Rasta Knast
German punk band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rasta Knast is a German punk band founded in the city of Celle, Germany in 1997. The band name is a playful reference to the Swedish punk band Asta Kask, known as a foundational band of Swedish punk rock, and the musical genre trallpunk. Rasta Knast's music is in the musical style of trallpunk, but generally uses German-language lyrics rather than Swedish-language lyrics.[2] They have covered songs from Swedish punk bands Asta Kask, Radioaktiva Räker, and the Troublemakers.[3]
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Background information | |
Origin | Celle, Germany |
Genres | Deutschpunk, trallpunk |
Years active | 1997—present |
Labels | Plastic Bomb Records, Höhnie Records, Nasty Vinyl |
Members | Martin K. (vocals,guitar) Atti (vocals,guitar) Dom (bass, vocals) Nils (drums)[1] |
Website | www |
Rasta Knast has released four studio albums, the last two of which are on the German punk label Plastic Bomb, associated with Plastic Bomb Fanzine (established 1993).[3] They have sold more than 30,000 copies of their albums.[1] Rasta Knast have toured nationally in Germany as well as Sweden,[4] Norway, Brasil,[4] Japan, England, Ireland, Russia, and Spain.[5] They have contributed to several long-running, and well-known series of German punk rock compilations, including Weird System's Punk Rock BRD and Höhnie Records' Sicher gibt es bessere Zeiten series of compilation albums.