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Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
American rock singer and musician
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Electric Frankenstein
Electric Frankenstein
band
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Green Day
Green Day
American punk rock band
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Tré Cool
Tré Cool
Drummer, punk rock musician
4
The Hives
The Hives
Swedish rock band
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Alison Mosshart
Alison Mosshart
American musician
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White Flag
White Flag
American punk rock band
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Eddie and the Hot Rods
Eddie and the Hot Rods
British band
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Die Ärzte
Die Ärzte
German rock band
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Tav Falco's Panther Burns
Tav Falco's Panther Burns
American rock band
10
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
Grazhdanskaya Oborona
Soviet-Russian punk rock band
11
The Gaslight Anthem
The Gaslight Anthem
American rock band
12
Charming Hostess
Charming Hostess
band
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Amon Düül
Amon Düül
German political art commune
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Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon
American band
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The Stooges
The Stooges
American punk rock band
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Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
American ska punk band
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Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba
British alternative rock band
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La-Ventura
La-Ventura
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Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
American musician
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Nomeansno
Nomeansno
Canadian alternative rock band
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The Ducky Boys
The Ducky Boys
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The Mad Capsule Markets
The Mad Capsule Markets
Japanese band
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Turbonegro
Turbonegro
Norwegian punk rock band
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Subb
Subb
band
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The Damned
The Damned
British rock band
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Métal Urbain
Métal Urbain
band
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The Heartbreakers
The Heartbreakers
American punk band
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Hard-Ons
Hard-Ons
band that plays punk rock
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Clockcleaner
Clockcleaner
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Tito & Tarantula
Tito & Tarantula
American band
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Big Black
Big Black
American rock band
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China Drum
China Drum
english punk-rock band
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The Nightingales
The Nightingales
British band
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Shellac
Shellac
American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois
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The Partisans
The Partisans
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company
American rock band
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Aurora
Aurora
Hungarian musical group
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Cosmic Psychos
Cosmic Psychos
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The Saints
The Saints
Australian band
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Mortification
Mortification
band
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The Unseen
The Unseen
band that plays punk rock
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Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols
English punk rock band
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The Sonics
The Sonics
band
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Joy Division
Joy Division
English rock band
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The Drones
The Drones
British band that plays punk rock
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The Monks
The Monks
rock band
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The Clash
The Clash
British punk rock band
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Crass
Crass
Art collective and punk band
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The Hellacopters
The Hellacopters
Swedish rock band
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Not by Choice
Not by Choice
Canadian punk rock band
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Black Flag
Black Flag
American hardcore punk band
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The Meteors
The Meteors
British Psychobilly Band
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Fugazi
Fugazi
American Hardcore Punk Band
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Sham 69
Sham 69
British Punk/Oi! band
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Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt
band
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New York Dolls
New York Dolls
American rock band
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The Aquabats
The Aquabats
American rock band
Intro
Music

Big Balls and the Great White Idiot was one of the first and best known German punk rock bands. They were founded in Hamburg in 1975 by Peter Grund (drums, vocals, text), "Baron Adolf Kaiser" (vocals),Wolfgang Lorenz (guitar) and the Grund brothers, Alfred (bass, vocals) and Atli (guitar). The charismatic head of the band was the drummer and songwriter Peter. "Baron Adolf" provoked the audience by wearing a Nazi uniform and a black moustache as an expression of anarchy. Performances on stage were highly aggressive; the band was known to shout at the audience to go home. Punk News magazine called the sound "mean and ugly."

The first album was released in 1977 by Teldec, named Big Balls. Among the 17 songs were a cover version of the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the U.K.", in this case "Anarchy in Germany," and another of Velvet Underground. In 1978 the second album Foolish Guys followed. The next two albums, Artikel 1 and Creepy Shades, were released by their own label Balls Records, the latter bringing a change in sound away from punk.

The decline of punk rock did not affect the close ties between the band and their fans, but the 1980s saw the "Balls" (with French guitarist Hervé Rozoum) more often in theaters contributing their music to various stageplays.

Their latest album was from 1999 called "In Search for Love" and were scheduled to tour Japan 2000/2001.