Mondie

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Mondie
General information
Genre (s) Funk , rock , reggae
founding 1979, 1980
resolution 1980, 1983
Founding members
Michael Kuhs
Corner Kremer († 2020)
Nico Hellmann
Ringo Stilke
Tina Schwarzkopf
former members
singing
 Matthias Kretschmar
Vocals, guitar, harmonica , percussion
Hansi Klemm
Keyboard, electric bass, background vocals, guitar
 Thomas Schmidt
Guitar, electric bass, background vocals
 Godelef Osske
Electric bass, guitar, backing vocals
 Günter Bartel
Drums
 Mihai Tudorica
Drums
 Hans-Peter Krause (from 1983)
percussion
 Norbert Jäger
Keyboard, background vocals
 Alexander Jereczinsky
Guitar, background vocals
 Robert Albracht

Mondie was a band founded in East Berlin in 1979 , which mainly played technically demanding funk music . It consisted successively of different occupations; only the manager was identical. 1983 Mondie broke up again.

Band history

Mondie was founded in the spring of 1979 by the former backing band of the singer Angelika Mann . It consisted of the guitarist and singer Michael Kremer, the bassist Ecke Kremer, the keyboardist Nico Hollmann, the drummer Ringo Stilke and the dancer Tina Schwarzkopf. The name originated from the first letters of the names of the male band members. Shortly afterwards, singer Matthias Kretschmar joined the band. In autumn 1979 Mondie went to Romania - at the same time with the band Silly - to rehearse new pieces and give concerts. The cooperation proved to be difficult. The band gave their GDR premiere concert in East Berlin's Colosseum cinema and parted company shortly afterwards.

The manager Michael Rath wanted to continue the project and was looking for new band members. Hansi Klemm (vocals, guitar, harmonica and percussion) and Thomas Zappa Schmidt (keyboard, electric bass, guitar and background vocals) formed the tribe from 1980 until the band split up. There were also numerous line-up changes. Several Mondie musicians played before or after in renowned bands. Ringo Stilke later played for Bayon . The drummer Hans-Peter Krause was previously a member of the Hansi Biebl Band , from NO 55 and Keks . Percussionist Norbert Jäger came from the star combo Meißen , Robert Albracht had played a vital role in the Blues . Alexander Jereczinsky (keyboard, background vocals) came from the Nautiks . He later played for FWH and Reggae Play , was a composer for Tina Daute and has been the project manager for the MDR radio station MDR Klassik since 2009 . Hansi Klemm himself had previously played in the Klaus Lenz Band and at Fusion .

The band was relatively unsuccessful despite the high demands. During Mondie's existence there was only one GDR record release on a compilation . A single was released in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1982. Among the East German radio productions of Mondie include Marie (1981), Take them by the hand (1982) and Today 'or never (1983). Some live recordings of Mondie were also played on the radio, such as Tempo and Thin Walls. In 1982 a 45 minute long concert recording was shown on GDR television . From March 1983 Mondie appeared frequently with the Stefan Diestelmann Trio . In the summer of 1983, Mondie broke up because the band had offers to play in West Berlin , and this would have torn the band apart anyway, as not all musicians would have received travel permits.

Discography

Pieces on compilations

  • 1982: Marie on Das Album - Rock Bilanz 1982 (Amiga)
  • 2007: Marie on 60 years of Amiga Vol. 20 (Amiga)

Singles

  • 1982: Marie / Take her by the hand ( RCA )

See also

literature

  • Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. 2nd edition, Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait at ostmusik.de ( Memento from March 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 11, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c portrait at deutsche-mugge.de ( memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on August 30, 2011
  3. ↑ Portrait at ostbeat.de ( memento from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Article in Melody and Rhythm. 3/1983 ( Memento of March 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 13, 2011