Radio werewolf
| Radio werewolf | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Death rock , gothabilly |
| founding | 1984 |
| resolution | 1992 |
| Founding members | |
| Nikolas shock | |
| James "Filth" Collord (until 1988) | |
| Evil Wilhelm (until 1988) | |
| Nathan Pino | |
| Last occupation | |
singing |
Nikolas shock |
singing |
Zeena Schreck (since 1988) |
percussion |
Christoph D |
| former members | |
Hammond organ |
Paul F. Antonelli |
Radio Werewolf was a Californian band from the Los Angeles area , which is mostly assigned to death rock . Stylistically, however, the band corresponds more to the gothabilly . She became known more through extreme statements and performances than through her music. The name of the band refers to the underground radio station of the same name used by the National Socialist Germans after the Wehrmacht surrendered in World War II .
history
The first idea for a group came from the drummer Evil Wilhelm when he was taking classical music lessons . He “began to dream about what it would be like to accompany a classical orchestra with a powerful rock rhythm section from time to time.” In 1981 he met Nikolas Schreck , with whom he got along straight away. In 1984 they founded Radio Werewolf together, where Schreck wrote the lyrics and sang, Wilhelm played the drums and Nathan Pino played the Hammond organ . After Pino Wilhelm went crazy and left the band, the line-up was supplemented by Paul Antonelli and James "Filth" Collord. In this line-up, Radio Werewolf recorded a demo cassette with the four songs Buried Alive , The Night (of which Schreck later recorded a different version), Koko the Clown (a "brisk up-tempo tribute to John Wayne Gacy ") and 1960 Cadillac Hearse ( according to Wilhelm a “very personal song about my means of transport and great love for 27 years” and “our humorous homage to the great 'car songs' of the 60s”). However, this was never published. The song Buried Alive appeared on the compilation American Gothic: The Krypt Compilation (1988). In addition, there are other unreleased songs such as Charlie's Girls , which refers to the Manson Family , the "Tribute to the great cinema" The Golden Age of Horror , The Final Curtain (a song about death) and The Triumph of the Will .
The group also appeared with 1960 Cadillac Hearse in the film Mortuary Academy (Eng. You're right! ). The band came to the film appearance through a newspaper article in the music magazine The Music Connection entitled Who Needs A Record Deal When You Are Busy Taking Over The World , which the director's brother had read; the script of the film called for a controversial band he believed he had found.
In 1988 Evil Wilhelm left the band because, on the one hand, it "became more and more of a task that gave me no pleasure", and on the other, the audience "from intelligent, inwardly fulfilled visionaries to a" sea of skinheads " were unable to understand the majestic power before them, ”became. While he thought that Radio Werewolf was history with his exit, Schreck led the band away together with his wife Zeena Schreck , the daughter of Anton Szandor LaVey , the founder of the Church of Satan , and resorted to different musical backgrounds than Wilhelm. In 1989 the first albums The Fiery Summons and The Lightning and the Sun appeared . The last album Love Conquers All was released in 1992 , after which the group broke up.
Evil Wilhelm and James “Filth” Collord founded the band Symphony of Terror, which was part of Wilhelm’s musical tradition, and composed music with him for the theater plays Dracula Tyrannus (1988), a play about Vlad III. Drăculea and Once Upon a Midnight , a play about the life of Edgar Allan Poe . Antonelli writes music for film and television.
ideology
The live performances of the band in their former line-up are described as legendary in the scene. A fan club called the Radio Werewolf Youth Party was always present at these . The band also used extreme visual elements; In the film Mortuary Academy you can see the skull of the SS-Totenkopfverband in the background of the stage while the band is playing at a bar mitzvah . The group also performed in SS uniforms and used swastikas as a stage background. Wilhelm also reports on excesses that the band provoked with their performances. The band also caused controversy when they appeared on Wally George's talk show in 1985, calling for Charles Manson's release. Schreck appeared both with Wilhelm and alone in the program Race and Reason by neo-Nazi Tom Metzger ( White Aryan Resistance ). In these television appearances, the group made provocative statements that also attracted right-wing fans, which, according to Evil Wilhelm, led to his exit.
Discography
Albums
- 1989: The Fiery Summons
- 1989: The Lightning and the Sun
- 1991: Songs for the End of the World
- 1992: Love Conquers All
- 2012: The Vinyl Solution - Analog Artifacts, Ritual Instrumentals and Undercover Versions
Singles and EPs
- 1990: Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera!
- 1991: Boots / Witchcraft
Web links
- Radio Werewolf at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n zinnober.net: Interview with Evil Wilhelm ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 48 kB)
- ↑ a b c d Annette Lamothe-Ramos: Beelzebub's daughter . In: Vice Magazine . Retrieved July 26, 2012.
