Grandma´s Applepie
Grandmas Applepie was founded in 1988 by Andi Otte (git, voc), Andi Mayer (dr) and me (git, akk, voc). Due to a lack of musical skills, we started with a kind of garage punk. Reinforced by Dirk Frauenschuh (bass), Ela Sumser (vocals, flute) and Heike Schwörer (violin), our style finally developed in the direction of folk rock.
At the turn of the millennium, the show was unfortunately over because life is not all about music. We are gradually posting all sorts of things on our YouTube channel for you to refresh the memories: Link to our Youtube channel
Here you can find our music online:
We never stopped jamming together over the years and that's how the idea for our 35th anniversary came up to record our first super hit that never has been published before: Forklift Trucker
Why now? After three years of playing the song over and over again at many concerts, we just couldn't listen to it anymore - sorry for that! Only with increasing age (and wisdom) came the realization that we should correct this mistake and give this musical pearl a worthy place in our coming to terms with the past. Enjoy !
Forklift Trucker
Which you old pogo heads could never get enough of! About a holiday job that was really fun.
Take 4 Eggs ... was recorded as the first CD in 1994. A visit to the studio was out of the question for those on a tight student budget. So we decided to do the recordings ourselves. The album was recorded under adventurous circumstances in student rooms, a cowshed, a garage, the rehearsal room and a holiday apartment. The equipment was extremely minimalistic (1 computer, 1 effects device, 1 DAT recorder and 1 microphone). Unfortunately, you can hear that in the poor quality. It was a truly independent production, however, and the result is a historical document that still shows today, how much fun we were recording it. We made 500 CDs, all of which sold out quickly.
01: Intro
02: Good morning
The effort of getting up in the morning after a long night, expressed with words and chords.
03: Take the flowers to the people
A song about the civil war in Northern Irelend.
04: Powder and pleasure
An icecold morning, be the first at the ski-lift, on the mountain top, fresh powder snow, flying...
05: Mildrew on the evening dress
Better known as: "The man in the moon has been drunken". This is roughly how a torn backpacker feels when he leaves the subway station Paris/La Defense and enteres a world of steel-glass-marble: Like mildrew on an evening dress...
06: Degeneration
A fictive story about a meeting with wisdom. Inspired by a friend's North American bike tour.
07: Yes I´m crazy
Reappraisal of a family story. Everyone makes their own thoughts about it...
08: I wish I was a little fish
How great could be life, if you were a little fish...
09: Water
Tha way of the water circle, from the source to the oceans, is the basis of this ecological critical song.
10: I am not afraid
Be the way you are and don´t be afraid of it.
11: Outro
Masquerade was released in 1995. The album contains the newer songs and was also recorded under our own direction. In terms of sound technology, much better devices have been used and one or the other sound effect can be heard. Unfortunately, our band split up shortly after their release (... well, I'm going to Timbuktu to study ...), so I still have a few CDs (with the original cover with "Shot Hole") in my basement. If you are interested, please contact me by email (see below ...)
01: Riding on a bean
Description of a visit to a fair with unforeseen consequences.
02: The century of Mr. Bean
Tribute to the only real comedian in TV history.
03: Black saturday
Private...
04: Green
Irland - whoever has been there always wants to go back.
05: Mirror on the wall
A song about the incalculable consequences of excessive profit maximization
06: War in the jungle
This piece about the civil war and the suffering of the people in Myanmar (Burma) is dedicated to civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi
07: Applepie for sale
A fun-song about our experiences on stage.
08: Dracula
Eerily beautiful, but not really to be taken seriously...
09: The frog in the suitcase
Party is not all about life. (Lyrics and music: Andi O.)
10: Walk on the rainbow
This song criticizes our increasing alienation from nature. (Lyrics and music: Andi M.)
11: The rainsong
Hiker (or biker) on the way home, but no chance to excape the rain.
12: Goražde
This song is dedicated to all who lost their lives during the Yugoslawian wars from 1991 to 2001.
13: The river
At the end of time...
