Brings

Brings

Founded by brothers Peter and Stephan Brings, the band has experienced pretty much every high and low that a musician can experience over the past two decades. At the end of the 1990s, the band with its famous fathers (besides Rolly Brings, these are singing legend Tommy Engel and politician Norbert Blüm) had supposedly already put their best years behind them. Then in 2000, with "Superjeilezick", they achieved what could easily be described as hitting the jackpot. This rousing power polka has become better known with each passing year and is now one of the most popular songs in the Cologne dialect far beyond the carnival. Thanks to "Superjeilezick", the floodgates opened for Brings in the carnival stronghold of Cologne. A new era began for the band, including an all-round successful change of image.

Then things really went from strength to strength. Hardly a carnival season in recent years has gone by without a new hit from Brings. "Poppe, Kaate, Danze" (initially regarded as a scandalous number, but now one of the band's biggest hits), "Su lang mer noch am Lääve sin", "Halleluja", "Dat is Geil", "Polka, Polka" or the always touching "Mama, wir danken dir" are sounding proof of how well Brings know the sensitivities and emotional states of their fellow human beings. They have also developed an absolutely good nose for original cover versions: they have breathed new life into "Man müsste noch mal 20 sein" (the adaptation of the 50s hit by Cologne veteran Gerhard Jussenhoven) and the Zarah Leander evergreen "Nur nicht aus Liebe weinen" with gusto. They know how to seamlessly incorporate gypsy melodies, polkas and other folkloristic fodder into their own songs and reinforce them with the power of rock music. "In a carnival set, we try to capture the essence of a concert in half an hour. We want to make people want to come along and watch a real concert," says Peter Brings, who puts his heart and soul into every performance with his men, with an energetic stage performance and tireless live presence on nationwide tours and festivals and also at carnivals: "No one sweats louder, no one exerts themselves more visibly, no band in the German-speaking world lets the audience participate in their music more tangibly and directly at concerts.

Brings have never minced their words. The fact that they have occasionally offended with their songs has ultimately only made them even more popular. Their concerts throughout Germany are attended by thousands of fans every year and have been for over 30 years.

As their biggest hit says, they are real "Cologne boys"