Maniacs (German band)
| Maniacs | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Rotenburg an der Fulda , Germany |
| Genre (s) | Hardcore punk |
| founding | 1982 |
| resolution | 1991/92 |
| Founding members | |
| Peter Thomas | |
| Peter Küllmer (Caraway) † | |
| Kai-Uwe Schönewolf † | |
| Last occupation | |
| Peter Thomas | |
| Peter Küllmer † (until 1991) | |
| Thomas Schedensack | |
| Kai-Uwe Schönewolf † | |
Maniacs were a hardcore punk band that emerged in the summer of 1982 in Rotenburg an der Fulda in Hesse from a few local bands ( blood loss and bunker) and was associated with the English hardcore punk style from the start. In their lyrics, the band picked up on classic political issues and sang against right-wing extremism and the established society.
history
They made their first two appearances together with Blood Loss on December 11, 1982 at a charity festival near Munich, where they performed with Napalm , ZSD and Inferno and on December 26, 1982 in Kensington in Kassel with Tin Can Army , special service and solitary confinement .
Their practice room was the "Grotto", a historic vaulted cellar in the " House of Youth " (" JUZE ") Rotenburg.
Her first demo tape from 1982 was called ATTACK , recorded in December in the “Rennquintett Rehearsal Studio” (rehearsal room of the new wave formation Rennquintett), her second German Tanks , recorded on June 11, 1983 in the “Warrier-Tonstudio” in Witzenhausen.
The first singer Xox was a punk from Göttingen and previously played in the band "Krätze", the second singer was called Sebastian Luepfert and came from Hanover. In the meantime the third singer "Socke" Matthias Hose left the group and the guitarist Peter Thomas took over this part. Then the three of them recorded another demo, which was sent to Thomas Ziegler by a friend Arne Gesemann (Chaos Record), which then appeared in June 1984 at Mülleimer Records on a split LP together with the Göttingen punk band Tin Can Army . Each band had recorded one page. First as a test pressing (white cover with copied title stuck on), then with a neat cover, both in red and blue vinyl.
In the same year a second guitarist Thomas Schedensack was added and the group was complete.
The song Hymne on the sampler from 1984 What Dosen't Hurt Us Makes Us Stronger (Destiny Record Berlin) pays homage to Motörhead and their title Ace of Spades and should actually bear the title All the Aces .
In February 1985 she released an EP under the Berlin Pogar label Salute the Survivors .
In May 1986 she released her second album The White Rose of Resistance . They became known with the title song, among other things through the appearance of this song on the first Schlachtrufe-BRD sampler in 1990.
In October 1986 they undertook a short tour of France, which then ended in the recording studio (Musiclab Berlin) and the single Chainsaw Blues was created, which was then released in May 1987 on the French independent label Terminal Records .
In 1988 the band released a LIVE album on the Augsburg label Rise & Fall entitled Bootleged at the Bootleg .
Her last album Thrown to the Dogs was made in 1989 and was released on the Kassel label Black Fantasy Records in 1990.
The Bates from Eschwege released their first album No Name for the Baby (Black Fantasy NW103) on the same label a year earlier .
They recorded all of their records at the Musiclab Berlin recording studio.
Band members from 1984 to 1991 were Peter Thomas (vocals, guitar), Thomas Schedensack (guitar), Peter Küllmer (bass) and Kai Uwe Schönewolf (drums). The bass player, Peter Küllmer, left the band in 1991 and was replaced by Sven Schneider. Due to the professional reorientation of the band members, the band broke up in 1991/92.
The drummer Kai-Uwe Schönewolf and the bassist Peter Küllmer played in parallel in the trash punk band The Thrilling Tortures from 1986 to 1990 and were there on the release of an LP entitled "Painful Distortion" ( Trash City Records Berlin ) and a single See You in Hell - If You Are Here II (Trash City Records Berlin TCR2) ( Musiclab Berlin ).
Kai-Uwe Schönewolf played with Tom Schedensack at Prison 11 from 1992 after the Maniacs in Kassel broke up , then he co-founded Speed Chicken in 1997 and played the tour in Northern Germany for Dog Food Five in February 1998 because their drummer was unable to attend .
