Tocotronic are an institution. From their beginnings in the "Hamburger Schule"
to their outstanding status in the German feuilleton: Tocotronic are always
clever, poetic, sincere, annoyed and humorous. Punk meets beautiful lyrics full
of references, e.g. Proust, Mark E. Smith and Éric Rohmer. Dirk von Lowtzow, Jan
Müller and Arne Zank release their first album Digital Ist Besser in 1995,
followed by Nach Der Verlorenen Zeit (1995), Wir Kommen Um Uns Zu Beschweren
(1996) and Es Ist Egal, Aber (1997) - the Hamburg Years, if you like, which is
also the title of a compilation album i...