Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub
My Private War
Studio recordings @320
(Out of Print)
Phillip Boa (born Ernst Ulrich Figgen, 18 January 1963 in Dortmund, Germany) is a German independent music singer, guitarist and composer. His current name is unknown after two divorces and name changes. Phillip Boa lives in Dortmund, Hamburg and on the island of Malta. He has received several "Album & Single of the Week" awards in British magazines like NME, Sounds or Melody Maker. The style of the Voodooclub was described by NME in a review as "a cross between B52's and Captain Beefheart". The style of his lyrics is a mix of irony, love songs, sarcasm, often of bizarre and deranged content. ~Wiki
The punk rock of the Sex Pistols and the Clash has had a major effect on the music of German vocalist and songwriter Phillip Boa. As leader of the Voodoo Club, from 1985 until 1993, Boa created some of Germany's hardest hitting music. Since the group's disbanding, Boa has continued to craft what Melody Maker described as "reaming mixes of Afro rhythms, distorted guitar, and responding Nichtgesang." Boa arrived on the German music scene in a mid-'80s band that he formed with childhood friend Pia Lund. This group, which evolved into the Voodoo Club, released a five-track single, Most Boring World, in 1985. Launching their own label, Constrictor, Boa and Voodoo Club released Philister, the first of eight albums, soon afterward. Their second effort, Aristocracie, followed in 1986. Signed by the Polydor label, in 1987, Boa and Voodoo Club scored with a series of turbo-charged singles, including "Kill Your Ideal Now" in 1987 and "Container Love" in 1989. Their 1990 album, Hispanola, marked the first time that Boa sang in German. Boa and Voodoo Club reached its peak with the release of Boaphenia, which reached the German heavy metal Top 15 in 1993. Boa and the Voodoo Club's 1996 album, She, featured a cover of David Bowie's "Starman." Dissolving Voodoo Club in 1997, Boa released his debut solo album, Lord Garbage, in February 2001.
~Craig Harris - All Music
Track List:
01. AS YOU WALK BY
02. SO WHAT
03. CRUSHED ON ME
04. PASS ME A LILY
05. THE GREAT AMERICAN DINER
06. BABY TAKE THE STRAIN OUT
07. ROME IN THE RAIN
08. DIABOLIQUE
09. MY PRIVATE WAR
10. IN FREUDIAN UNDERWEAR
11. EVEN TYRANTS LOVE A TUNE
12. FOR HER
13. A SUMMER IN SAIGON
02. SO WHAT
03. CRUSHED ON ME
04. PASS ME A LILY
05. THE GREAT AMERICAN DINER
06. BABY TAKE THE STRAIN OUT
07. ROME IN THE RAIN
08. DIABOLIQUE
09. MY PRIVATE WAR
10. IN FREUDIAN UNDERWEAR
11. EVEN TYRANTS LOVE A TUNE
12. FOR HER
13. A SUMMER IN SAIGON
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