Vulture Culture (band)
| Vulture Culture | |
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 Vulture Culture - Live 2015 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Punk rock , hard rock , rock 'n' roll |
| founding | 1989 |
| Website | http://www.vultureculture.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Since 2011 as a trio: | |
| Jörg Schäfers
(since 1989) |
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Bass , lead vocals |
Daniela "Dani" Schäfers
(Since 1993) |
Drums , vocals |
Daniel "Dannyboy" Jansen
(since 2004) |
Vulture Culture is a one woman and two man rock band from Paderborn that was heavily influenced by the British and American punk movement of the 1970s / 80s. The band name (German: Geierkultur ) refers to the general (in) human behavior in a capitalist society. Her musical style is shaped by the fusion of distorted guitar and bass riffs in a fast 4/4 time and the melodic voice of singer and bassist Dani. The band also uses hard rock , reggae and ska elements in their songs. Overall, Vulture Culture can also be referred to as a punk 'n' roll band.
history
Vulture Culture was founded in Paderborn in 1989, making it the longest-serving punk rock band in town. Original band members are singer Elke (until 2011) and guitarist Jörg. The band renounced professional management right from the start and lived according to the " Do-It-Yourself " principle, which is widespread in punk . The first demo cassettes appeared in 1989 and were distributed by Vulture Culture itself. In 1990 the first vinyl EP Feelings was released in a 1000-run edition with three songs from their first demo tapes. The cover is a parody of the Angry Samoans album Inside My Brain .
Through her nationwide concerts in the popular clubs of the republic, Vulture Culture achieved a level of awareness that made her her first CD in 1993 [hau-dju-du:]? on the Hanoverian punk label Nasty Vinyl . This output in turn gave Vulture Culture a support band job in 1994 for the London- based Oi! / Punk legend Cock Sparrer across Europe. Shortly before, the then 18-year-old bassist Dani joined the band. Cock Sparrer even mentioned Vulture Culture in 2005 on their official history DVD What you see ... is what you get from TKO Records. In 1996 the second CD Artificial was released on the Hamburg label Bitzcore . Further club tours followed, including with the Australian Splatterheads as well as a lot of radio airplay, various reports in popular music magazines and fanzines as well as a contribution by guitarist Jörg to the book Musik & Rebellion - Jugendkulturen between Commerce and Politics by Klaus Farin .
So far things have been going well for the four Paderborns, but the band experienced a serious change when their drummer, who had strongly influenced the typical Vulture Culture sound in the first years, left. Since that day the remaining members have tried to find a suitable replacement on the drums. Vulture Culture continued to play concerts with constantly changing drummers and recorded new songs, which resulted in the second vinyl EP Hypocrite , which was sold out within three months with 500 copies.
Since the band has always had a weakness for catchy cover versions that are true to their style, the Japanese label Imperial Records from Tokyo became aware of Vulture Culture shortly after the turn of the millennium and was interested in various cover versions for a CD compilation series. The Punk it CDs exclusively feature well-known world hits in the punk rock style that were only released on the Japanese music market and reached a total circulation of around 120,000 units. Meanwhile you can in Japan the Vulture Culture Coverhit 1993 Take Me Home Country Roads (Original by John Denver also download) as Handyton. This song was recorded on the Punk It! Best released in Japan for the second time in 2006.
With Dannyboy, Vulture Culture found the right drummer in 2004, who matched their style and who has remained loyal to the band to this day. Vulture Culture experienced another major change in 2011, when co-founder and lead singer Elke left after more than 21 years. The rest of them have continued as a trio ever since, bringing the CD "Come on!" the first release in the current three-man line-up. The lead vocals were taken over by bassist Dani. Vulture Culture sealed their 30th band anniversary at the same time.
Others
Vulture Culture played a concert in 1998 in the prison in Cologne for the prisoners there. This event was filmed by a WDR team and then a 1-live radio interview was conducted. The interview can be heard on the Vulture Culture website under “Reviews”. The concert was organized by the prisoners themselves.
On October 6, 2015, Vulture Culture played a concert at Forum Bielefeld (formerly Forum Enger ) together with the American bands Agnostic Front , Old Firm Casuals (with front man Lars Frederiksen ) and Coldside, which was published as a video production on YouTube and the band in shows their current work as a trio.
Discography
Official publications
- 1991: Feelings (vinyl EP, Bodonski Rec./Versch.)
- 1993: [hau-dju-you:]? (CD, Nasty Vinyl / SPV)
- 1996: Artificial (CD, Bitzcore Rec./Indigo, Semaphore)
- 1997: Hypocrite (vinyl EP, Flight 13 / various)
Do-it-Yourself publications
(Vulture Culture operated and distributed these publications independently.)
- 1989: Vulture Culture (demo cassette)
- 1990: Let Us Prey (demo cassette)
- 2004: Vulture Culture in Concert - The 15th Anniversary (DVD)
- 2007: Live - Wild at Heart in Berlin (CD)
- 2015: Live at Forum Bielefeld (DVD / YouTube)
- 2019: Come on! (CD / Flight 13)
Compilation contributions (excerpt)
(On these releases, Vulture Culture is represented with one song each.)
- 1991: ZAP compilation (CD / vinyl, "Laugh & Hate" Rough Trade / Rough Trade)
- 1994: The underground is alive (CD / Vinyl, Sound Carrier / SPV)
- 1995/96: Punk Chartbusters Vol. 1/2 (Wolverine Rec./SPV)
- 1997: Skaters Have More Fun (CD, record master / EFA)
- 1998: censorship !? (CD / Vinyl, Record Master / Indigo, Alpha Comic)
- 2002/03/04: Punk It! Vol. 1,2,5 (CD, Teichiku / Imperial Rec. (Tokyo))
- 2006: Punk It! Best! (CD, Teichiku / Imperial Rec. (Tokyo))
Individual evidence
- ↑ The weekend punk rockers. Vulture Culture has released a new live album. (No longer available online.) Neue Westfälische , September 11, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 3, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bernd Granz: Vulture Culture . In: Rock Hard . No. 61 , May 1992, RockHard-Core, p. 92 .
- ↑ Klaus Farin Music & Rebellion - Youth Cultures Between Commerce and Politics . Thomas Tilsner, Berlin 1998.
- ↑ Japan Release Punk It! Best 2006
- ↑ "Review of the" Zensur !? "compilation regarding Alpha Comic Verlag
