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The story of the Ska-Punk formation

 NO RESPECT

Göttingen, Germany, so far...

 ...to be continued

 No Respect started off as a pure Punkrock band in the eighties.. (To tell

 you the truth, today nobody exactly knows when they met first.)

 Anyway, Chris (Guitar & Vocals) and Sauer (Drums&Vocals) used to be part of

 the band since this time. Stevie (Bass & Vocals) joined the band a few years

 later.

 They spent nearly all of their time playing in clubs and youth centers all

 over Germany for years.

 About 8 years ago the band felt the need of change in music, so they decided

 to search for other instruments and characters joining the band.

 Through luck and suprising circumstances they found the brass section with

 Trumpet, Trombone and Saxophone. From this time on, the music of NO RESPECT

 changed from rough Punkrock to a kind of fast but melodical Ska Punk which

 is not easy to classify. One could say it‘s a mixture of styles, in

 the end NO RESPECT have their own way of doing their stuff.

 During the years many things changed, lifestyle, music...etc., but some of

 the important things didn´t, as for an example the friendship and left wing

 political ideas which have always been very important for the band.

 NO RESPECT always played the music they liked, no matter if it was

 succsessful or not, the lyrics of the band (nearly all of them are written

 by Chris) are dealing with the topics of our daily life, and every member of

 the band will say that they exactly express the way they think and feel

 about it. Main aspects are antifashism, the fight against state control,

 trying to resist all the lies and the oppression, others are love,

 work and life itself. To the band the message is as important as the music.

 Propably this is the difference between NO RESPECT and a pushed up, success

 programmed mainstream band.

 During the years a lot of recordings were published. About 5 Demo Tapes and

 then the first CD „excuse my smile“ with 14 tracks on it.

 Suprisingly for the band this CD was sold about 4000 times in Germany only,

 the LP about 2000 times. Many gigs all over Europe followed. In 1998 they

 did a tour through the Basque country and in 1999 NO RESPECT visited Italy.

 Two CD´s followed: "Tunes of decline" and recently "Confidence".

 We´ll see what the future will bring...

 Enjoy...and keep on keeping on!