Gruppe 80
Gruppe 80 (+cdr)
German no wave punk from Bremen in the manner of of late 70s/early 80s Abwärts, Wire, Devo, Dead Kennedys and early German Deutschpunk and even like a harder version of German New Wave. They play a vintage sounding organ like the early power-pop bands that makes them not so modern punk-ish but more new-new wave. They got the right feel and attitude for this retro sound. Their short German lyrics seem like short statements but always letting enough space to think of your own interpretation. Example: "generation-frustration-revolution: fission". They play not totally perfect but they have hits to sing and (pogo-)dance along. Not as complex or distorted like Hamburg's big newcomers 1000 ROBOTA but more fun. With two "electro"-wave-trax played with an old Casio Keyboard. Totally DIY on 300 copies with download-code of the entire album and also included a coverpicture-printed CDR for your mp3s.