{"id":9921,"date":"2023-11-16T18:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9921"},"modified":"2023-11-16T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:42:04","slug":"german-streetpunks-stomper-98-return-with-their-first-album-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=9921","title":{"rendered":"German streetpunks Stomper 98 return with their first album in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALBUM REVIEW: Stomper 98 – Stomper 98 (Pirates Press Records)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

German oi! outfit Stomper 98 are perhaps best known for being one of the bands who Rancid’s Lars Fredriksen includes on his CV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But they’ve been going far long than the six years that he’s been a member, formed – as their name suggests – all the way back in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocalist Sebi and sax player Holgi – how many oi bands can say they’ve got one of those? – are original members, while Tommi has been their long-time guitarist.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Stomper 98.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The quartet have acquired two new bandmates since their last outing, with bassist Silvio and drummer Stefan joining in 2020, and they’ve quickly slipped into gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This self-titled album is the band’s seventh, but their first since 2018’s Althergebracht<\/em>, which was hailed as a modern Oi! classic and saw them enter the German charts for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, Sebi has released his first English-language album with side project Plizzken (whose album is reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>), though he’s back to singing in his native German here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening track Der Stachel Im Arsch<\/em>, which translates as Sting In My Ass<\/em>, sets off at a breakneck pace, with riffing guitars, driving bass and pummelling drums, and things barely let up over the 12 tracks which follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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