Abwärts
Abwärts | |
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Origin | Hamburg, West Germany |
Genres | Post-punk |
Years active | 1979–present |
Labels | Zickzack |
Website | abwaerts |
Abwärts ("Downwards") is a German post-punk band from Hamburg. Members FM Einheit and Mark Chung would leave the group in the early 1980s to join West Berlin band Einstürzende Neubauten.
Biography
Their best-known recordings include the single "Computerstaat" ("Computer State") (1980) and the albums Amok Koma (1981) and Der Westen ist einsam ("The West Is Lonely") (1982), the latter in particular being regarded as a classic of West German post-punk.[citation needed] The band also recorded a cover version of the song You Only Live Twice[1] by Leslie Bricusse and John Barry and under the title "Alkohol" (Alcohol) a new interpretation of the German version of the song Tu t'laisses aller by Charles Aznavour with slightly different lyrics[2] for their self-titled album Abwärts (1987).
The group is profiled along with other contemporaries in Jürgen Teipel's 2001 documentary novel Verschwende Deine Jugend.[3]
Discography
Albums
- 1980 – Amok Koma (LP)
- 1980 – Musik Für Deutsche GI's (Cassette)
- 1980 – Live (Cassette)
- 1982 – Der Westen Ist Einsam (LP/Cassette)
- 1987 – Abwärts (LP/CD)
- 1990 – Ich Seh Die Schiffe Den Fluss Herunterfahren (LP/CD/Cassette)
- 1991 – Comic-Krieg (LP/CD/Cassette)
- 1993 – Herzlich Willkommen Im Irrenhaus (LP/CD/Cassette)
- 1994 – Hurra (LP/CD/Cassette)
- 1995 – V8 (LP/CD)
- 2004 – Nuprop (LP/CD)
- 2007 – Rom (LP/CD)
- 2009 – Sei Auch Dabei - Live 2009 (Download)
- 2011 – Europa Safe (LP/CD)
- 2014 – Krautrock (LP/CD/Download)
- 2018 – Smart Bomb (LP/CD/Cassette/Download)
- 2021 – Live In Die 20er Jahre (LP/Download)
- 2023 – Superfucker (LP/CD/Download)
Singles & EPs
- 1980 – Computerstaat (7")
- 1981 – Roboter In Der Nacht (7")
- 1982 – Beirut, Holiday Inn (7"/12")
- 1984 – Olympia (12")
- 1987 – Alkohol (Neue Mischung), (7", Promo)
- 1987 – Alkohol (7")
- 1988 – Mehr Alkohol (7"/12"/CD)
- 1989 – Die Zeit (7"/12"/CD)
- 1990 – Sonderzug Zur Endstation / Ich Seh Die Schiffe Den Fluß Herunterfahren (7"/12"/CD)
- 1991 – Vorsicht! (CD, Promo)
- 1994 – Terror-Beat (7"/CD)
- 2004 – Nuprop (LP/CD)
- 2007 – Rom (LP/CD)
- 2009 – Sei Auch Dabei! (12")
- 2016 – Affentanz (Download)
References
- ^ You Only Live Twice by Abwärts on Youtube. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Alkohol by Abwärts on Youtube. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Verschwende Deine Jugend. Ein Doku-Roman über den deutschen Punk und New Wave. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2001
External links
- Official website
- Abwärts discography at Discogs
- Discography at AllMusic
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