Fleischmann (band)

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Fleischmann
General information
origin Berlin , Germany
Genre (s) Instrumental music (until 1993), metal , new German hardness
founding 1989
resolution 1996
Founding members
Norbert Jackschenties
Gerrit Schultz (until 1993)
Martin Leeder
Last occupation
Norbert Jackschenties
bass
 Michael Hoffmann
Drums
 Martin Leeder

Fleischmann was a metal band from Berlin , which is now considered one of the pioneering bands for the New German Hardship .

Band history

In 1986 Norbert Jackschenties got his exit permit from the GDR . Before that he was the bass player of the punk band Aufruhr zur Liebe, which was banned in the GDR, and frontman of the successor band Elektro Artists . He settled in West Berlin . In 1989 he founded the Fleischmann group with Bernd Jestram, Gerrit Schulz (bass) and Martin Leeder (drums). Bernd Jestram left the band after a short time, also due to musical differences, to devote himself to his own project Bleibeil . Music began to be made at the intersection between Béla Bartók , Brecht / Weill and Slayer , Prong and Voivod . Initially acting purely instrumentally, the single Seewolf was created in 1991. The Berlin magazine tip praised the group as a mixture of Van der Graaf Generator , Metallica and Gore . With the single, the group managed to land a contract with Noise Records . The debut album Power of Limits was released in 1992.

Guitarist Norbert Jackschenties took over the vocals from then on. In 1993 Fleischwolf appeared with exclusively German lyrics and a cover version of the band DAF (German American Friendship) Alles ist gut . The label marketed the group with the sticker and slogan "New German guitar power - FLEISCHMANN is danceable rage". The music is well received in the metal scene and the second album sells quite well. Gerrit Schultz, however, decides to leave the group and is replaced by Michael Hoffmann. The third album Das Treibhaus even sold 15,000 copies and immediately after its release as album of the month it was number 1 in the music magazine Metal Hammer .

After the success of Das Treibhaus , Sony Music took an interest in the group and signed them. However, the album Hunger does not meet the expectations of the label: instead of Neuer Deutscher Hütze, Fleischmann now present themselves much more gently. The band is dissatisfied and would like to expand their musical horizons. After 3 plates of extreme hardness you want to try something new. But despite a music video for Without Sadness , shot by Jörg Buttgereit , background vocals by Farin Urlaub (who operates under the pseudonym “Killkill Gaskrieg”) and good promotion, the label only manages to sell 9,000 copies.

Sony separates from the band, as does bassist Michael Hoffmann. Jörg McGlynn, previously bassist with the Berlin band Gunjah, who were also under contract with Noise Records, will replace them. They go to the studio together at their own expense and produce another album. Based on the song material, the band becomes aware of how torn it is inside and the production turned out to be difficult and nerve-wracking. After completing the recordings and before the band went back to the studio to mix the new material, Norbert Jackschenties took a break and fled to Southeast Asia for four weeks. Shortly after he returned to Berlin, he became deaf in his left ear and subsequently fell ill with Menière's disease . After Norbert Jackschenties stayed in hospital for a long time, the band decided to break up. A finished album under the title Bitter has not yet been released.

Music genre

With their hard Doom Metal with experimental borrowings from punk and hardcore punk , as well as the lyrical, but still hard lyrics, Fleischmann anticipated a lot of the New German hardness.

Discography

  • 1991: Seewolf (single)
  • 1992: Power of Limits (album)
  • 1993: Meat Grinder (album)
  • 1994: The Greenhouse (Album)
  • 1995: Hunger (album)
  • 1995: Without Sadness (Single)

literature

  • Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: Last exit: Germania - a phenomenon called New German Hardship . Berlin: Iron Pages Verlag Jeske & Mader 1999. pp. 54–58. ISBN 3-931624-12-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stratmann, Holger (Ed.): Rock Hard Lexikon , Dortmund (Rock Hard GmbH), 1998, ISBN 3980517101 , pp. 120f
  2. ↑ Mühlmann 1999, p. 54
  3. ↑ a b Mühlmann 1999, p. 58
  4. ↑ Farin Urlaub's discography on a Die-Ärzte fansite