Züri West (
Swiss German for ''
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
West'') is a
Swiss rock
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* Rock music, a genre of popular music
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band. Most of their songs are written in
Bernese German
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.
The band's name is an ironic reference to
Bern, the capital of Switzerland, as merely a place west of
Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Zürich ...
, the largest city in Switzerland.
Line-up
Current members
*
Kuno Lauener (
vocals
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): since 1984
*
Markus Fehlmann (
guitar
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): since 1984
*
Gert Stäuble (
drums): since 1993
*Manuel Häfliger (
guitar
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): since 2017
*Wolfgang Zwieauer (
bass): since 2017
Former members
*
Peter Schmid
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(
bass): 1984-1986
*
Sam Mumenthaler (drums): 1984-1986
*
Martin S. Silfverberg (drums): 1986–1992
*
Peter von Siebenthal (guitar): 1984-2000
*
Martin Gerber
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(
bass): 1986–2000
*
Oli Kuster (
keyboards): 2000-2004
*
Jürg Schmidhauser (
bass): 2000-2012
*
Tom Etter (
guitar
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): 2000-2017
Discography
* ''Splendid EP'' (December 13, 1985) - Black Cat at Bebop
* ''Kirchberg EP'' (November, 1986) - Black Cat at Sound Service
* ''Sport und Musik'' (November 15, 1987) - Black Cat at Sound Service
* ''Bümpliz - Casablanca'' (May 13, 1989) - Black Cat at Sound Service
* ''Elvis'' (June 15, 1990) - Black Cat at Sound Service
* ''Arturo Bandini'' (November 15, 1991) - Sound Service
* ''Wintertour'' (November 21, 1992) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Züri West'' (May 10, 1994) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Hoover Jam'' (May 11, 1996) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Super 8'' (March 6, 1999) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Radio zum Glück'' (August 25, 2001) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Retour - Best of'' (November 15, 2003) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Aloha from Züri West'' (June 12, 2004) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Haubi Songs'' (January 12, 2008) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''HomeRekords'' (April 23, 2010) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
* ''Göteborg'' (March 23, 2012) - Sound Service
* ''Love'' (March 24, 2017) - Sound Service
Videography
* ''Am Blues vorus'' (March 28, 2003)
External links
The band's website
Musical groups established in 1985
Swiss rock music groups
1985 establishments in Switzerland
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