Clapping ensued as the students anticipated seeing the language they work to learn come to life. On Thursday, the German 2 students attended a concert by Einshoch6, a German band from Berlin at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL).

There were about 1,200 students there from high schools around the area.

Einshoch6 is a hip hop/rap band and the entire concert was sung in German. Everyone was standing and this concert was very interactive, the audience clapped, danced and even sang along with einshoch6.  

One of the more eager students, Madelyn Birkhead, made custom Einshoch6 signs. At the end of this rager, despite odds that the band was not giving autographs and there was no writing utensils in sight, the sign was autographed by all of the Einshoch6 members. It is currently being laminated and then will hang in glory as the prized possession of Mr. Stoll’s room till the end of time.

There were unique instruments played by the band including a cello and keytar. The keytar player, Sebastian, was a huge crowd favorite for Liberty. He was quite the eccentric character, even inspiring some students to want to pursue a keytar career.

“Long live Sebastian,” bubbly sophomore Dessa Outman stated.

The band was very enthusiastic to be playing for this audience – stating it was “a very special honor and a dream come true” to be playing in the United States.

“I want to have as good of a time as the band was having on stage,” sophomore Elaine Amery said.

St. Louis was the band’s second to last stop on their U.S tour. Their songs ranged from talking about female German teachers, to the weekend or “Wochenend” and there was even a love song where the entire audience had their flashlights out.

Seeing 1,000 sweaty students shining their lights and swaying along to a German love song is quite the heartwarming spectacle.

At one especially lively time in the concert, some of the band members put on clout goggles. This was especially exciting for sophomores Michael Peeler and Zach Kerns who have there own pair of these.

“I’m all about the clout,” sophomore Michael Peeler said.

The concert was concluded by one of the main singers beatboxing for a couple minutes.

This concert wasn’t all fun and games. Outman blew out her left knee from dropping it a little too low during one of the interactive parts of the concert.  The audience was given direction to get down. Despite directions from her doctor to not squat, when you are surrounded by edgy German students in the middle of a rager all squatting, you squat.

Einshoch6 album is free to download and they want to promote their music as a fun way to learn German. It is also on Spotify.

After the concert, the students headed over to the mall where they ate at the food court for an hour. Many students were as excited (or more so) about this as the concert.

“I couldn’t wait to eat, the food court was fun,” sophomore Haleigh McCune said.

Some even took the time to shop and play at the arcade.