BRUTAL VERSCHIMMELT - s/t LP 1983

One proper release on Rock-O-Rama is the only record of Brutal Verschimmelt, active from 1980-1984 the band was founded in Kempten and wrote rock history in the local scene. The quartet captivated with an incredibly rude, rough punk sound, the constant obtained mainly with the twelve songs on the self-titled debut album for posterity. In 1980, Carlo Kallen, along with school friends, founded the band Adolf Streit & Die NS Verbrecher, renamed in Psychorotz and finally Brutal Verschimmelt. First concerts took place in the Allgäu region with B.Trug. B.Trug had at that time a record deal with Rock-O-Rama from Brühl and mediated also Brutal Verschimmelt there. A demo was sent to Herbert Egoldt who took the band under contract. Egoldt invited the band in May 1983 to Cologne where they recorded their debut album in 16 hours. Egoldt himself produced the LP. A self-designed record covers with an antiwar collage was rejected by Egoldt and replaced by a skeleton warrior with mohawk who fights against a kind of monster. In the insert the lyrics of the band were not printed, presumably because Egoldt already flirted at this time with the nazi rock market. The band find out about it during the submission of their 100 free copies. Then they smeared these LPs and deposited with a supplement, in which they agreed to. Shortly after the release of their debut album, the band broke up after drummer Franz got out and the band find no substitute. Carlo Kallen later played in the Ewings, Chili Confetti and Die Üblichen. Over the years, the album became a wanted rarity. The album was launched in 1990 for a second time without the band was informed. In January 2013 re-released as a double-LP called Und Die Zukunft Ist Doch Rot on Höhnie Records which contains the album, the demo tape and a live recording of 25.February 1982. On the occasion of this re-issue three original members decided in June 2013 to go on tour for nine events in Germany. That's the story so far and now hark to this legendary sound pleasure.

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