Disaster Area

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Disaster Area
General information
origin Berlin , Germany
Genre (s) Skate punk
founding 1980 as C&A
Website www.disasterarea.de
Current occupation
singing
 Norbert "Naughty" Kuntz
guitar
 Michael “Scheune” Thummerer
guitar
 Thomas "Tom" Kietzer
bass
 Markus "Marky" Thummerer
Drums
 Thorsten "Frusti" Lengner
former members
Drums
 Oli
guitar
 Norman
guitar
 Domi

Disaster Area is a skatepunk band that was formed in 1980 in the Märkisches Viertel in Berlin .

history

In 1979 the later members were in the process of developing their skate skills on the concrete surfaces of the Berlin district of Märkisches Viertel, known as the ghetto . A trip to London with the Berlin Skate Club led to contacts with the punk scene. This resulted in the connection between skating and punk music for the band. In the winter of 1980/81 they began to rehearse as C&A (Chaos und Aufruhr) in a boiler room. Under this name they played their first concerts with the Suurbiers (from which Die Ärzte later emerged) and the German Drinking Youth . In 1984 they were inspired by the "Loudest Band in the Universe" appearing in the series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and renamed themselves Disaster Area. In the same year they produced two tracks for a split single with the band Die schlimmen Finger on the Berlin label Pogar . In 1986, the first album Die on Your Board was created in just three days . After a record review in Maximumrocknroll , the band received more and more concert inquiries. In 1987 Disaster Area played for the first time at the skate contest in Münster, where she has appeared regularly since then. In 1988 the second album Back from the Reservation was released . Stylistically, the band was now more influenced by hardcore punk . The song Skate Tonight from the first single was also newly recorded . In 1988 Oli suffered an eardrum injury due to feedback at the Skate'n'Roll Festival and left the band. Frusti became the new drummer, and Norman became the second guitarist. In 1989 Disaster Area took part in the Berlin Senate Rock Competition and made it to the finals.

In 1990, Cut the Line was the third album on Bonzen Records . The Ox wrote at the time: “Germany's Skate Punk Band No. 1". This was followed by a tour with the Badtown Boys and a live album, recorded at SO36 in Berlin. Norman switched from guitar to snowboard and Domi became the new guitarist. Shred Ready was the band's fourth album. For the first time, there were clear signs of metal in the music. The guitarist received a postcard from Marty Friedman of Megadeth with the text: “It rocks! The fun of the Ramones with cool lead guitar, too. Keep up the good work! ". In 1994 Disaster Area played as the opening act for The Offspring and in December of the same year made a ten-day tour of ten Berlin concert halls for the tenth anniversary of its existence. In 1996 Domi switched to the metal band Orth and Disaster Area continued with the four of them. The new songs became much more melodic, the EP Powder was released in the same year . The next album Slam Section was released in 1998 on the metal label Noise Records by Karl Walterbach. At the end of 1998 a tour with CIA (Ex- Slime ) and several concerts with Millencolin followed . In 1999 Tom, who had previously played Jumps the Gun with Mr. Ed , joined the band. Tom already knew Disaster Area back in 1984. He had played guitar on the split single for Die schlimmen Finger. A tour with The Line from California followed. The album Forever was created for the band's twenty-year anniversary .

Discography

Albums

  • 1986: Die on Your Board (LP)
  • 1988: Back from the Reservation (LP, Bonzen Records)
  • 1990: Cut the Line (LP, Bonzen Records)
  • 1991: Impossible - Live (Bonzen Records)
  • 1994: Shred Ready (CD, Bonzen Records)
  • 1998: Slam Section (CD, Noise Records)
  • 2010: Forever (CD)

Singles and EPs

Web links