Bio
Winter of 1995, a pissed year for our protagonists,
they hid away in a cellar in Prenzlauer Berg,
below an illegal bar called “Bär”, trying to release their frustration
and anger and give it a sound.
The guys were heavily influenced by the punkrock of the late seventies
and so they started to play a lot of coverversions of songs by names like Clash, Damned,
Stooges, Slaughter & the Dogs, Ramones, Jack & the Rippers, Heartbreakers...
after a short time the first own songs called “krank”, “wertlos” or “plastix” arised.
The Shocks were born.
All the words are in german because it’s the language in which their mothers gave them shit at home.
Along the years they played their songs in a lot of different countries,
and made a bunch records. The Shocks have been gigging in Holland, Chech Republic,
Swizerland, Austria, Hungary, England, Italy, France, Spain and in the most german cities.
The Shocks is an established name in germany and they’ve influenced a lot of new bands with their
music and attitude before this kind of Punkrock became popular again.
They wore tattered ties and painted shirts before MTV and helped to bring back
some self-irony in a petrified and depressed scene.
Their lyrics are about all day life stories,from the direct neighbourhood,
influenced by things that happened in front of their eyes.
The Shocks are:
Drums - Älex
Bass,Vocals - Don Lotzo
Vocals, Guitar - Smail
Discography:
1996 - "too many kicks in 96" EP - Attack Records
1999 - "holiday on zyklonbay" EP - Attack Records
2000 - "antiscene/fehlpressung 2000" EP - Attack Records
2002 - "more cuts for you in zero 2 " LP/ CD - DirtyFaces/Attack Records
2003 - "bored to be in zero 3 " LP/CD - DirtyFacesSchallplatten
2003 - "the 7 inches ... 1996 - 2000" LP/CD - AttackRecords/DirtyFaces
2003 - "shakin nasties / the shocks" SPLIT EP - FanboyRecords
2004 - "the briefs / the shocks" SPLIT EP - RadioBlast/DirtyFaces
2004 - “banned from the USA” EP/CD - DirtyFacesSchallplatten
2005 – “live energy ’99 to ‘03” CD – Fragil Records
2007 - “brace...brace” LP/CD - DirtyFacesSchallplatten
2007 – “endsieg” EP – Puke’n’vomit
Press
"Germany`s THE SHOCKS sound like 77 punk by the way of the BUZZCOCKS with mild
influences by the SEX PISTOLS and 999.It`s like the holy trinity of the first wave of
british punk.The press release compares them to German bands TRIO ,MALE ,ABWÄRTS
but i`m not familiar with any of these bands to comment.So stick with what you know.The vocalist
sounds like Pete Shelley and the bouncing basslines are classic BUZZCOCKS .
But there is a overall SMALL FACES guitar sound that is played with less distortion than the pistols.
And the energy and verve of 999 fuels the pace behind this recording.
THE SHOCKS are not rookies when it comes to releasing material and and have at least three ep`s
and another full length. THE SHOCKS have the ability to write great songs that will appeal to mods ,
pop punk kids as much as the hardcore 77 chaos punks.this is great stuff."- SP
EQUALIZING-X-DISTORT, Issue 3,Number 5 (UK)
"Wow ,do these guys ever kick ass ! i haven’t heard a german band this good since ... i don`t know.
i feel like shit and i don`t feel like thinking.but this is really fucking good.
DETENTION and the CONTROLLERS immediately come to mind ,but sung in german.the recording on this
is perfect too.raw and slightly sloppy sound puts this record right over the top and makes it a must
have."-NF
MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL 1998 (USA)
"une vraie dècouverte pour moi que ces Berlinois qui en sont pourtant apparemment à leur 2ème CD.
Musicalement ,c’est pur 77 ,avec une structure minimaliste ,un son bien brut et une ambiance grincante.
Le plus dròle , c'est qu' il m'a fallu un moment avant de me rendre compte qu'ils ne chantent pas en
Anglais mains en allemand ... Comme quoi la prètendue "supèrioritè" des sons de l'anglais en rock ... mon cul!
Ce qui me permet d'apprècier les textes ,trè ironiques ,un brin provocateurs ,toujours avec une certaine
distance ... Apparemment ,ca cartonne pour eux en Allemagne en ce moment ... Il faudra que je me
procure leur 1er car il parait qu'il est encore meilleur.le coseil de la fin d'annèe avec (dans un autre
style) les MUCRAKERS." - Juliette
NO GOVERNMET 2004 (FRANCE)
"Wacky german guys-spicky hair, "Kill me I’m Rotten LUCHS BROS. t-shirts, and eyeliners. Christ, this is
fun dancey pogo punk. Think a more raw VIBRATORS and BUZZCOCKS singing all in German and you’ve got the SHOCKS.
