Paranoia (DE)

Paranoia was formed in Dresden in 1982 from the group Rotzjungen. The group quickly became the focus of the small Punk scene in Dresden and played concerts throughout the GDR, including at the Erlöserkirche in East Berlin, Karl-Marx-Stadt and Leipzig. In 1983 there was a gig in Budapest. The group maintained contact with the western Punk scene through Punk fanzines and letter contacts.... George Orwell completed his novel "1984" in 1948. An impressive work that sketches the emergence of a totalitarian state in a fascinating and frightening way. Omnipresent, the autocrat "Big Brother" rules through total surveillance, manipulation, disinformation, monopolism of violence & true to his proclamations:  War means peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. In 1984, the exact year in which Orwell projected his then utopian novel plot, the Dresden Punk band Paranoia released their first and only demo tape "Here We Are For Everyone... Who Needs A Kultband". Orwell's novel had long since had an oppressive reflection in the in reality in the GDR of the time. Conditions like those Orwell had described half a century ago were the breeding ground for bands like Namenlos, Schleimkeim or Paranoia, founded in 1983, long before the era of the so-called "other bands". These groups radically translated their message of anger, discontent and hopelessness into rough and unpolished punk music with equally rough lyrics. Unvarnished and uncompromising, they call a spade a spade. Paranoia's short but turbulent band history includes concerts at legendary point meetings, a gig in Budapest and their aforementioned demo tape, which also attracted attention in the West. "Big Brother" was not long in coming. Soon they were fined for performing without a permit and an operational procedure by the Stasi, which resulted in the imprisonment of two band members in 1985, led to the "dismantling of the illegal Punk band Paranoia". Some Paranoia musicians then founded the band Kaltfront, in whose repertoire some Paranoia songs still live on today.  The album title "1984" deliberately links the band's biography with Orwell's novel, and unfortunately this makes more sense than ever today.

Here We Are For Everyone... Who Needs A Kultband (1984)

01 - Mädchen Für Eine Nacht
02 - Pogokids
03 - Goodbye Annaki
04 - Inferno Innenstadt
05 - Karriere
06 - Echt Zum Kotzen
07 - Kindermord
08 - Paranoia
09 - Nachts In Den Straßen
10 - Würgin Class Hero
11 - Coschützer
12 - Kalte Steine
13 - Schatten Der Großstadt
14 - Kidpunx Verpisst Euch
15 - Hawai
16 - Schweigen
17 - Lebenszeitverzögerung
18 - Jetzt Oder Nie
19 - Abends...
20 - Russ.Medley
21 - Frisch Aus Ungarn
22 - Gelangweilt
23 - Ab Jetzt
24 - Raz Dwa Tri
25 - Untitled
26 - Le Grand Finale

Goodbye Annaki 7'' (1993)

01 - Goodbye Annaki
02 - Paranoia
03 - Echt Zum Kotzen
04 - Mädchen Für Eine Nacht

1984 (2007)

01 - Mädchen
02 - Pogoking
03 - Goodbye Annaki
04 - Inferno Innenstadt
05 - Nachts In Den Strassen
06 - Karriere
07 - Echt Zum Kotzen
08 - Coschützer
09 - Paranoia
10 - Schatten Der Großstadt
11 - Kidpunx
12 - Jetzt Oder Nie
13 - Schweigen
14 - Lebenszeitverzögerung
15 - Kindermord
16 - Gelangweilt
17 - Frisch Aus Ungarn
18 - Le Grande Finale

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