Hard pop
| Hard pop | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Punk , alternative |
| founding | 1984 |
| resolution | 1987 |
| Founding members | |
| Thorsten Philipp (until 1984) | |
| Stephan Hachtmann (until 1986) | |
| Ed Hirsch (until 1984) | |
| Günther Spalda | |
| Ralf Lepsch (until 1987) | |
| Last occupation | |
Vocals, bass |
Günther Spalda |
guitar |
Stefan Bieniek (from 1986) |
Drums |
Martin Leeder (from 1987) |
saxophone |
Thoralf Hannemann (from 1987) |
| former members | |
singing |
Arnim Bautz (1984–1985) |
singing |
Frank Tetz (1985-1986, 1987) |
singing |
Michael Matthies (1986) |
bass |
Michael Fritz Zickert (1984–1985) |
bass |
Christoph Zimmermann (1985–1987) |
Hard Pop was a band from East Berlin and one of the most important representatives of the other bands in the GDR.
history
The beginnings of the band go back to a band founded in 1979 called Der Schwarze Kanal (not to be confused with the Leipzig band of the same name, which emerged from L'Attentat in 1989 ). Günther Spalda (voc, g), Bernd Jestram (bg), Cerstin Gorek (voc) and Anette Schuster (voc) played there. In 1981 Spalda and Jestram founded Rosa Extra , a band with the same name as a GDR feminine hygiene product. The line-up also included Ralf Lepsch (sax) and Uwe Jellinek (voc). Alexander Kriening and Ronald Lippok played drums in the band's history until 1984. For the group's classification last year, the band name had to be changed, choosing hard pop . In September 1987 the band broke up, so that mastermind Spalda put together a new band line-up for the recordings of Kleeblatt No. 23 at the end of 1987 and switched from drums to bass and vocals himself. In 1988 the band played again live together under the name Gorki Park .
The members of the group were later active in numerous other bands of the GDR underground such as This Pop Generation , Ornament & Verbrechen , Aufruhr zur Liebe , The Others , Feeling B , Thousand Tons of Fruit , Expensive Than Ever or Dekadance .
Discography
- 1979: Spiel mit (as Der Schwarze Kanal ), published on tension. Power. Resistance. Magnetic tape background GDR 1979-1990 , zigzag 2006
- 1982: My washing machine (as pink extra ), appeared on suspense. Power. Resistance. Magnetic tape background GDR 1979-1990 , zigzag 2006
- 1984: Washing machine, published on Meine Heimat der Osten Vol. 3 , Heimat Kassetten 1990
- 1985: Live - Berlin Congress Hall November 26, 1985, Heimat Kassetten 1990
- 1986: That night, published on Das Album - Rockbilanz 1986 , Amiga 1986
- 1988: Grau / Tote Ballerina / Angst vom Mund, published on Kleeblatt No. 23 - The other bands , Amiga 1988
- 1989: Katjuscha / Lullaby, published on Parocktikum , Amiga 1989
- 1990: Lullaby, published on Grenzfalls , Zong Records 1990
- 1992: Start getting up / Mackie Messer, published on Sentimental Retrospect , DJ Dörte, 1992
- 1992: Lullaby, published on Rock aus Deutschland Ost Volume 20: Aufbruch Umbruch Abbruch - The Last Years , Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin 1992