Oktoberfest premiere becomes a springboard for young bands
Created: 09/30/2022, 09:20 am
By: Peter Loder
The band Saustoi from the Aich district of Brucker plays every day at the Wiesn.
A backbreaking job.
But Ammer-Festwirt Josef Schmidbauer (back 2nd from left) and Edelfan Dr.
Pascal Black from Germering (left) are enthusiastic about singer Kleo Leike with her Saustoi boys (from right) Sascha Pakai, Chris Rind, Fabian Eckmann and Florian Reimer.
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The Oktoberfest is suffering a lot from the cold, wet weather this year, and the Ammer tent has recently made the headlines because of its pricing.
But that doesn't detract from the enthusiasm of the Brucker band "Saustoi", who make music at the Hendl-Bratern at their Oktoberfest premiere.
And neither does her fans.
Munich/Fürstenfeldbruck – The beer tent guests think it's "awesome", the musicians feel "superb" and the Wiesn landlord is "in love with it".
He speaks of an “amazing resonance”.
Saustoi has arrived at the Oktoberfest.
When the five-strong party band from Aich rocks the Ammer tent hosted by host Josef Schmidbauer every evening, the visitors can't stop at the benches.
Eight hours a day in the beer tent
Singer Kleo Leike and her Saustoi boys Florian Reimer, Fabian Eckmann, Sascha Pakai and Chris Rind will be there for the daily eight-hour presence at the Wiesn around 5 p.m.
Before that, the folk musicians Erik Berthold and Otto Göttler had entertained the daytime audience with traditional sounds in the cozy and manageable Ammer tent.
Now the evening guests are pushing their way to their booked tables (no reservation is impossible) and are waiting for the Bavarian anthem, which will be celebrated at 7 p.m. by Aich's high-flyers in a gently rocking style.
The music night is traditionally opened in the oldest chicken roastery, founded in 1885.
Landlord discovers band in the Marthabräuhalle
Schmidbauer has been the Ammer Festwirt for 42 years.
During this time he has only signed seven bands.
Saustoi is number eight and "the best we've ever had".
Schmidbauer, who personally cast the group for a guest performance in Bruck's Marthabräuhalle and signed it on the spot, almost gets enthusiastic when he speaks of the "young and lively band from Oach": "Highly professional and so completely without airs and graces." With what actually one thing is already clear: Saustoi in the Hendl tent will not be a flash in the pan.
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Much to the delight of a new noble fan of the band: Pascal Black is a daily regular.
“The young band is just amazing – super young and hip.
Every evening is different,” says the 50-year-old dentist from Germering.
Band frontman Florian Reimer confirms: "We don't have a fixed program, we play depending on what people are in the mood for." From 9 p.m. at the latest, they are in the mood for Layla and also loudly demand their desire for the controversial Wiesn cracker.
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The catchy tune is a must on average twice a night.
The daily Oktoberfest madness lasts until 11 p.m., which also costs a lot of fitness.
Drummer Sascha Pakai, who is physically most challenged on the drums, was the first to notice that after just a few days at the Oktoberfest, he weighed fewer pounds.
But mentally everything is in the green: "Only on the first day I was a little nervous," admits singer Kleo.
Saustoi already booked for 2023
At home in Aich, the original fans of the group, which was founded in 2015 at the Brucker secondary school, are already waiting: Immediately after the Wiesn, the Saustoi tour 2022 will end on October 8th at the Aicher Weinfest in the Stadl of Bruck's former mayor Sepp Kellerer.
"After that it's a Ruah," says Reimer.
But 2023 will be a tough one again, because the Oktoberfest premiere had the practical side effect that organizers are now booking Saustoi even more eagerly.
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