Wednesday, September 17, 2014

INTIMSPRAY - s/t LP 1982

The group Intimspray was created around 1980 in Innsbruck. At the beginning, none of the musicians thought of the continuation of the bands musical career, but band leader Heinz Heisl persuaded his ex-musicians into a unique gig in Innsbruck. However, after the new music follows well-received by the audience, the spark jumped on the whole band and they go further. Heribert Kornfeil, Walter Moriel, Hubert Nedwed, Mike Moll, and Heinz Heisel, known from the rock band 'Abu El Mot', planed only one gig where they would play some modern punk/ska music just for fun, but when the audience jumped on chairs and tables and went wild in the overcrowded Hottinger Club, it was clear that this couldn't be just a one-night stand. When they heared from a viennese band that was also called The Sprays, they changed their name into Intimspray. After some gigs in the local scene, mentionable one as the supporting act for D.A.F., they conquered the Munich scene with the help of their friends the Nighthawks. In 1980 they released a rare EP called Too Much Monsters (lim. 500 pieces), which was pressed in Switzerland and sounds like a mix of garage/punk/ska. In Munich, after Walter left and Bill Pugh (former Nighthawks roadie) joined the band, they became the house band of the RIGAN-CLUB, MARIENKÄFER, WHY NOT,...and later on the famous DOMIZILE. It was the time when new wave got more attention by the major labels, and in 1982 RCA knocked on their door with a record deal. They played some live shows in bavarian television. The teenie magazine Brave made a foto story with INTIMSPRAY in London, where their LP was mentioned in NME. In 1984, after some more gigs in Germany and Austria, the band split (with help from Mr.Luziprak).


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