Male was one of the first german-speaking Punkbands and a precursor of the "Neue Deutsche Welle". The band was founded december 1976 in Düsseldorf by Jürgen Engler, Bernward Malaka and Stefan Schwaab. After their first gig in march 1977 at the "Ratinger Hof", they performed 1978 at a number of historical important festivals of the budding german punk scene (among others at the opening of the SO36 in Berlind and the legendary Hamburg-festival "Into The Future"). 1979 they released their one & only album "Zensur & Zensur", the first german-only-speaking punk album, followed by the single "Clever And Smart" on Rondo. In may 1979 Male was the supporting act for The Clash on their german tour. After a final singleproduction featuring a completely new sound, which was already announced by "Clever And Smart" and changing the bandname to "Vorsprung" (advantage) they split up. Engler and Malaka founded Die Krupps, while Schwaab and Claus Ritter (drums) continued to follow the new "wave" sound under the band name "Freunde Der Nacht" (friends of the night). Even while existing only for a brief time and not very productive in terms of releases and public performances, Male became one of the most influential bands of the german scene. Their activities initiated a domino-effect, Peter Hein for example (Charley's Girls, Mittagspause, Fehlfarben und Family 5) still claims to be their greatest fan and that he became a musician himself only because of Male. After a brief reunion 1990 Male performs again now and then since 2002 in the almost original line up. DOWNLOAD LINK Login or register to view download link (it's free!) External download. Please report any broken link by posting a reply to this thread. Tracklist: 1. Wie Bonnie Und Clyde (1994) 2. Die Ewigen Verlierer (1994) 3. Sirenen (1994) 4. Irgendwann... (1994) 5. Die Toten Hosen Ihre Party (1994) 6. Innenstadtfront (1994) 7. Nasty Nasty (1994) 8. Shit Family (1994) 9. Bilk 80 10. Risikofaktor 1:x 11. Kontrollabschnitt 12. Zensur & Zensur 13. 1 Tag Düsseldorf 14. Haftbefehl 15. Vaterland 16. Polizei, Polizei 17. Ampelstadt 18. Grosseinsatz 19. Zensur Dub 20. KH3 21. Erinnerungen 22. Planspiel Discography: albums and singles * „Zensur & Zensur“, LP, 1979, rereleased 1990 * „Clever & Smart/Casablanca“, 7", 1979 * „Technoland/Balla Balla“, 7" (as Vorsprung), 1980 * „No future in 1977“, 7" (Aufnahmen von 1977), 1990 * „Die Toten Hosen Ihre Party“, 7", 1991 * „Zensur & Zensur“, CD (Rerelease with 8 new bonus tracks), 1995 * „Grosseinsatz 1977-1994“, Doppel-CD, 2003 Sampler * „S.O.36“, LP, 1978, Polizei (live) * „Into the future“, LP, 1979, Heimatland (live), Zensur & Zensur (live), 1 Tag in Düsseldorf (live) * „In die Zukunft“, LP, 1980, Vaterland (live), Sirenen (live), Risikofaktor 1:x (live) * „Denk Daran“, LP, 1980, Weisses Trauma (Vorsprung)
