{"history":[],"article":{"id":"e659ec69-72a8-4ce5-aa79-d1652fb7884d","title":"Opel-Gang","slug":"opel-gang","content":":::summary\n**Name:** Opel-Gang \n**Type:** album \n**Artist:** [Die Toten Hosen](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-toten-hosen) \n**Released:** 1983 2007 (jubilee edition) \n**Genre:** [Punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) \n**Length:** 36:21 79:43 (re-release) \n**Label:** Totenkopf [EMI](https://bliptext.com/articles/emi) \n**Producer:** [Jon Caffery](https://bliptext.com/articles/jon-caffery) \n**Next Title:** [Unter falscher Flagge](https://bliptext.com/articles/unter-falscher-flagge) \n**Next Year:** 1984 \n:::\n\n# \n**Opel-Gang** is the debut album of the [German](https://bliptext.com/articles/germany) [punk](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) band [Die Toten Hosen](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-toten-hosen).\nThe title is a reference to an article in a [Düsseldorf](https://bliptext.com/articles/d-sseldorf) [newspaper](https://bliptext.com/articles/newspaper), where a gang of small-time thieves, who drove [self-tuned](https://bliptext.com/articles/car-tuning) [Opels](https://bliptext.com/articles/opel), were named Opel-Gang, even though the band wasn't initially into car modding.\nThe album took under 10 days to record.\nAs the band is from [Düsseldorf](https://bliptext.com/articles/d-sseldorf), several songs on this album are centered on this city.\n\"Modestadt Düsseldorf\" is a nod to their home town; the title and the theme, although not the exact lyrics of \"[Opel-Gang](https://bliptext.com/articles/bommerlunder-opel-gang)\" are based on the article mentioned above; in \"Hofgarten\", the Düsseldorf court garden is meant.\n\"[Reisefieber](https://bliptext.com/articles/reisefieber)\" was released as a single and a video was made for it.\n\"Opel-Gang\" and \"[Bis zum bitteren Ende](https://bliptext.com/articles/bis-zum-bitteren-ende-die-toten-hosen-live)\" have become live favourites and defining songs for [Die Toten Hosen](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-toten-hosen); the band sometimes refers to itself as \"the original Opel gang\" and \"bis zum bitteren Ende\" has become somewhat a [slogan](https://bliptext.com/articles/slogan) for the band, also it was used as the title of [their first live album](https://bliptext.com/articles/bis-zum-bitteren-ende).\n\n# Track listing\n\n## 2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks\n

\"[Jürgen Englers](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-krupps) Party\" (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 1:26 (from \"[Wir sind bereit](https://bliptext.com/articles/wir-sind-bereit)\")\n

\"Niemandsland\" (No man's land) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 2:41 (from \"[Reisefieber](https://bliptext.com/articles/reisefieber)\")\n

\"Armee der Verlierer\" (Army of losers) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 4:23 (from \"[Bommerlunder/Opel Gang](https://bliptext.com/articles/bommerlunder-opel-gang)\")\n

\"Opel-Gang\" – 1:59 (from \"Bommerlunder/Opel Gang\")\n

\"[Schöne Bescherung](https://bliptext.com/articles/sch-ne-bescherung)\" (roughly Happy [holidays](https://bliptext.com/articles/christmas); lit. Nice gift-giving, also Nice mess) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 3:02 (from \"[Schöne Bescherung](https://bliptext.com/articles/sch-ne-bescherung)\")\n

\"Willi's weiße Weihnacht\" (Willi's white [christmas](https://bliptext.com/articles/christmas)) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 2:35 (from \"Schöne Bescherung\")\n

\"[Knecht Ruprecht](https://bliptext.com/articles/companions-of-saint-nicholas)s letzte Fahrt\" ([Knecht Ruprecht](https://bliptext.com/articles/companions-of-saint-nicholas)'s last ride) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 3:46 (from \"Schöne Bescherung\")\n

