Today we come to another short-lived band that has been around for about three years and this is their second and final 7Inch which came out in 600 hand numbered copies on their own label Punk Anderson Records. Surprisingly, there is a small homepage of them and I will quote a little bit background for you: Brigade Fozzy started in January 1983, formed by members of former bands Plastic Porno Band and Calling Dr. Pink, in West Munsterland. A first tape was recorded under catastrophic technical conditions, some songs were written, rehearsed and recorded within ten minutes. Nevertheless, one of their "classics" emerged from this first session: "3953". More rehearsals and recordings followed (in the drummer's bedroom), instruments and amps were borrowed from friends, and by early 1984 the final line-up was taking shape: Börned (vocals), Mani (guitars), Hermann (bass), Heini (drums). In February 1984 the band had their first gig at the O.J.C. Babylon (Hengelo/NL). One song from this first gig ("T4") ended up on the live sampler Babylon: Bleibt Fahren a year later. More gigs followed and in October 1984 the first EP (500 copies) with four songs came out called Lebenslang. Recording & mixing took place in one day, the songs were recorded live and without dubs and MRR wrote: "There's a decidedly '77 feel to this. Enjoyable, old-fashioned Punk with verve."
It went on from chaotic to amateurish: Since there was no rehearsal room, the band rehearsed in the Alstätte parish home, where guitarist Mani did his community service and the village disco amplifier provided sound reinforcement. In February 1986 the second EP with five songs was finally recorded: again recorded and mixed in one day, but this time there were guitar dubs and background vocals, so an almost professional production. Because Mani moved to Berlin a little later, Brigade Fozzy disbanded in March 1986. The band gave their farewell gig at Attack/Enschede/NL on Good Friday, to celebrate their untimely demise in a fitting and festive manner. In 2020 an excellent compilation Jetzt Erst Recht was created by Power It Up Records with all studio recordings from the years 1984-1989 which documents a worthy conclusion of this delicious combo.
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