I can’t believe we haven’t covered this one before. Hailing from Düsseldorf, Die Toten Hosen is, and has been for like two decades, one of the most popular German bands in existence, especially in its country of origin but also moderately so elsewhere. A result of the punk rock movement in Germany, the band was formed in 1982 and has since achieved mammoth-like success with their punk-influenced rock. Their hit song Hier kommt Alex (Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau, 1988) was even included in both of the insanely popular video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero III. During the years they have toyed with a wide range of styles, including reggae, jazz and folk, and, like a good punk band should, the band’s themes are often political and/or humorous. Anyways, last month they released a new single Strom in anticipation of their umpteenth (actually 14th) studio album In aller Stille, which came out just last Friday. The band is also going to put out a live DVD, titled Hals + Beinbruch - Live bei Rock am Ring 2008, later this month.

In aller Stille

The new album is out in three different editions: a regular digipak, a limited CD + DVD digibook and an individually signed, numbered and limited to 2000 copies deluxe set where you’ll get the album both as a CD and on two vinyls. The album is available at a bunch of online stores, for example Alphamusic.de, which has the normal version for 15,99 € and the limited for 18,99 € (it seems they’ve already sold all of their vinyls), or EMP.de, where you can get the regular edition for 17,99 €, the CD + DVD for 22,99 € and the vinyl set for 25,99 €. You can also get the single Strom at both stores, EMP.de for 6,99 € or Alphamusic.de for 5,49 €.

Hals + Beinbruch - Live bei Rock am Ring 2008

The upcoming DVD will be released on 28th this month, and it’ll feature a full live set of 30 songs, including Innen alles neu from the new album, played at the Rock am Ring festival last summer. There’s also a document detailing the preparations for the live show as bonus material. All this equals a total of 144 minutes of Die Toten Hosen, the show itself lasting 122 minutes and the document 22 minutes. Hals + Beinbruch - Live bei Rock am Ring 2008 will be available as a normal DVD and also a high-definition Bluray disc, both of which are preorderable at least at EMP.de (20,99 € for the normal DVD, 25,99 € for the Bluray.

See and hear

You can catch the latest (actually quite rocking) video for the single Strom here, or listen to some samples of all the new songs on In aller Stille here. There’s also a preview of the DVD, viewable here.

Hit the jump for all tracklisting!

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