Beatsteaks are a Punk rock band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 1995. In 1996 they supported the British Punk band Sex Pistols at their concert in Berlin. With the release of their album Launched in 1999, they became the first German band ever to get a release on Epitaph Records. At the MTV Europe Music Awards of 2004, they won an award for "Best German Act". They made their debut to American audience on the MTV television program, Viva La Bam and are making an appearance on his compilation CD entitled Viva La Bands with their Smack Smash album track "I Don’t Care as Long as You Sing". The song "Atomic Love" appeared on the EA Sports hockey video game NHL 06. They have also appeared on various Punk-O-Rama compilations. The latest Beatsteaks album .limbo messiah was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on March 30th, 2007. It debuted at #3 on the German charts. International release dates are not yet set. As of October 2007, all their tour dates between 11-20 of the same month and then December have been postponed due to family reasons.

Beatsteaks is a German alternative rock / punk band founded in 1995 and residing in Berlin, Germany . The original line-up consisted of Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß (vocals & guitar), Bernd Kurtzke , Peter Baumann (both guitar), “Ali” (bass) and “Steffi” (drums). After the release of their first album 48/49 (1996) Steffi left the band and was replaced by Thomas Götz . Ali left the band after they released their second album Launched (1999) and so Torsten Scholz became the new bass player. Thei