Beatsteaks nacieron en el verano del 1995 y un año más tarde ya eran los teloneros en uno de los conciertos que los reformados -y algo seniles- Sex Pistols dieron en Berlín.
En el invierno del 97 la formación -Arnim Teutoburg, a la voz y guitarra; Peter Baumann, guitarra; Bernd Kurtzke guitarra; Torsten Scholz, bajo y Thomas Götz, batería- graban su primer disco para un sello independiente berlinés. Se llama 48/49. Durante el 97, los Beatsteaks empiezan a prodigarse de verdad por los escenarios teutones.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
DG hello there ladies and gentlemen EmA wanna join me down your roads F#mGA on the interstate where they say it's safe no more DG it's gonna come down to you anyway EmA so pick up the brand new sound F#m or stick to your guns GA and scare me everyday
GD are we going separate ways GD it's gonna hit one day
BmAGA and I guess that they know nothing at all DGEmA under a big attack F#mGA living under a big attack
G I watch you lying and cheating D misleading the weak GD and you put on a hell of a show F#m you spit on the poor E keep them from your doors F#mE let them suffer and fuck them once more
Bm I will travel this world A which is out of control GA I can sense it wherever I go
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DG who's gonna sing a lullaby EmA for the under twenty-one F#mGA who's gonna get this share or maybe more DG it's gonna come down to you anyway EmA so pick up a brand new sound F#mGA I've been trying hard but I just can't get along
GD are we going separate ways GD it's gonna hit one day GD and I guess that they know nothing GD they know nothing
BmAGA they know nothing at all A under a big attack
DGEmA hello there ladies and gentlemen F#mGA hello there ladies and gentlemen