Vintage instead of retro: The Firebirds have been celebrating rock’n’roll for the late-born for 30 years | free press

When the musicians Konrad Schöpe, Alexander Teich, Guido Gentzel and Simon Fickenscher gave themselves the band name “The Firebirds” in 1992, they were still students at the Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium in Leipzig. None of them had any idea where the journey was going: The band with their rockabilly sound has long been more than just a bow to pop culture…