29.01.2026 21:00
Sherlock Lounge Club, Lounge-Club, Alpbachstrasse 11, 3860 Meiringen
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HAMSCHTER was founded on November 14, 1979 in Stechelberg by singer and guitarist Ben von Allmen and drummer Lori Zurbuchen. The rock band attracted attention early on with original compositions in dialect - and with live concerts that were celebrated as joyful parties.
When Ben von Allmen died in an accident in the fall of 2014, the band was initially on the brink of collapse - but then decided to take on the legacy, with former backing singer Cindy Buchs as the new frontwoman. The decision was rewarded: today, Hamschter are regarded far beyond the Bernese Oberland not only as one of the oldest and most experienced rock formations in Switzerland, but also as a guarantee for straightforward yet imaginative dialect rock. Their discography includes the following seven CDs: "Gambler" (1993), "Wild & Lut" (1996), "nächtelang" (1999), "stächelBärg" (2003), "Rand vom Wahnsinn" (2008), "Boxestopp" (2013), "Live @ Mühle Hunziken" (2016) and the two DVDs "We nid jetz" (2006) and "Live @ Mühle Hunziken" (2016). In February 2019 they went back into the studio. The CD launch "Frag Nid" took place on Friday, May 10, 2019, at Mühle Hunziken. The CD climbed to number 7 in the Swiss album charts.
Another stroke of fate for HAMSCHTER followed on October 13, 2024: drummer Lori Zurbuchen, founding member of HAMSCHTER, died unexpectedly of heart failure at the age of 57. The band is shocked. What next? After much deliberation, the band decides to carry on and let the legacy of Ben and Lori's music live on. With Philipp Seewer, a new drummer could be found for HAMSCHTER.
HAMSCHTER were and remain above all a live band. Whether in small clubs or on really big stages such as the Snowpenair (2009 and 2017) and the Greenfield Festival (2016) - a HAMSCHTER concert is always a special kind of event "u fägt uversichtig", as Oberlanders like to say. So it's no wonder that the band has had its own large fan club for years (hamschter-fanclub.ch).
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
When Ben von Allmen died in an accident in the fall of 2014, the band was initially on the brink of collapse - but then decided to take on the legacy, with former backing singer Cindy Buchs as the new frontwoman. The decision was rewarded: today, Hamschter are regarded far beyond the Bernese Oberland not only as one of the oldest and most experienced rock formations in Switzerland, but also as a guarantee for straightforward yet imaginative dialect rock. Their discography includes the following seven CDs: "Gambler" (1993), "Wild & Lut" (1996), "nächtelang" (1999), "stächelBärg" (2003), "Rand vom Wahnsinn" (2008), "Boxestopp" (2013), "Live @ Mühle Hunziken" (2016) and the two DVDs "We nid jetz" (2006) and "Live @ Mühle Hunziken" (2016). In February 2019 they went back into the studio. The CD launch "Frag Nid" took place on Friday, May 10, 2019, at Mühle Hunziken. The CD climbed to number 7 in the Swiss album charts.
Another stroke of fate for HAMSCHTER followed on October 13, 2024: drummer Lori Zurbuchen, founding member of HAMSCHTER, died unexpectedly of heart failure at the age of 57. The band is shocked. What next? After much deliberation, the band decides to carry on and let the legacy of Ben and Lori's music live on. With Philipp Seewer, a new drummer could be found for HAMSCHTER.
HAMSCHTER were and remain above all a live band. Whether in small clubs or on really big stages such as the Snowpenair (2009 and 2017) and the Greenfield Festival (2016) - a HAMSCHTER concert is always a special kind of event "u fägt uversichtig", as Oberlanders like to say. So it's no wonder that the band has had its own large fan club for years (hamschter-fanclub.ch).
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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