\"[Kriminaltango](https://bliptext.com/articles/kriminal[tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance))\" (Criminal [tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance)) (Trombetto/Feltz) – 3:32 (from \"[Kriminaltango](https://bliptext.com/articles/kriminal[tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance))\")\n

\"Allein vor deinem Haus o. dein Vater der Boxer\" – 2:26 (from \"Kriminaltango\")\n

\"Es ist vorbei\" (It's over) (Frege, von Holst/Frege, Meurer, Trimpop) – 3:09 (from \"Kriminaltango\")\n

\"Die Abenteuer des kleinen Haevelmann\" (The adventures of the little Haevelmann) (von Holst/Frege) – 2:29 (as Tangobrüder, from the compilation Ein Vollrausch in Stereo - 20 schäumende Stimmungshits)\n

\"Frühstückskorn\" ([Korn](https://bliptext.com/articles/korn-liquor) for breakfast) (von Holst/Frege) – 1:57 (as Tangobrüder, from the compilation Ein Vollrausch in Stereo)\n

\"Bis zum bitteren Ende\" – 3:08 (as Tangobrüder, from the compilation Ein Vollrausch in Stereo)\n

\"[Wir sind bereit](https://bliptext.com/articles/wir-sind-bereit)\" (We are ready) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 1:59 (live in „S0 36“ in [Berlin](https://bliptext.com/articles/berlin), 30.04.1982)\n

\"[Hip Hop Bommi Bop](https://bliptext.com/articles/hip-hop-bommi-bop)\" (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Meurer, Trimpop) – 4:34 (from \"[Hip Hop Bommi Bop](https://bliptext.com/articles/hip-hop-bommi-bop)\")

