Züri West

Züri West
Züri West in 2012
Background information
Origin	Switzerland
Genres	Rock
Members	Kuno Lauener Markus Fehlmann Tom Etter Jürg Schmidhauser Gert Stäuble Oli Kuster
Past members	Peter Schmid Sam Mumenthaler Peter von Siebenthal Martin Gerber Martin S. Silfverberg

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

The band's name is an ironic reference to Bern, 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
• Tom Etter (guitar): since 2000
• Jürg Schmidhauser (bass): since 2000
• Gert Stäuble (drums): since 1993
• Oli Kuster (keyboards): since 2000

Former members

• Peter Schmid (bass): 1984-1986
• Sam Mumenthaler (drums): 1984-1986
• Peter von Siebenthal (guitar): 1984-2000
• Martin Gerber (bass): 1986–2000
• Martin S. Silfverberg (drums): 1986–1992

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 (März 23, 2012) - Sound Service

Videography

• Am Blues vorus (March 28, 2003)

External links

• The band's website