The bassist, Peter Küllmer, died unexpectedly on May 26, 2008 at the age of 49, as did Kai-Uwe Schönewolf, who died on October 3 of the same year at the age of 45.
The MC-Cover Attack and German Tanks were made by Peter Thomas. The 3rd demo had no cover. The cover design of the Salute-the-Survivors -EP comes from Tom Spoetter and Peter Thomas; the Chainsaw Blues EP by Tom Spoetter; Design of the Maniacs cover side of the split LP with Tin Can Army by Peter Thomas after inspiration from the cover of the first The Clash LP ; Design of the White Rose LP by Maniacs and Dana; Design of the Thrown-to-the-Dogs LP by Peter Thomas; Design of the Dust-of-the-Decade LP by Tom Schedensack.
Record label:
- Pogar Record was owned by Andreas Kelling and his record store Vinyl Boogie Berlin - until 1987
- Destiny Record and Record Store was Dave Pollak Winterfelderstr. 36 Berlin - still exists in Berlin
- Black Fantasy Record was Dieter Höfker Kassel
- Rise & Fall (1987-1992) was the punk band Inferno's own label
Discography
Albums
- 1982: ATTACK (Bunker + Sado Tapes - Bunker 003 - Sado 002) ( Chaos Record ) demo tape
- 1983: German Tanks (Bunker + Sado Tapes - Bunker 004 - Sado 003) ( Chaos Record ) demo tape June 11, 1983 Warrier-Tonstudio Witzenhausen
- 1984: we are not the brave man ... (Bunker + Sado Tapes) ( Chaos Record ) Demotape Warrier-Tonstudio Witzenhausen
- 1984: Maniacs (Split-LP with Tin Can Army ) - Mülleimer Records (010)
- 1986: The White Rose of Resistance (LP) - Mülleimer Records (016)
- 1988: Bootlegged at the Bootleg (LP) - Rise & Fall Augsburg (006)
- 1990: Thrown to the Dogs (LP) - Black Fantasy Records Kassel (NW 107)
- 2012: Dust of a Decade (2xLp) - Angry Voice Records (AVR-30) Reissues of their rare first releases from the 1980s
Singles and EPs
- 1985: Salute the Survivors - Pogar Berlin (06)
- 1986: Chainsaw Blues - Terminal Records (TR 006) France
Sampler
- 1984: LP Hardcore Power Music Part 2 (Garbage Can Records 011)
5. We have something to say / 11. World War / 16. This city
- 1984: LP What dosen't hurt us makes us stronger (Destiny Record Berlin)
09.Salute the Survivor / 14. Warrior / 20th anthem
- 1984: MC DER VOLLSUFF SAMPLER (Vollsuff Tapes)
13th World War / 14. Hardcore / 15. The fight will go on / 16. Grenada today
- 1984: MC We Beat the Empire (Chainsaw Tapes)
8. We have something to say
- 1985: MC Bored of Directors (Empty Rec)
1. Revenge Of The Creatures 2. Violence
- 1985: LP 77 Records st international (77 Record FR)
- 1985: LP Fun's Not Dead (More Fun Records MF 002 - Blurb 002)
9. The fight (we have something to say)
- 1985: MC 24 Love Songs
01. Hardcore Punk / 02. Grenada Today
- 1986: LP WE DON'T NEED NUCLEAR FORCE (trash can records 015)
05. Addicted To The Night
- 1986: LP WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THAT HOLE IN YOUR HEAD (Rot Records)
11. Brave Men
- 1987: LP 77 Records II (77 Record FR)
04 Dust Of A Decade
- 1987: LP The incredible Power of Darkness (Rise & Fall)
11. Gimme the Bullet
- 1989: LP Those were the days (AM-Music-Snake 003)
10. Hardcore Punk / 11. Revenge Of The Creature
- 1990: LP Die Deutsche Punkinvasion (AM-Musik-Snake 44)
14. Glory Men
- 1990: LP Schlachtrufe BRD (AM-Music Records)
03 Germany / 04 The White Rose
- 1990: MC Intoxicate You
- 1992: CD Against Nazis (Vision Soundcarriers)
10. The White Rose