Campingsex
It was in 1963, in the pittoresque city of Wolfsburg, where Max Müller grew up in a small village called Reislingen, where he had a nice view on the VW-factory area. In 1980 he founded the legendary punk-band Honkas, and among music fans, their single has still the reputation of beeing a milestone in punkrock music today. When he moved to Berlin in 1982, he founded the band Camping Sex, which released a self-titled LP in 1984. With live performances in New York, Montreal and France, the band established itself in the unique scene together with FLIPPER and SWANS.
It was in 1963, in the pittoresque city of Wolfsburg, where Max Müller grew up in a small village called Reislingen, where he had a nice view on the VW-factory area. In 1980 he founded the legendary punk-band Honkas, and among music fans, their single has still the reputation of beeing a milestone in punkrock music today. When he moved to Berlin in 1982, he founded the band Camping Sex, which released a self-titled LP in 1984. With live performances in New York, Montreal and France, the band established itself in the unique scene together with FLIPPER and SWANS.
1914!
Here it is: The Campingsex LP from 1985. Finest depressing Noise-Rock from Germany in the style of Flipper. The whole thing was re-released last year by Vinyl-On-Demand in a limited edition of 500 copies and with a bonus LP including a live concert and rare outtakes. Thurston Moore once said that Campingsex had a huge influence on Sonic Youth. A year after the LP was released frontman Max Müller, drummer Florian Koerner and early bass-player Frank Behnke formed the less punky, heavier band Mutte…