"colour your life"Year: 1995
Label: Impact
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 12
Time: 38 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Pop Punk
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brains to think"
Year: 1985
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
Label: BYO
Format: LP, CD
Tracks: 15
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Hardcore
Country: Germany
City: Berlin
Label: BYO
Format: LP, CD
Tracks: 15
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Hardcore
UPRIGHT CITIZENS was one of the first German punk bands with English lyrics . In
1982 appeared the first LP of the band from the Ruhr in 1985 she toured
as the first German punk rock band for six weeks across the United
States. The eighties and early 1990s were the most successful in the 22- year band history. In addition to publishing various recordings to UPRIGHT CITIZENS
earned a reputation as a terrific live acts , which they presented as a
"special guest " of punk greats such as Dead Kennedys , Bad Religion ,
UK Subs and many other proof . The first line-up consisted of Anton (vocals, guitar), Uli (guitar), Crocker (bass) and Mario (drums). In
1989, the cast and the musical line changed - with Alex ( drums) and
Chris ( " cap " , guitar), today members of the moped gang or at
Eisenpimmel , new influences came into the band. The songs changed , away from the fast political punk hardcore towards a sound , the two parts of the word punk was fair . The
articles published in the following years, CDs and also the stage show
of UPRIGHT CITIZENS have often been compared in the punk scene with the
U.S. group Social Distortion . In spring 2003, UPRIGHT CITIZENS gave their last concert on board a chartered excursion steamer on the Rhine. There were / are different labels which made and distributed this album, this cover here you can see, was the spanish version made by "Fobia Records", an anarcho punk label from Madrid sadly already defunct.
"Make the future mine & yours"Year: 1983
Label: Hart Musik
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 15
Time: 30 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Hardcore
UPRIGHT CITIZENS was a german hardcore punk
band from Bottrop, started in 1981 and disbanded in 1991. Their songs mainly had english
lyrics and their lyrical themes were about anarchism, pacifism, anti-war, etc. They released several albums and 7”s in just their 10-year
lifespan. The “Bombs of Peace” EP and the “Make the Future Mine and
Yours” LP are the debut band’s works before its widely considered best album "open your eyes...". They released albums on the BYO label
in the US and were included on the important 1984 "P.E.A.C.E. / War"
compilation. UPRIGHT CITIZENS musical style might be comparable to fast punk bands like GBH, Varukers or English Dogs.
