Praise! Your! Fandoms! Get others interested!

[crantz]

Hey, everyone! It's Praise Your Fandom time!

Get people into your canon! Tell them what's awesome about it!

Tell them where to find it!

Tell them ALL ABOUT IT!

Please use this format:

<b>Fandom/Canon Name:</b>
<b>What's awesome about it:</b>
<b>Where to find:</b>


Thank you and have a great yuletide!


(ALSO: Please feel free to ask for specific recs too! Like post a thread going 'hey I'm looking for canons with bisexual leads' or something!)

Comments

[rosehiptea]

Fandom/Canon Name: Die Ärzte
What's awesome about it: Everything! See below.
Where to find: Youtube mostly (See below)

Die Ärzte is a German punk band that is very famous in Germany but not so well-known in other places. They are semi-retired but they have been around since the 80s (though this exact lineup came slightly later). They consist of Farin Urlaub on guitar, Bela B on drums, and Rodrigo González on bass.

I know a band is a much bigger fandom than those people usually get into for Yuletide, but these are very fun guys and I always love talking about them and encouraging people to listen to them so here I am.

Their lyrics, which is virtually all in German, are a huge part of the appeal of the band. Most of their songs are funny, though they have some kickass serious ones too, and they are often very insightful. I have links below for several of their songs. The links are for a fan translation site and they have English translations (done by fans, quality varies) of the songs as well as a link to songs on Youtube.

Main Lyrics Page

3-Tage-Bart. (3 Day Beard). A very funny song, and the video is a parody of boy band videos that I find hilarious.

Zu spät (Too Late), a classic from their early days.

Mach die Augen zu (Close Your Eyes). This is a sad one.

Schrei Nach Liebe (Cry for Love) Their famous anti-Nazi anthem.

This band is very easy to write fic about because they are total goofballs and they turn the stage gay up to 11, especially Farin and Bela. In fact I have here a NSFW mini-picspam of Farin/Bela moments.

Enjoy!

[rocknroll1968]

Nice picspam! Those two are super cute.

[rosehiptea]

Thank you! I love them.