Mittageisen | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mittageisen_1982.jpg) Mittageisen 1982, left to right: Bruno W, Daniel S, Markus S | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Switzerland |
| Genres | Post-punk, dark wave, new wave |
| Years active | 1981–1986 |
| Labels | mital-U |
| Past members | Bruno W (1981-1986) Daniel S (1981-1986) Markus Sch (1981-1983) Manuela H (1983-1986) Markus St (1983, 1985-1986) Ursula S (1982) |
| Website | www.mital-u.ch/mittageisen |
mittageisen is a Swiss dark wave band of the early 1980s.
The name refers to "Mittageisen", a single by Siouxsie and the Banshees that makes use of a John Heartfield photomontage on the cover. This picture was originally published on the frontpage of the "Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung / Workers Illustrated Journal", published on 19 December 1935. Heartfield (1891–1968) was an early member of the Club Dada, which started 1916 as Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich. The picture with the title 'Hurrah, die Butter ist Alle! / Hurray, the butter is finished!' shows a family who eats various pieces of metal. The trigger for it was the following sentence of a Göring-speech: "Iron made a nation always strong, butter and lard made only the people fat."