In January 2009 Rasta Knast released the EP Friede, Freude, Untergang . In 2010 they released the album Tertius Decimus , which includes pieces from all of the phases of Rasta Knast’s history, in part re-recorded. This compilation album was released on Destiny Records, for the band’s 13th anniversary. On…
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In 2007, Rasta Knast released the live album Live in São Paulo . Because the band members were geographically dispersed in different cities (Celle, Hamburg and also Prague) Peter and Phil left the band in June 2008. Rasta Knast moved on with Dom (from Mighty Mopped) on bass, Ballo (former…
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In the fall of 2003 Rasta Knast released a split EP Kanpai with the Japanese punk band Crispy Nuts . This EP was recorded with Peter “Hecktor” Blümer (of the band Hass ). After a tour of Brasil in 2004, Rasta Knast broke up for the second time.
In 2001, Rasta Knast released their 3rd album Bandera Pirata , which included two cover songs from bands from South America. In 2003 they released a split LP/CD of cover songs, titled Marcas da revolta with the Brazilian hardcore punk band Agrotóxico .
In the summer of 2000, Konrad Kittner left the band for health reasons. Rasta Knast broke up, to be re-founded shortly after by Martin K. along with Florentin Shock (former member of The Annoyed) on guitar and backup vocals, and Thomas “Cpt. Planlos” (from Leistungsgruppe Maulich ) on bass.
In 2000, Rasta Knast recorded the EP Turistas alemanes asesin@s , together with three guest singers from Mallorcaos-Punx that sang in Spanisch. On this EP there are three cover songs from Spanish punk bands.
In October 1999, the band released their second album Die Katze beißt in Draht . This album included a cover of the Swedish punk band the Troublemaker’s song Vill ha , translated into German as Will haben . With this second album, Rasta Knast began working through several line-up changes;…
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With this line-up, Rasta Knast’s first full studio album Legal Kriminal was recorded in January 1998. This recording features Martin K. on guitar, bass, drums and vocals, along with Andreas Höhn on guitar and vocals. Konrad Kittner provided back-up vocals. The album included covers of Swedish punk songs with lyrics…
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