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01. Mona Mur - Surabaya Johnny
02. Mona Mur - Snake
03. Mona Mur - Eintagsfliegen
04. Mona Mur - Die Ballade vom ertrunkenen Mädchen
05. Mona Mur - Der Song von Mandelay
06. Mona Mur - 120 Tage
07. Mona Mur - Mon Amour
08. Mona Mur - My Man
ARTIST
TITLE
The Original Band (1984-86)
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
PL 132LP PL 132LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
5/26/2023

Mona Mur, born in Hamburg, met FM Einheit, Alexander Hacke, and Mark Chung from Einstürzende Neubauten and Gode B. from Front during the punk explosion. As Mona Mur & Die Mieter they released their first 12" single Jeszcze Polska in '82, which immediately claimed the "Single of the Week" slot by London's New Musical Express. Mona Mur then lived a wild life in Paris and Berlin. In fall 1984, she formed a new Mona Mur band with FM Einheit and Alexander Hacke, joined by Flucht nach Vorn keyboardist Nikko Weidemann (today Moka Efti Orchestra), Siewert Johannsen (guitar, Stricher), and Thomas Stern (bass, Crime and the City Solution). This Mona Mur band was recorded and mixed live by Raymond "Nainz" Watts (Einstürzende Neubauten, Psychic TV, KMFDM) at his Building Site studio in Hamburg. The band played acclaimed concerts in Germany and Europe, as well as festivals, such as the renowned Pandora's Box in Rotterdam. Their manically intense live performance in guitar thunderstorms and morbid slowbeat chic and especially their seminal Brecht/Weill interpretations ("Surabaya Johnny", "Der Song von Mandelay", "Die Ballade vom Ertrunkenen Mädchen") are still cult today. The band broke up in spring of '86, and Mona Mur embarked on a solo career. The recordings, made between 1984-1986, had never been released... until now.