The Nazis Next Door The four-track EP The Bad Seed is best known for being the first half of the compilation Mutiny/The Bad Seed which was relased in 1989. But just like Mutiny which features guest guitarist Blixa Bargeld, The Bad Seed was released in 1983. Another commonality of those two releases is that both […]
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The Punk Rock Architect Although this is not a Punk Rock album, London’s Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was one of the most important characters in early Punk. But on Duck Rock, McLaren did not only hold the reigns. He was coacher, horse and coach in personal union. Alongside with his guest musicians, he undertook a […]
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Birth of a Wave In the year 1981, three musicians from Middleton formed a band. Their influences were early U2 and Genesis among others, and after their search for a drummer was successful at second attempt, they began to gain attention. In the year of their formation, the band called The Chameleons has already performed […]
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Another little Journey through Time Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send an e-mail to raphael@mangowave-magazine.com Straight Outta Soft Cell It was a year before Synth Pop duo Soft Cell disbanded when David James Ball recorded and released his first solo album. The musician who goes by Dave Ball was at the beginning of a long […]
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Another little Journey through Time Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send an e-mail to raphael@mangowave-magazine.com Help to save and protect lives Click here to make a donation to Magen David Adom Land, ho! Northern German Hardcore Punk band Smoke Blow has already passed through some stormy tides when they set anchor at Berlin’s independent labl Noisolution. It […]
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Another little Journey through Time Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send an e-mail to raphael@mangowave-magazine.com The Invention of New Order The 1983 release Power, Corruption & Lies was the second longplayer by Salford’s New Order. Nevertheless, it has been widely regarded the album on which the band has emancipated themselves from their predecessors Joy Division. […]
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Another little Journey through Time Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send an e-mail to raphael@mangowave-magazine.com The Devil’s Work The Melvins could not have celebrated their ten-years anniversairy as band better than by releaseing Houdini. The band’s first release on Atlantic Records is widely regarded the greatest album of the Melvins, and one of the greatest […]
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Another little Journey through Time Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send an e-mail to raphael@mangowave-magazine.com The Thunderstorm from Düsseldorf In 1982, Düsseldorf’s Fun Punk band ZK disbanded, and as their successor Die Toten Hosen (The Dead Pants) were founded. In the same year, they already played fifty shows in West Germany and in Rome, and […]
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Another little Journey through Time Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send an e-mail to raphael@mangowave-magazine.com The Sound of Art Brut Paintings Two years after the release of their debut Kollaps, West Berlin’s artistic collective Einstürzende Neubauten published follow-up longplayer Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T. which refers to Austrian artist Oswald Tschirtner. Struggling with mental health issues, […]
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Another little Journey through Time Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send an e-mail to raphael@mangowave-magazine.com Never mind the Sauer Krauts When British Rock’n’Roll band King Kurt released their first album Ooh Wallah Wallah in 1983, the band has already gone through its first major changes in both, line up and band name. The band was […]
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