Music is a weapon - the story of Ton Steine ​​Shallen: New Podcast tells the legendary band

Music is a weapon - the story of Ton Steine ​​Shallen: New Podcast tells the legendary band

As a sound stones, they are shattered in 1970, they are among the first to make rock music with German texts - without it being embarrassing or imitating. And they are more than just a band: they try to live what they sing. The new Radioeins podcast "Music is a weapon" tells the story of Ton Steine ​​Shallen-from the beginning as a political rock band to the solo career of her singer Rio Reiser to its importance today. The eight -part series starts on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Author and journalist Philip Meinhold ("Who shot Burak?", "My friend flea") leads through the consequences as a host. He meets former members of the band and interviews companions such as Claudia Roth and Anette Humpe. And he uses recordings of the late singer Rio Reiser, who have never been published on this scope. Another prominent artist is also a guest in every podcast episode to talk about his relation to the shards. There are u. Herbert Grönemeyer, Danger Dan, Dota, Blixa Bargeld, Marianne Rosenberg and Jan Plewka.

"Makes you broken what breaks you" or "No power for nobody" - with your songs, tone stones are stone broken pieces into icons of the left scene. They found their own record label, live in Kreuzberg in a flat share, according to their concerts, houses are occupied. The shards are linked to almost all left-wing protest movements of the 1970s and 1980s, including the first wave of home occupations, the peace and anti-AKW movement. The podcast series "Music is a weapon" not only tells the story of a legendary band, but also a piece of German contemporary history.

His listeners take Host Philip Meinhold u. With the place where the shards recorded their first single. He travels to Fresenhagen in Northern Friesland, where she withdrew to a country community in the mid -1970s, and he visits a current concert of the band in Berlin SO36 for the podcast. Again and again he wonders: What remains of Ton Steine ​​Shallen after half a century? Are you really the most influential German band? And if so, why? In 1993, a 60-hour conversation from the Rio Reiser Archive was the basis for Rios Autobiography-many of these O-tones can be heard in "Music is a weapon" for the first time. Songs from Ton Steine ​​Scherben, Rio Reiser and specially composed music by Rainer Oleak.

The first two episodes of "Music is a weapon" are available from Thursday, March 21st, in the ARD Audiothek and where there are podcasts. The other episodes always appear on Thursdays in a weekly rhythm. A radiation on the radio will also follow in the coming weeks: from March 24th, Radioeins will send a new episode every Sunday at 8:00 p.m.

table with information about the episodes:
| Episode | Title | Appearance date |
| ——- | ——-—————— |
| 1 | Makes you broken what breaks you (feat. Herbert Grönemeyer) | March 21, 2024 |
| 2 | No power for nobody (feat. Danger Dan) | March 21, 2024 |
| 3 | When the night at the deepest (feature fine cream fish fillet) | March 28, 2024 |
| 4 | Land in sight (feat. Blixa cash) | April 4, 2024 |
| 5 | The dream is out (feat. Dota) | April 11, 2024 |
| 6 | It is not this country (Feat. Marion Brasch) | April 18, 2024 |
| 7 | King of Germany (Feat. Marianne Rosenberg) | April 25, 2024 |
| 8 | The legacy of the shards (feat. Jan Plewka) | May 2, 2024 |

"Music is a weapon-the history of ton stone broken glass" is a production of Radioeins from Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).

Source: ard audiothek/ots