FRAU DOKTOR…up to here and no further, or does life consume the rockstar dream?
FRAU DOKTOR has grown up. The band has been around for 15, 16 years, and during these years, it has experienced a steady rise. The clubs have gotten bigger, slowly but surely. The fans stayed and increased in number. Just like the lives of the band members, family, children, everyday life, jobs, and the thousand little and big things that hold you back and often take too much energy to go on the road with the guys again and again.
With the high school diploma came the band, or after the apprenticeship, or after the first layoff. Now it's time to go, the guys tell themselves. It's not easy for each individual in the band, as can be read in the booklet. So that's how it is when you dissolve a band, a few lines and goodbye?
Well, first there will still be dancing and skanking until the sweat drips from the ceiling one last time and a final beer is shared with the band as a farewell. FRAU DOKTOR will play a few more concerts until it finally means on October 30, 2010, at the Schlachthof in Wiesbaden, “It was a great time, best wishes and goodbye.”
As a farewell, the band has compiled their best pieces and presents them on “Borders of Coziness.” A beautiful digipack with a lovely booklet, and as an attractive farewell gift, there are four new pieces, an unreleased track, and the song “Alte Männer” in a new version. In total, there are 19 songs. A great gift, almost like Christmas.
Is there more to say? FRAU DOKTOR were or are a ska band with a strong organ and brass influence, sometimes old school and sometimes new school, but mostly moving beautifully in mid-tempo, perfect for dancing, relaxing, and dreaming. Live, they are fantastic, almost always have been. Thus, “Borders of Coziness” is a worthy farewell gift for all fans and friends.
FRAU DOKTOR, take care and watch out for yourself. We will see each other one last time for the farewell, but I promise you, I won't say “Servus” quietly. I will say it loudly, so you can hear it and maybe..., yes maybe someday you'll want to party again.
