Saturday, August 22, 2015

GNÄ GNÄ - The Terrible Unexpected Brainstorm 1987

After an interesting afternoon at the Main (Yeah!) and now listen to the Disco Zombies (I Love Those Fuckin' Tunes) live tracks and before the second match SGE - FCA starts a quick post with a nice swiss combo. Here we go: The four-member punk band Gnä Gnä from Basel existed from about 1982 to 1990. They played a noisy mix of pop & punk. Most of the songs have the guitarist Ramon and singer Helen wrote. Steff was on bass and Dani on drums. This band have announced their first gig on 11. September 1982 at the school festival of Holbein Gymnasium in Basel. From then on they were playing regularly, initially in the area of Basel, then in Switzerland, (Zurich, Bern, St. Gallen, etc.). In the spring of 1985 bassist Angelika left the band and Steff came in her place. After that they played also in Germany and Scandinavia. In 1987 they recorded their debut LP on Sick Records and in 1989 appeared on the German label Positive Destruction their second album 'Lost In Time And Space' and a few singles that were also partially split with other bands. Helene left the band in late 1988, and for her came Smada and took the Micro for about one year. Shortly thereafter Gnä Gnä broke up. All members played in the following years in various bands, including Helene until 1999 as back-vocalist for the last album of Touch El Arab. Interesting LP with varied songs and beautiful booklet.

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