Overview
- The 90-minute documentary 'Die Toten Hosen – Das letzte Album' premiered in Mainz on Tuesday, May 19, became available in the ARD Mediathek on Wednesday, May 20, and will air on Das Erste after the DFB-Pokalfinale on Saturday, May 23.
- The film discloses that frontman Campino, 63, unexpectedly became a father again during the sessions and that the birth inspired the song 'Teddy' captured in the studio.
- Director Eric Friedler followed the band for two years as they lived and recorded in a converted farmhouse in the Münsterland with producer Vincent Sorg, showing tense listening sessions, fights over songs and the emotional toll on members.
- The project’s presentation is deliberate: the package includes a cover image by Andreas Gursky and a bonus album titled 'Alles muss raus!', and the film surfaces concrete choices such as a song called 'Oktoberfest' whose place on the main tracklist is not yet clear.
- Die Toten Hosen will release the studio album 'Trink aus, wir müssen gehen!' together with the bonus collection on May 29, and the band says it will stop making regular studio albums while continuing to play live, forcing members to reckon with the end of this chapter.