The Backyard Band // The BarKing Spiders

In the organizer's words:

he Backyard Band
from Cologne is back! And this band has it all!
Their music is too punky for the blues - and too bluesy for punk. But punks and blues lovers are still in the audience at their concerts.
Their sound is as dirty and raw as ever - rock'n'roll and blues merge with a good dose of punk rock attitude to create a garage sound somewhere between Little Richard and The Sonics. It's a real listening pleasure!
The driving guitars and concise harmonica sounds stand out from the rock-solid foundation of drums and bass, with singer Moritz Zergiebel's powerfully snotty organ towering above them. Simply brilliant!

The first official album "Second hand" was released in 2016 on the indie label of Toten Hosen drummer Vom Ritchie. Since then, the band has been constantly touring the clubs and festival stages of Germany and neighboring countries, underpinning their now legendary reputation as a formidable live band.

In 2024, the Cologne-based band released their third album "Shake It Up". Top-class musicians were invited as guests for the album. DIE TOTEN HOSEN guitarist KUDDEL played on the songs "Haltet mal die Fresse" and "Amphetamin". His colleague ELF from SLIME contributed his guitar parts to the track "LKA". He is joined by TORBEN WESCHE (King Khan & His Shrines, among others) on saxophone for two other songs ("Don't Tell Mama" and "Shake It Up").

// Barking Spiders
Grooving pub rock riffs with a 70s twist.