over the course of the band's history, die toten hosen have expressed their loyalty to their home town in various ways. in summer 1995, the band staged an ice hockey game called "powerplay des wahnsinns" (power-play of insanity), playing in a team alongside professional players from düsseldorfer eg against a team composed of finnish rock band leningrad cowboys and finnish national ice hockey players. the match took place in the stadium at the brehmstrasse in düsseldorf. their team "knochenbrecher düsseldorf" (düsseldorf bonebreakers) lost 9:10. in 1996 they slipped into women's clothing, silk stockings and high heels and took part in the düsseldorf mardi gras parade with their own float under the slogan "we bury good taste".