Melbourne Fringe Festival: Would You Like To See Die Roten Punkte?

Screw the White Stripes! German brother and sister duo Astrid and Otto Rot from Die Roten Punkte are one of my favourite musical couples. A lot of this is due to the fact that they sent me a badge back in 2005 which says “I’m in a band!” and I still wear it to this day. But also, their last album was both hilarious and rockin’ – so I’m very excited to learn they’re playing during the Melbourne Fringe Festival!

Berliner’s Otto and Astrid Rot are back in town to celebrate the local release of their acclaimed “Super Musikant” CD – a ten-track high-energy feast of rock, studded with rich veins of roll. The Teutonic twosome are hungry to back up the hype by ripping through a brace of their sparkling pop-punk anthems live.

From “Rock n’ ‘Roll Monster” to “Ich Bin Nicht Ein Roboter (I Am A Lion)” to the chilling “The 4:15 To Spandau Will Not Run Today”, the Best Band In The World are in rare form and they want to push their rock in you. What are you waiting for? Rock Bang!

As I said, they’re touring in October for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. I asked them for some bloody good reasons Defamer Australia readers should bother handing over money to watch them do their “thang”, and here are their answers.

OTTO: My sister Astrid and I are proud to launch our new album, SUPER MUSIKANT. We’ve been playing concerts all over North America. And now Melbourne, it’s your turn!

ASTRID: If you buy the CD at our gig, we’ll sign it for you. We can sign anything. I signed some boobs in New York and someone’s ass in Montreal.

OTTO: We’re gonna play the best rock ‘n’ roll concert you’ve ever seen in your life with new songs like, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Monster”, “Ich Bin Nicht Ein Roboter(I Am A Lion)” and “The 4:15 To Spandau Will Not Run Today”.

ASTRID: Otto will be leaping around, rocking out on guitar…

OTTO: And now that Astrid has been in drug and alcohol rehabilitation she’s not drunk all of the time and she can actually play the drums.

And guess what? If you liked the sound of all of that, Defamer Australia are pleased as punch to be able to give away tickets to Melbourne readers to the opening night of the show on October 1st! All you need to do is email tips AT defamer.com.au and give me your deets (well, your name and a contact number). I’ll let you know via email if you’ve won, and voila! Fun times!

For those of you who don’t win tickets but want to go and see Die Roten Punkte in action, here are all the details you need.

Trades Hall (New Ballroom)
Wednesday 1st October through Saturday 11th October
Times 8:15 PM (7:15 PM Sunday)

Concession prices apply for students, seniors, PBS & Tripe R subscribers Excluding No Show Mondays

Tickets: Conc $17.00, Full $24.00, Group $19.00

Tix avail: 03 9660 9666 or
www.melbournefringe.com.au

MORE: Die Roten Punkte on MySpace