Beat-O-Mania

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The Beat-O-Mania in Munich was from 1995 to 1998 one of the largest Sixties- garage rock - and beat music festivals in Europe .

The four " Allnighter " festivals were organized by the former Munich record company Fortune Records.

Musical focus

In contrast to comparable events, at which the stars of the 1960s often appear again, the Beat-O-Mania focused on the performances of the current sixties scene bands around the world .

These were mostly bands whose hits at that time, especially in the so-called Independent - charts were to be found. These bands and the associated underground scene ( subculture ) continued to cultivate this musical style since the early 1980s . Only later did music bands like Mando Diao or The Hives achieve another commercial breakthrough with this style of music.

Beat-O-Mania is one of the role models and pioneers of similar events, such as the Purple Weekend in León .

Publications

The recordings of the four concerts were published in parts on two samplers called “Beat-O-Mania at it's best”. The concert of the band “ Los Flechazos ” is published on their live album “Pussycat”. The "Motorpsychos" released a single with two tracks from their appearance on Beat-O-Mania. The Saarbrücken mod band The Apemen , which appeared at Beat-O-Mania in 1995 and 1996, ended their debut album “Phantacity” with Hendrix 's live cover song “Fire” recorded at the event .

In addition, the highlights of Beat-O-Mania 1996 appeared on video.

Performers at Beat-O-Mania

(Selection)

  • Los Flechazos ( Spain )
  • The Loons with Tell-Tale Hearts singer Mike Stax ( USA )
  • The Apemen (Saarbrücken, Germany)
  • The Knave ( England )
  • The Fuzztones (USA)
  • The Clique (England)
  • Dr Explosión (Spain)
  • The Jaybirds ( Austria )
  • The Early Hours ( Australia )
  • Larry & The Lefthanded ( Finland )
  • Strange Flowers ( Italy )
  • The Motorpsychos (Munich, Germany)
  • The Others (Italy)
  • Los Coronas (Spain)
  • Head & The Hares (Italy)
  • Daisy Chain (Germany)
  • The Diaboliks (England)
  • Swinging London (Germany)
  • Sex Museum (Spain)
  • The Immaculates (Italy)
  • Thee Cherylinas (Saarbrücken, Germany)
  • 99th Floor (Italy)
  • The Flynns with Willi Ortlieb from the Motorpsychos, Albert Krämer, Max Miller from Los Poppos and Erol Dizdar from Kamerakino (Munich, Germany)
  • The Chamberdeacons (Munich, Germany)
  • The Heartbeats (Munich, Germany)
  • Green Slime with Willi Ortlieb from the Motorpsychos, Alex Woldt from the Boogoos and Erol Dizdar from Kamerakino (Germany)

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  1. ↑ Video: Beat-O-Mania 1996 , camera: "DJ Der Lange" (Christian Rein) & "DJ Nader Saffari" ( Atomic Café Munich) and Philipp Kirsamer
  2. ↑ Beat-O-Mania At It's Best ( CD )