roten Punkte - Robot/Lion tour", The Scotsman, archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
^ Crawley, Peter (9 September 2009), "So bad they are good", The Irish Times, archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
^ "Die Roten Punkte - Die Roten Fahrten (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
^ "Die Roten Punkte - Super Musikant (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Die Roten Punkte, German Sibling Act With Comic Punk Edge, Invade Our Town's Space June 23–28". Playbill.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

[2] Eberbach, Jennifer (9 July 2010). "Berlin band Die Roten Punkte bringing music, laughs to Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre". AnnArbor.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.

[3] Razer, Helen (4 April 2012), "Die Roten Punkte - Eurosmash!", The Age.

[4] Black, Claire (28 August 2009), "Review: Die Roten Punkte - Robot/Lion tour", The Scotsman, archived from the original on 14 July 2014.

[5] Crawley, Peter (9 September 2009), "So bad they are good", The Irish Times, archived from the original on 15 July 2014.

[6] "Die Roten Punkte - Die Roten Fahrten (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

[7] "Die Roten Punkte - Super Musikant (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

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