Genossen

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 REVIEWS 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. THIS LINE-UP RECORDED THE DEMO TAPE "KEINE CHANCE". IN 1989 THERE WAS THE LAST LINE-UP CHANGE WITH SCHILLI AGAIN ON BASS AND SINGING, SCHNELLER ON GUITAR AND SINGING AND MR-16 ON DRUMS. AFTER RECORDING THE LAST DEMO "DAS BOESE" THE BAND BROKE UP.