Neumis Rock Circus
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Neumis Rock Circus was a German music group. The band's performances were a mixture of circus , rock music , clowning and cabaret . The band was founded in 1979 in the GDR and disbanded in 1983.
Band history
Neumis Rock Circus was founded in 1979 by Hans-Joachim "Neumi" Neumann (* 1952, vocals ), who had previously sung with Karat and College Formation . He was also a band leader. Other founding members were:
- Rainer Oleak (* 1953, keyboard ), previously with Neue Generation ; founded Datzu in 1984
- Hans Joachim Schweda (* 1952, electric bass ), previously with Neue Generation;
- Stefan Schirrmacher (* 1955, guitar ), previously with Pilot and New Generation; from 1984 with Datzu;
- Daniel Mischna (* 1955, drums ), previously New Generation .
Mishnah was soon replaced by Ingo Politz (* 1959, drums) from the Keks group ; Politz was later also a member of Datzu.
In 1983 the band won the Grand Prix at the Dresden International Schlager Festival with Oh Darling . In the same year Neumann left the GDR, which also meant the end of the band.
Discography
LP
- 1981: Neumis Rock Circus ( Amiga )
Singles
- 1980: The Clown / The Man in Tailcoat (Amiga)
- 1980: The simulant / human, you are sick (Amiga)
- 1982: Tourists / The Neighbors (Amiga)
- 1983: True Love / Oh Darling (Amiga)
literature
- Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 .
Web links
- Portrait at deutsche-mugge.de
- Portrait at ostmusik.de ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
- Portrait at ostbeat.de ( Memento from June 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9