Artist description THE LEGENDARY GERMAN HARDCORE BAND "GENOSSEN" NOW ON MP3 WITH THEIR 6-SONG EP

Music Style Hardcore Punk

Musical Influences Discharge, Exploited, GBH

Similar Artists Die Toten Hosen, UK Subs

Artist History GENOSSEN WERE FOUNDED IN REUTLINGEN, SOUTHWEST GERMANY, IN 1984 BY VIRUS (VOICE), SCHILLI (BASS), SCHNELLER (GUITAR) AND MATSCH (DRUMS). THE FAST HARDCORE-PUNK OF GENOSSEN WITH ITS ENGAGED, LEFTIST GERMAN LYRICS SOON DEVELOPPED A BIG FAN COMMUNITY ALL OVER GERMANY. AFTER SEVERAL TOURS THROUGH GERMANY GENOSSEN WERE THE FIRST WESTERN PUNKBAND TO PLAY A SOCIALIST COUNTRY, HUNGARY IN 1985. 3 CASSETTE-RELEASES ("GENOSSEN" 1985, "WEHRT EUCH" 1986 , "ANTICHRIST/GHULE" 1986), WHICH GOT GOOD CRITICS IN THE EUROPEAN AND US-PRESS (FLIPSIDE, MAXIMUM ROCK'N ROLL), WERE FOLLOWED BY THE LEGENDARY 6-SONG-EP "FIES" IN 1988 ON EMPTY-RECORDS. ON THIS EP MR-16 REPLACED MATSCH ON DRUMS. AT THE END OF 1988 THE LINE-UP CHANGED AGAIN WITH KLAUSI ON DRUMS AND MARKUS ON BASS GUITAR. AFTER 2 MORE CASSETTE-TAPES ("KEINE CHANCE" 1988, "DAS BOESE" 1989) THE BAND BROKE UP.

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, Voice

Location Reutlingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg - Germany

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