Musical youth

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Klaudia Schifferle Livio Piatti Livio Piatti

Dolce Vita, Lausanne Yves Leresche Yves Leresche

Boris Blank - half of the electro group Yello - at work Charles Seiler Charles Seiler

Fan in the audience and Stephan Eicher on stage, Dolce Vita Yves Leresche Yves Leresche

Collection of posters for AJZ Biel Heute und Danach

Anonymous punk and Wolfgang Bortlik, Merz Fabrik, Aarau Thomas Kern Thomas Kern

Ahmed von Wartburg, candidate for mayor of Zurich, 1982 Gertrud Vogler Gertrud Vogler

Les Reines Prochaines Tobias Madörin Tobias Madörin

Hansi Voigt and Patrik Amstutz, Merz Fabrik, Aarau Thomas Kern Thomas Kern

The 80s: tapes are in, vinyl is out Heute und Danach

Chin-Chin Charles Seiler Charles Seiler

The Bucks (left) and Nik Emch, Sandra Murer and unknown friend Livio Piatti and Alex Colle Livio Piatti und Alex Colle

Hilflos playing at the Drahtschmidli, Zurich Gertrud Vogler Gertrud Vogler

Merz Fabrik, Aarau Thomas Kern Thomas Kern

The Maniacs, Dolce Vita, Lausanne Yves Leresche Yves Leresche

Unknown Mix Charles Seiler Charles Seiler

Madlaina Peer and The Vyllies Livio Piatti and Alex Colle Livio Piatti und Alex Colle

Züri West posing with their Ford Transit van Heute und Danach

Rudolph Dietrich Livio Piatti Livio Piatti

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The book Heute und Danach (Today and Thereafter) portrays the Swiss musical scene of the 1980s alongside the issues of the day. Six essays and a discography complete the cultural context.

The styles of music and the musicians involved, the changes within society, the art and youth scene, the development of cities in terms of “youth culture” as well as technical achievements and alternative forms of distribution serve as versatile backgrounds for the 1980s. This was a decade when change, initiated by sections of the youth population itself, was supposed to bring about a fundamental shift in society.

Fifty key figures of the Swiss scene at that time provide the main emphasis of the publication. These include Alain Croubalian, Stefan Eicher, Vera Kaa, Kuno Lauener, Muda Mathis, Franz Treichler and Suzanne Zahnd.