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After we arrived in style in a Mercedes, we still had to queue to enter the sacred halls. Despite the large crowd at the entrance, we got in quite quickly. So there we stood in the hall where the party would take place today. The first drinks containing barley juice were consumed, and the guys from BERLINER WEISSE were welcomed. Before it got boring, I ran into the guys from Pöbel & Gesocks, who looked a bit worse for wear. They had already played two concerts and had quite a few beers behind them. Guitarist Trevor had hardly slept but was friendly and warm as always.
When the hall was full, DRUNKENBOIS started. What the band offered was mediocre bro-oi. They grunted into the microphone while playing something like oi with streetcore. Cynics might claim it was music from the rutting season of deer. Many people in the audience knew the band, and they liked it. So I waited for the next band.
BERLINER WEISSE from Berlin. I had been looking forward to this band because they not only play really great oi of the bro kind but also put on a good show. I had seen this band several times in Berlin, and there were always around 100 – 200 people who were very enthusiastic. However, what I experienced at Conne Island exceeded all expectations. The whole hall was roaring and celebrating the band like crazy. It was incredible to stand among punks and skins, and almost everyone sang along to the band's songs. You could see that the band themselves were not expecting this reaction and were very happy. BERLINER WEISSE was very well received with their music. Powerful and with lyrics from life, in my eyes, the band is one of the best in this genre. Singer Toifel kept stirring up the audience with his announcements. The band is often accused of sexism due to these announcements. And when you play "10 naked hairdressers," you certainly don't make friends in the PC faction. BERLINER WEISSE, it can be rightly said, makes party-oi, but with more pressure than Pöbel & Gesocks, and perhaps with a higher bro factor. Politics has no place in the band. However, the band certainly has a political opinion, as every person does.
After the performance of BERLINER WEISSE, I was doubting whether the band from Dinslaken could top that. Especially since many people were still outside catching their breath when Willi Wucher and Co. started. Gradually, people came back into the hall, and another good 90 minutes of Ballermann rock 'n' roll was celebrated. Willi was, like the rest of the band, anything but sober. PÖBEL & GESOCKS even presented a new song, which, however, went a bit unnoticed. Willi commented on this with "We're only going to make songs like this from now on!" Audience reaction: silence.
So they continued with the evergreens like "Bück dich Fee," "Pöbel & Gesocks," "Asozial"
and "Küssen wo's nicht schmeckt," which the audience thanked for with exuberant, beer-fueled pogo.
At the end of the set, you could see that Willi was quite exhausted. Nevertheless, they still performed "Palmen," where, as always, some girls from the audience supported the band. It was nice to see, and the band was also pleased with the effort. After two encores, the band left the stage, and the lights came on. In this light, you could see hundreds of happy faces. It was an evening that could hardly have been better.
Even on the night bus, the battle cry "Pöbel & Gesocks…Oi,Oi,Oi" was shouted more than once at the fellow passengers.