The Bernward Büker Bande was founded in the Ruhr area in 1979 by five extremists in terms of character and music in the following line-up: Bernward (vocals), Volkmar (guitars), Dieter (bass), Michael (piano), Rainer (drums) and in 1981 were six songs recorded for the mini-album Herzlichen Glückwunsch Zur Psychose and this 7inch was released (Welt-Rekord/EMI) as an appetizer before. Two amazingly good pieces somewhere between Rock & Roll, Punk and PowerPop, with the title track being a real bombshell. Fast and solid tempo with expressive lyrics, fits every punk compilation. The Flip is a little 'quieter' but not inferior. A reviewer wrote at the time: "These recordings show that German rock music can do without intellectual experiments with a Teutonic touch." A second album followed, but BBB unfortunately received little attention and went under in the course of the so-called NDW.
thanx. I used to listen 2 that 7" a lot in a friend's shack when I was in the pink a loooooong thyme ago. It might be fun to check out whether it stands the test of time.
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