Bap

A German institution, the rock-band Bap were shaped in 1976 from the Cologne-based singer/songwriter/activist Wolfgang Niedecken. Niedecken had been well-known as Cologne’s response to Bob Dylan before he started Bap, partly due to his classical guitar and harmonica, but mainly due to his poignant, socially conscious lyrics. Hearing the Rolling Rocks as well as the Kinks affected him to create a music group. He called the music group Bap after a nickname he had taken in order to avoid using his father’s surname. Niedecken’s turbulent romantic relationship with his dad lasted until his dad was on his deathbed. Their bittersweet reconciliation would end up being the subject of Bap’s determining melody, “Verdamp Lang Her,” a staple from the group’s live established that highlighted a Bruce Springsteen-styled monologue that could change just a little each night. An individual with 11 different variations of the melody culled from live recordings over time premiered in 2005 (Springsteen and Niedecken acquired fulfilled in the ’80s, ultimately becoming friends). In 2002 revered movie director Wim Wenders produced Viel Passiert — Der BAP Film, a documentary about Bap in the design of his previously film Buena Vista Public Membership. In 2006, a fresh Bap with Niedecken as the just original member completed their “most significant strikes tour” by executing three sold-out evenings within their hometown of Cologne. In 2008 they released Radio Pandora, a assortment of their strikes documented “unplugged” and “connected” and carrying on using the live produces, the record Live und in Farbe (Live and in Color) premiered in ’09 2009. A long-awaited studio room record – Halv su outrageous (Fifty percent as Crazy) – premiered in 2011.