The one song totally reminds me of the SCTV SEX PISTOLS spoof skit with John Candy and Martin Short -
the vocals are identical. No need to give this a long review, cuz it’s brillant. Get it, buy it,
order it deutschmark, dollar or euro, send ‘em all for a copy of this Lp "- AS
MRR #235 (USA) December 2002
"El material de este sello alemán nos tieno anonadados. Demuestran tener un buen gusto por el mejor punk
edición tras edición. En ocásion nos presentan a los alemanes The Shock cantando en su idioma natal y
sonando muy 77/80’s, ya no sólo por su estilo de punk, sino por el idioma, que suena supercrudo.
Canciones con gancho, uns tras otra, nada de ruido por el el ruido, esta gente saben como quieren sonar y lo consiguen hasta el punto que se han convertido en una de mis bandas favoritas desde ya!!!.
Muy en linea de bandas pioneras alemanas como Male, Ideal, Trio, Toxoplasma, etc.... El CD "The 7 Inches" contiene, como su nombre indicia, sus tres singles (inencontrables en la actulidad), anteriores a su larga duración ( que es el otro CD resenado), con la diferencia de que en esta edicíon además podemos encontrar tres bonus tracks pertenecientes a unos recopilatorios donde participaron y que tampoco los vas a encontrar en el formato original a no ser que decidas vender a tu madre para pillarlos de suganda mano!!. En algún que otro corte se atreven con el surf instrumental, pero se ve que sólo como afición demostrable, ya que lo que les Ilena en realidad, sin lugar a dudas, es el punk anejo.
Únicamente comparables a último álbum japoneses Registrators ( Hombre, si!! A lo mejor he exagerado un
poco… ),
si controlas a los nipones debes de comprender entonces que The Shock no son cualquier cosa. !!De bellos
de punta!!.
Y no estoy de cona. " - Alex Campos
STAF (SPAIN) 17 may 03
they hid away in a cellar in Prenzlauer Berg,
below an illegal bar called “Bär”, trying to release their frustration
and anger and give it a sound.
The guys were heavily influenced by the punkrock of the late seventies
and so they started to play a lot of coverversions of songs by names like Clash, Damned,
Stooges, Slaughter & the Dogs, Ramones, Jack & the Rippers, Heartbreakers...
after a short time the first own songs called “krank”, “wertlos” or “plastix” arised.
The Shocks were born.
All the words are in german because it’s the language in which their mothers gave them shit at home.
Along the years they played their songs in a lot of different countries,
and made a bunch records. The Shocks have been gigging in Holland, Chech Republic,
Swizerland, Austria, Hungary, England, Italy, France, Spain and in the most german cities.
The Shocks is an established name in germany and they’ve influenced a lot of new bands with their
music and attitude before this kind of Punkrock became popular again.
They wore tattered ties and painted shirts before MTV and helped to bring back
some self-irony in a petrified and depressed scene.
Their lyrics are about all day life stories,from the direct neighbourhood,
influenced by things that happened in front of their eyes.
The Shocks are:
Drums - Älex
Bass,Vocals - Don Lotzo
Vocals, Guitar - Smail
Discography:
1996 - "too many kicks in 96" EP - Attack Records
1999 - "holiday on zyklonbay" EP - Attack Records
2000 - "antiscene/fehlpressung 2000" EP - Attack Records
2002 - "more cuts for you in zero 2 " LP/ CD - DirtyFaces/Attack Records
2003 - "bored to be in zero 3 " LP/CD - DirtyFacesSchallplatten
2003 - "the 7 inches ... 1996 - 2000" LP/CD - AttackRecords/DirtyFaces
2003 - "shakin nasties / the shocks" SPLIT EP - FanboyRecords
2004 - "the briefs / the shocks" SPLIT EP - RadioBlast/DirtyFaces
2004 - “banned from the USA” EP/CD - DirtyFacesSchallplatten
2005 – “live energy ’99 to ‘03” CD – Fragil Records
2007 - “brace...brace” LP/CD - DirtyFacesSchallplatten
2007 – “endsieg” EP – Puke’n’vomit
Press
"Germany`s THE SHOCKS sound like 77 punk by the way of the BUZZCOCKS with mild
influences by the SEX PISTOLS and 999.It`s like the holy trinity of the first wave of
british punk.The press release compares them to German bands TRIO ,MALE ,ABWÄRTS
but i`m not familiar with any of these bands to comment.So stick with what you know.The vocalist
sounds like Pete Shelley and the bouncing basslines are classic BUZZCOCKS .