\n\n# Personnel\n\n# Charts\n\n# Certifications\nDuring 2006, the album went gold in Germany.","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T11:19:39.771Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T11:19:39.771Z","search_vector":"'gang':3 'opel':2 'opel-gang':1","search_content":" \n**Name:** Opel-Gang \n**Type:** album \n**Artist:** [Die Toten Hosen](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-toten-hosen) \n**Released:** 1983 2007 (jubilee edition) \n**Genre:** [Punk rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) \n**Length:** 36:21 79:43 (re-release) \n**Label:** Totenkopf [EMI](https://bliptext.com/articles/emi) \n**Producer:** [Jon Caffery](https://bliptext.com/articles/jon-caffery) \n**Next Title:** [Unter falscher Flagge](https://bliptext.com/articles/unter-falscher-flagge) \n**Next Year:** 1984 \n \n\n# \n**Opel-Gang** is the debut album of the [German](https://bliptext.com/articles/germany) [punk](https://bliptext.com/articles/punk-rock) band [Die Toten Hosen](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-toten-hosen).\nThe title is a reference to an article in a [Düsseldorf](https://bliptext.com/articles/d-sseldorf) [newspaper](https://bliptext.com/articles/newspaper), where a gang of small-time thieves, who drove [self-tuned](https://bliptext.com/articles/car-tuning) [Opels](https://bliptext.com/articles/opel), were named Opel-Gang, even though the band wasn't initially into car modding.\nThe album took under 10 days to record.\nAs the band is from [Düsseldorf](https://bliptext.com/articles/d-sseldorf), several songs on this album are centered on this city.\n\"Modestadt Düsseldorf\" is a nod to their home town; the title and the theme, although not the exact lyrics of \"[Opel-Gang](https://bliptext.com/articles/bommerlunder-opel-gang)\" are based on the article mentioned above; in \"Hofgarten\", the Düsseldorf court garden is meant.\n\"[Reisefieber](https://bliptext.com/articles/reisefieber)\" was released as a single and a video was made for it.\n\"Opel-Gang\" and \"[Bis zum bitteren Ende](https://bliptext.com/articles/bis-zum-bitteren-ende-die-toten-hosen-live)\" have become live favourites and defining songs for [Die Toten Hosen](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-toten-hosen); the band sometimes refers to itself as \"the original Opel gang\" and \"bis zum bitteren Ende\" has become somewhat a [slogan](https://bliptext.com/articles/slogan) for the band, also it was used as the title of [their first live album](https://bliptext.com/articles/bis-zum-bitteren-ende).\n\n# Track listing\n\n## 2007 remastered anniversary edition bonus tracks\n \"[Jürgen Englers](https://bliptext.com/articles/die-krupps) Party\" (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 1:26 (from \"[Wir sind bereit](https://bliptext.com/articles/wir-sind-bereit)\")\n \"Niemandsland\" (No man's land) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 2:41 (from \"[Reisefieber](https://bliptext.com/articles/reisefieber)\")\n \"Armee der Verlierer\" (Army of losers) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 4:23 (from \"[Bommerlunder/Opel Gang](https://bliptext.com/articles/bommerlunder-opel-gang)\")\n \"Opel-Gang\" – 1:59 (from \"Bommerlunder/Opel Gang\")\n \"[[Schöne Bescherung](https://bliptext.com/articles/sch-ne-bescherung)](https://bliptext.com/articles/sch-ne-bescherung)\" (roughly Happy [holidays](https://bliptext.com/articles/christmas); lit. Nice gift-giving, also Nice mess) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 3:02 (from \"[[Schöne Bescherung](https://bliptext.com/articles/sch-ne-bescherung)](https://bliptext.com/articles/sch-ne-bescherung)\")\n \"Willi's weiße Weihnacht\" (Willi's white [christmas](https://bliptext.com/articles/christmas)) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 2:35 (from \"Schöne Bescherung\")\n \"[Knecht Ruprecht](https://bliptext.com/articles/companions-of-saint-nicholas)s letzte Fahrt\" ([Knecht Ruprecht](https://bliptext.com/articles/companions-of-saint-nicholas)'s last ride) (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Frege) – 3:46 (from \"Schöne Bescherung\")\n \"[Kriminal[tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance)](https://bliptext.com/articles/kriminal[tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance))\" (Criminal [tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance)) (Trombetto/Feltz) – 3:32 (from \"[Kriminal[tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance)](https://bliptext.com/articles/kriminal[tango](https://bliptext.com/articles/tango-dance))\")\n \"Allein vor deinem Haus o. dein Vater der Boxer\" – 2:26 (from \"Kriminaltango\")\n \"Es ist vorbei\" (It's over) (Frege, von Holst/Frege, Meurer, Trimpop) – 3:09 (from \"Kriminaltango\")\n \"Die Abenteuer des kleinen Haevelmann\" (The adventures of the little Haevelmann) (von Holst/Frege) – 2:29 (as Tangobrüder, from the compilation Ein Vollrausch in Stereo - 20 schäumende Stimmungshits)\n \"Frühstückskorn\" ([Korn](https://bliptext.com/articles/korn-liquor) for breakfast) (von Holst/Frege) – 1:57 (as Tangobrüder, from the compilation Ein Vollrausch in Stereo)\n \"Bis zum bitteren Ende\" – 3:08 (as Tangobrüder, from the compilation Ein Vollrausch in Stereo)\n \"[Wir sind bereit](https://bliptext.com/articles/wir-sind-bereit)\" (We are ready) (Frege, von Holst/Frege) – 1:59 (live in „S0 36“ in [Berlin](https://bliptext.com/articles/berlin), 30.04.1982)\n \"[[Hip Hop Bommi Bop](https://bliptext.com/articles/hip-hop-bommi-bop)](https://bliptext.com/articles/hip-hop-bommi-bop)\" (Breitkopf, Frege, von Holst, Meurer, Trimpop/Meurer, Trimpop) – 4:34 (from \"[[Hip Hop Bommi Bop](https://bliptext.com/articles/hip-hop-bommi-bop)](https://bliptext.com/articles/hip-hop-bommi-bop)\") \n\n# Personnel\n\n# Charts\n\n# Certifications\nDuring 2006, the album went gold in Germany.","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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