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, 1 June 2012.
Background information
OriginSwitzerland
GenresRock
Years active1984–present
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)
Websitewww.zueriwest.ch

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

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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