But there is a overall SMALL FACES guitar sound that is played with less distortion than the pistols.
And the energy and verve of 999 fuels the pace behind this recording.
THE SHOCKS are not rookies when it comes to releasing material and and have at least three ep`s
and another full length. THE SHOCKS have the ability to write great songs that will appeal to mods ,
pop punk kids as much as the hardcore 77 chaos punks.this is great stuff."- SP
EQUALIZING-X-DISTORT, Issue 3,Number 5 (UK)
"Wow ,do these guys ever kick ass ! i haven’t heard a german band this good since ... i don`t know.
i feel like shit and i don`t feel like thinking.but this is really fucking good.
DETENTION and the CONTROLLERS immediately come to mind ,but sung in german.the recording on this
is perfect too.raw and slightly sloppy sound puts this record right over the top and makes it a must
have."-NF
MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL 1998 (USA)
"une vraie dècouverte pour moi que ces Berlinois qui en sont pourtant apparemment à leur 2ème CD.
Musicalement ,c’est pur 77 ,avec une structure minimaliste ,un son bien brut et une ambiance grincante.
Le plus dròle , c'est qu' il m'a fallu un moment avant de me rendre compte qu'ils ne chantent pas en
Anglais mains en allemand ... Comme quoi la prètendue "supèrioritè" des sons de l'anglais en rock ... mon cul!
Ce qui me permet d'apprècier les textes ,trè ironiques ,un brin provocateurs ,toujours avec une certaine
distance ... Apparemment ,ca cartonne pour eux en Allemagne en ce moment ... Il faudra que je me
procure leur 1er car il parait qu'il est encore meilleur.le coseil de la fin d'annèe avec (dans un autre
style) les MUCRAKERS." - Juliette
NO GOVERNMET 2004 (FRANCE)
"Wacky german guys-spicky hair, "Kill me I’m Rotten LUCHS BROS. t-shirts, and eyeliners. Christ, this is
fun dancey pogo punk. Think a more raw VIBRATORS and BUZZCOCKS singing all in German and you’ve got the SHOCKS.
The one song totally reminds me of the SCTV SEX PISTOLS spoof skit with John Candy and Martin Short -
the vocals are identical. No need to give this a long review, cuz it’s brillant. Get it, buy it,
order it deutschmark, dollar or euro, send ‘em all for a copy of this Lp "- AS
MRR #235 (USA) December 2002
"El material de este sello alemán nos tieno anonadados. Demuestran tener un buen gusto por el mejor punk
edición tras edición. En ocásion nos presentan a los alemanes The Shock cantando en su idioma natal y
sonando muy 77/80’s, ya no sólo por su estilo de punk, sino por el idioma, que suena supercrudo.
Canciones con gancho, uns tras otra, nada de ruido por el el ruido, esta gente saben como quieren sonar y lo consiguen hasta el punto que se han convertido en una de mis bandas favoritas desde ya!!!.
Muy en linea de bandas pioneras alemanas como Male, Ideal, Trio, Toxoplasma, etc.... El CD "The 7 Inches" contiene, como su nombre indicia, sus tres singles (inencontrables en la actulidad), anteriores a su larga duración ( que es el otro CD resenado), con la diferencia de que en esta edicíon además podemos encontrar tres bonus tracks pertenecientes a unos recopilatorios donde participaron y que tampoco los vas a encontrar en el formato original a no ser que decidas vender a tu madre para pillarlos de suganda mano!!. En algún que otro corte se atreven con el surf instrumental, pero se ve que sólo como afición demostrable, ya que lo que les Ilena en realidad, sin lugar a dudas, es el punk anejo.
Únicamente comparables a último álbum japoneses Registrators ( Hombre, si!! A lo mejor he exagerado un
poco… ),
si controlas a los nipones debes de comprender entonces que The Shock no son cualquier cosa. !!De bellos
de punta!!.
Y no estoy de cona. " - Alex Campos
STAF (SPAIN) 17 may 03
Comments
posted on May 10 at 2:29 pm
Digging the sound. Lots of punch and energy!
posted on Apr 19 at 5:26 pm
Yeah, Peter is a good song !
posted on Apr 13 at 10:01 am
Check out MADDEN THE BAND songs at the end have vocals say waht you think?
posted on Apr 11 at 9:27 am
Check out MADDEN THE BAND new song "sunset city"
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