Züri West

Züri West (Swiss German for Zürich West) is a Swiss rock band. Most of their songs are written in Bernese German.

Züri West
Züri West at the «Stars of Sounds» concert in Aarberg, 1st June 2012.
Background information
OriginSwitzerland
GenresRock
Years active1984–present
Websitewww.zueriwest.ch
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)

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.

Line-up

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

Videography
  • Am Blues vorus (March 28, 2003)


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