ArtistInfo

Herbst In Peking

Band, *1987 DE
Rock and Electronic

Herbst in Peking (Autumn in Beijing) is a band from Germany. It was formed in 1987 in East Berlin by singer and mastermind Rex Joswig and keyboard player Dr Totenhöfer. Completing the band were Alexander Istschenko (guitar), Hans "Tomato" Narva (bass) and Benno Verch (drums). The band was one of Die anderen Bands who openly expressed their social and political criticism in lyrics and music. The name was derived from a book of the same title by French author Boris Vian. Fearing copyright problems they only used the abbreviation "H.I.P." in official correspondence. Their live shows featured a weird mix of Russian, Chinese and Eastern European influenced personality cult. The lyrics were sung partly in German, English and Russian.

Members

	Rex Joswig voc
	Alex Istschenko g, bvoc
	Benno Verch dr
	Hans Tomato b, eb
	Torsten Beckmann g, eg DE
	Torsten Ratheischak org, ep DE
	Frank Tröger key, voc DE
	Torsten Füchsel g, voc, eg DE
	Johnny Vintage dr
	Pegman g