The modern man
The modern man | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | New wave |
founding | 1979 |
resolution | 1984 |
Website | dermoderneman at Myspace |
Founding members | |
singing |
Ziggy XY (Michael Jarick) |
guitar |
EKT (Eckart Kurtz) |
bass |
Thomas Brandt |
Drums |
Claudius Hempelmann (†) |
Last occupation | |
singing |
Mattus |
guitar |
ECT |
bass |
Axel Wicke |
Drums |
Felix Wolter |
Saxophone, keyboard |
Tonio Scorpio |
The modern Man [sic!] Was an experimental, German-speaking band from Hanover at the time of the Neue Deutsche Welle during the early 1980s . Originating from the punk band "The Worst", their records were mainly released on No Fun Records . John Peel was one of the first radio hosts to put on records for this group .
Band history
After the first LP, her singer Ziggy XY (real name: Michael Jarick) quit in order to concentrate fully on his avant-garde project Kosmonautentraum . With his successor Mattus, the more chaotic parts of the music moved into the background. On 8. March 1983 transferred Rockpalast concert of the band from the Zeche in Bochum . Despite press support, the band and their label could not hold their own against the flood of NDW publications and threw in the towel in 1984 . Your guitarist and co-founder EKT (Eckart Kurtz) then played for some time with “Beatklub” before he disappeared like many others in the middle-class professional life. Drummer Claudius Hempelmann, who left the band in 1981, committed suicide on August 18, 1988.
In March 2009 SPV released the double CD Drama, Spiel und Blut ... Das Archiv Part 1 , which includes the EP Umsturz im Kinderzimmer , the album 80 Days at Sea , the mini-albums Disgruntled and New from Hong Kong , Asparagus -Tape as well as some unreleased live tracks. In March 2011 the LP Unmodern was first released on CD with bonus material.
Discography
- 1980: Revolution in the children's room (EP 7 ", Heile Welt Records 0012)
- 1980: 80 days at sea (LP, NF 005)
- 1981: The Sandman / Baggersee (7 ", NF 105)
- 1981: Out of tune (Live-MiniLP, NF 011)
- 1982: Out of fashion (LP, NF 015)
- 1983: News from Hong Kong (MiniLP, NF 018)
- 1983: Live (Live-MC, asparagus tapes schbd 4)
- 2009: Drama, Game and Blood ... The Archive Part 1 (Do-CD live & studio, Revisited Records)
- 2011: Unmodern - plus (CD including Sandman single, demos, asparagus single)
literature
- Matthias Blazek: The Lower Saxony Band Compendium 1963-2003 - Data and facts from 100 rock groups from Lower Saxony. Celle 2006, pp. 105-106, ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0 .
Web links
- Discography No Fun Records
- www.ichwillspass.de
- THE MODERN MAN - News from Hong Kong (Mini LP 1982) ( Memento from January 28, 2004 in the Internet Archive )