Züri West

Züri West
Züri West
	Züri West at the «Stars of Sounds» concert in Aarberg, 1 June 2012.
Background information
Origin	Switzerland
Genres	Rock
Years active	1984–present
Members	Kuno Lauener; Markus Fehlmann; Gert Stäuble; Manuel Häfliger; Wolfgang Zwieauer;
Past members	Peter Schmid (until 1986); Sam Mumenthaler (until 1986); Martin S. Silfverberg (until 1992); Peter von Siebenthal (until 2000); Martin Gerber (until 2000); Oliver Kuster (until 2004); Jürg Schmidhauser (until 2012); Tom Etter (until 2017);
Website	www.zueriwest.ch

Züri West (Swiss German for Zürich West) is a Swiss rock band. Most of their songs are written in Bernese German.^{[citation needed]}

The band's name is an ironic reference to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, as merely a place west of Zürich, the largest city in Switzerland.^{[citation needed]}

Line-up edit

Current members edit

Kuno Lauener (vocals): since 1984
Markus Fehlmann (guitar): since 1984
Gert Stäuble (drums): since 1993
Manuel Häfliger (guitar): since 2017
Wolfgang Zwieauer (bass): since 2017

Former members edit

Peter Schmid (bass): 1984-1986
Sam Mumenthaler (drums): 1984-1986
Martin S. Silfverberg (drums): 1986–1992
Peter von Siebenthal (guitar): 1984-2000
Martin Gerber (bass): 1986–2000
Oli Kuster (keyboards): 2000-2004
Jürg Schmidhauser (bass): 2000-2012
Tom Etter (guitar): 2000-2017

Discography edit

Splendid EP (13 December 1985) - Black Cat at Bebop
Kirchberg EP (November, 1986) - Black Cat at Sound Service
Sport und Musik (15 November 1987) - Black Cat at Sound Service
Bümpliz - Casablanca (13 May 1989) - Black Cat at Sound Service
Elvis (15 June 1990) - Black Cat at Sound Service
Arturo Bandini (15 November 1991) - Sound Service
Wintertour (21 November 1992) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Züri West (10 May 1994) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Hoover Jam (11 May 1996) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Super 8 (6 March 1999) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Radio zum Glück (25 August 2001) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Retour - Best of (15 November 2003) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Aloha from Züri West (12 June 2004) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Haubi Songs (12 January 2008) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
HomeRekords (23 April 2010) - Weltrekords at Sound Service
Göteborg (23 March 2012) - Sound Service
Love (24 March 2017) - Sound Service
Loch dür Zyt (8 December 2023) - Sound Service

Videography edit

Am Blues vorus (28 March 2003)

External links edit

The band's website

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