"Murder at the Registry"
"Murder at the Registry"
Murder At The Registry are a german post-punk / new wave band from Cremlingen .
Members:
Martin - guitar
Andrea D. (†) - synths, accordion
Tomasz S. - bass, vocals
Roland - drums
Members of group speak about themselves:
Who we are:
" G O T H ` N P U N K & V I B R A N T M A D N E S S!"
"Goth and Punk have the same roots. Forgot that? "Murder At The Registry" brings it back to your mind. The whole thing is being presented with a touch of 60's-retro elements and wild psychedelic drive.
Attitude changes from dreamy to angry, which appears obviously in the dynamics of the live-shows. With guitar, bass, drums, synth and occasional percussion-elements as well as three voices, "Murder At The Registry" perform a sound that's unique.
HISTORY:
Hooking up with Mart in 1991, Tom found his creative counterpart to form the band's nucleus as it still exists today. Numerous tape- releases brought some attention within the fanzine-scene in Germany and France.
An even wider response was ignited by the release of the song "PUMP" on MICK MERCER's compilation "HEX FILES-The Goth Bible" Vol.1 .
This was 1997, when our second guitarplayer left us, but with Mel on synths, it got even more interresting from now on: When supporting bands like Two Witches or Christian Death, the band proved that they were able to convince a wider audience without being well-known.
After a short "reconstruction"-pause at the end of '98 we are complete again with Boris on drums, to prove our "live-ability" revisited:
In February '99, supporting "This Burning Effigy" in Herford's SPUNK (Europe's most famous gothic club… sic!!!) a stunned audience was filled with enthusiasm.
With a number of new songs in our repertoire we will be out again…
W H E R E A R E T H E C R I T I C S ?
We liked Depeche Mode when we were young. Some of us didn't. Some liked the Beatles, some did not. Some loved Rush, some still hate them. It's never worth a discussion. So what?
We all liked the Sisters, Mission, Bauhaus, Christian Death and The Chameleons, but they're not with us anymore.
Today we try to concentrate on our music, and there are and were so many songs and sounds that impressed us, that we, for ourselves, can't speak about specific influences. Where are the critics? It's their job!
N E E D A C L U E ?
Imagine yourself a triangular landscape with Christian Death, And Also The Trees and the Comsat Angels at the edges; "Murder At The Registry" can be found in here. Somewhere. Sometimes. Roughly. I mean, sometimes even far beyond these borders."
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Web Site:
http://www.myspace.com/murderattheregistry
Influence:
FirstRoboticApeChurchOfGermany, Comsat Angels, Joy Division, Suede, The Smiths, Pulp, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Tool, Kate Bush, Eurythmics, Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Hammill, Can, Bad Brains, Patti Smith, The Chameleons, Psychedelic Furs, Ultravox, Echo and the Bunnymen, TV on the Radio, Pentax *ist-D, Buzzcocks, Lurkers, Wire, Johnny Cash, Gorgonzola, The Beatles - no stones, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Fields Of The Nephilim, Melinda Miel, Blondie, Lasagna, Kim Wilde, Black Sabbath, Mike Oldfield, The Sundays, Crime and the City Solution, Element of Crime, Sonic Youth, Müller und die Platemeiercombo, Dinosaur Jr. , Talking Heads, Alien Sex Fiend, Dream City Film Club, Gun Club, Nikon D2H, Cat Stevens, Portishead, Krüger and the melodic Assholes, Madness, The Wake, The Pentangle, Depeche Mode, Pere Ubu, Birds, Robocop Krauss, Simon & Garfunkel, Miranda Sex Garden, Supertramp, Clan of Xymox, Cocteau Twins, Charlatans, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Doors, Bauhaus, Trio, 16 Horsepower, 22-Pistepirkko, Aha, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Interpol, Die Trottelkacker, The Editors, Virgin Prunes, Christian Death, And Also The Trees, Doors, Brecht/Weill, Shadow Project, Mephisto Waltz, Kraftwerk, Lush, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, Cabaret Voltaire, Frank'N'Furter, Velvet Underground, Wipers, Metric, Icehouse, O.M.D., Simple Minds, U2, Pictures Of Agony, Pixies, My Dying Bride, Ozric Tentacles, Legendary Pink Dots, Steve Miller Band, Grobschnitt, Talk Talk, Blumfeld, Tears for Fears, The 3rd and the Mortal, Slowdive…etc pp.