Brings

Brings (, ) are a band from Germany who perform most songs in the local dialect of Cologne, Kölsch. Founded in 1990, they established themselves playing rock music; their lyrics are performed in Kölsch and, since 1995, also in standard German. After the successful single (2001) they specialized in Cologne party hits.

History Although the name resembles the German language equivalent of the imperative "bring it!", Brings is just the family name of three of the founders of the band, one of whom is also the band manager and father of two of the currently active members, .

Brings was formed in 1990 by the brothers Peter and Stephan Brings, Harry Alfter and Matthias Gottschalk. Today, the formation consists of Peter Brings (vocals, guitar), Stephan Brings (bass, vocals), Kai Engel (keyboard, vocals), son of Tommy Engel, Harry Alfter (guitar, vocals) and Christian Blüm (drums).

They debuted in 1991 with the album ("Two kinds of people") which was an attempt to distance themselves from the traditional Cologne carnival in order not to be pigeonholed. The single release ("Just the two of us") reached No. 56 in the German Charts. They played their first successful concerts, opened up for the Simple Minds, AC/DC, Tom Petty and performed at the rock festival Rock am Ring. In 1995, Brings began to publish albums not only in Kölsch but in standard German ( – faith, love, hope).

Throughout their career, the band has been politically dedicated, one of the best known examples is their leading role in the Arsch huh, Zäng ussenander campaign against right-wing extremist violence in Germany. Their 1997 song (strong: "A handful to eat") broached the issue of refugees seeking a better life.

The 10th anniversary of the band came with some transitions – Brings broke up with their label (EMI) – and their next album and single release brought a major style change. The song ("Super cool times") was strongly inspired by Those Were the Days, but in Kölsch dialect and Brings started touring with other carnival bands like Höhner and . Leaving rock music behind, Brings eventually began focusing on carnival and party songs, a strategy that led to ultimate success, mainly in the Rhineland area.

In 2004, the song ("Copulate, cards, dance") caused a small scandal in the rather conservative scene of the "official" Cologne carnival – however, attempts to censor the song or prevent the band to play it at carnival events were not successful.

Major successes of the following years were the singles (2007), a cover version of the Zarah Leander song, and (2010). In 2011, the 15th album ("This is cool/hot") reached No. 7 of the German album charts. Anniversary concerts in 2011 and 2016 took place in the RheinEnergieStadion with fans.

Discography

Records Studio records Year Album Charts/Awards (DE) Release 1991 — 1991-01-28 1992 61 (9 weeks) 1992-05-21 1993 68 (9 weeks) 1993-06-24 1995 72 (7 weeks) 1995-06-22 1997 — 1997-08-22 1999 61 (3 weeks) 1999-01-11 2001 40 (7 weeks) 2001-01-29 2003 32 (3 weeks) 2003-02-10 2004 86 (1 week) 2004-01-12 2005 82 (3 weeks) 2005-01-03 2007 89 (1 weeks) 2007-01-12 2008 89 (2 weeks) 2008-11-21 2011 7 (3 weeks) 2011-07-15 2014 35 (4 weeks) 2014-12-05 2017 50 (2 weeks) 2017-12-01

Live recordings Year Album Charts/Awards (DE) Release 2011 38 (2 weeks) 2011-11-25 2012 44 (1 week) 2012-11-23 2016 see Silberhochzeit 2016-11-25

More live albums 1997: Live 2013:

Compilations Year Album Charts/Awards (DE) Release 2016 9 (8 weeks) 2016-06-03

Other compilations 2007: 2007: Best Of 2011: 2011:

EPs 1991: 1996:

Singles Charts Year Song Album Charts/Awards (DE) Release (Sales) 1991 56 (12 weeks) 1991 2000 50 (21 weeks) 2000-01-13 2002 N/A 74 (5 weeks) 2002-01-07 2003 64 (5 weeks) 2003-01-06 2003 82 (1 week) 2003-11-10 2004 61 (7 weeks) 2004-11-08 2005 70 (2 weeks) 2005-06-06 2006 57 (4 weeks) 2006-03-03 2007 34 (13 weeks) 2007-11-02 2010 23 (11 weeks) 2010-01-08 2010 89 (1 week) 2010-11-05 2012 85 (1 week) 2012-01-20 2013 N/A 73 (1 week) 2013-02-08 feat. Carolin Kebekus 2013 26 (Gold) (13 weeks) 2013-11-08 (+ sales) 2015 19 (Gold) (5 weeks) 2015-02-27 (+ sales) 2016 48 (2 weeks) 2016-01-29

Other singles 1991: 1991: 1992: 1992: 1992: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1993: 1995: 1995: 1995: 1997: 1997: 1997: 1999: 1999: 1999: 2004: 2005: 2005: 2006: 2008: 2010: 2011: 2012: (feat. Lukas Podolski) 2013: 2014: (Eko Fresh feat. Brings) 2017: (feat. ) 2019:

Videos Video records 2007: Live 2011:

Music videos Year Title Directors 1991 1992 1993 1995 2005 John Kolya Reichart, Carsten Simon 2010 2012 (2012) 2013 2014 2015 2016

Box sets 2011:

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