EA80 is a German punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band from Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....

, Germany

Germany

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. The group started in 1979 as "Panzerfaust" and changed the name to EA80 in the year 1980. The band is still active today, making it one of the oldest punk rock bands.

The music of EA80 is melancholy punk rock music, with lyrics composed of overlapping poems.

The band members are also active in many side projects. For example, they have collaborated with musicians from the band Boxhamsters

Boxhamsters

The Boxhamsters are an active punk rock music band from Gießen, Germany, founded in 1987. Active members are: Co , Niels , Philipp und Ulf . The band's name comes from the Monty Python play "Upperclass Twit of the Year" the German translation of which features a certain Mr...

 in the band project Die Böse Hand (The Wicked Hand), by The Devil in Miss Jones, by Killer/Killerlady in the project Pechsaftha (Bad Juice) - or in Serene Falls as well as Van Helsing and in side projects like "OCD" Operation Certain Death, another punk band from Mönchengladbach.

Discography

• Der Mord fällt aus (1982, first 7")
• Vorsicht Schreie (1983)
• 2 Takte später (1985)
• Mehr Schreie (1987)
• Geburtstag (1987)
• Licht (1989)
• Dezember (1989)
• 20 (1989)
• Zweihundertzwei (1990)
• Schauspiele (1992)
• Boxhamsters Split (1992)
• Punk (1993)
• Grüner Apfel (1995)
• Schweinegott (1998)
• Carsten Vollmer-Split (1998)
• Hinter den Dingen (2000, 10")
• Alle Ziele (2001)
• Züri brennt (2002)
• Unser Giessen (2003)
• Vorsicht Schreie 2004 (newly brought in 2004)
• Reise (2007)

External links

(German)

• Interview with Junge (German)