Tote Hose (dead pants) means “nothing going on” in German.
But nothing going on keeps going on. Rest in peace already.
The death of German punk? Die Toten Hosen go on one last thrash – Over 44 years, the Düsseldorf band has gone from hellraising to becoming a cherished fixture of the mainstream, closing off with their final album this week.
Ich nix verstehen (I don’t get it). I thought their career had already been ended for them long, long ago.
But now their latest album will be their last, they promise. Germany’s most successful hard rock band has been at it for some 40 years now (at least) and they’re feeling it or something I guess and enough is enough already. What else ya gonna do, become a Rolling Stone?
Das aktuelle Album soll das letzte sein, die weltweite Tournee soll den Metal-Veteranen als Abschiedsreise dienen.
Observing Hermann 