We are pleased to announce that the former NDW heroes NICHTS will release a new studio album titled "Zeichen Auf Sturm" on 04.02.2011, after nearly 30 years!
Band : NICHTS
Album : Zeichen Auf Sturm
Release Date : 04.02.2011
Label/Distribution : Electrique Mud / Alive
Band Website : http://www.myspace.com/nichtsdieband
Record Release Shows : Fri. 11.02. Cologne - Sonic Ballroom // Tue. 15.02. Berlin – Bassy // Wed. 16.02. Essen - Zeche Carl
Thu. 17.02. Hamburg – Hafenklang // Fri. 18.02. Bremen - Lila Eule // Fri. 25.02. Wiesbaden - Schlachthof (t.b.a.) // Sat. 26.02. Stuttgart - Haus 11
Band Line-Up: U.F.O. - bass
Sabine Kohlmetz - vocals
Michael Clauss - guitars, vocals
Eric Harings - drums
Vom Ritchie - drums on the new album 'Zeichen Auf Sturm'
Some may still remember the band, as their hits "Radio" and "Licht aus" are still frequently played in indie clubs, and albums like "Made in Eile" (1981) or "Tango2000" (1982) still adorn some record collections today.
Now, almost 30 years later, the band is back. "ZEICHEN AUF STURM" has become the famous look back to the future.
„… I just need a microphone / and then I’ll clear everything away …“ Nichts “Radio”, June 1981
The Düsseldorf punk band KFC is history, as guitarist Michael Clauss and drummer Tobias Brink are back in the rehearsal room. Chris Scarbeck is found to be the man for the big poses on bass, and his girlfriend Andrea Mothes sings.
Lalalala. The song “Radio” is rock in major, and the name of the quartet is Nichts. An album is recorded in just four days, and no six weeks later, the long player “Made in Eile” is in the can. Nichts hits the zeitgeist with unbridled energy and lyrically strong psycho-pop. You hear the four brilliant dilettantes on the
radio and see them on television. In the WDR show “Bananas,” the Düsseldorfer steal the show from the dandies of Roxy Music and Iggy Pop with their uncompromising intensity in black leather outfits. The hit “Radio” is the kickstart to a fast-paced career: a successful tour is followed by the successor album “Tango 2000.” Even before the release of the third LP, the original line-up dissolves, before the Neue Deutsche Welle floods the BRD with a wave of commercial triviality with acts like Fräulein Menke and Hubert Kah.
„Nichts is a band that has always kept it simple – without punctuation.” Michael Clauss, September 2009
The visitors of the Düsseldorf Golzheim Festival are amazed: “Eingeschlossen” is pounding from the stage speakers. No canned music – this is live. Michael Clauss impresses on the electric guitar. Josef Kirschgen is the metronome on drums, U.f.o. Walter is the natural force on bass, and Sabine Kohlmetz is the voice at the microphone. Lalalala. The tried-and-true charm of simplicity wins over not only die-hard fans: This is not an 80s party. This is a fresh band that has combined passion and fun in music and skillfully focused all energy to the point. Nichts is back. In the here and now. Ready to clear everything away!
Discography
Albums
06/1981 Made in Eile (Schallmauer)
03/1982 Tango 2000 (Schallmauer/WEA)
02/1983 Aus dem Jenseits (Schallmauer/WEA)
02/2011 Zeichen Auf Sturm (Electrique Mud)
Singles
09/1981 Radio (Schallmauer/CBS Records)
03/1982 Ein deutsches Lied (Schallmauer/WEA)
06/1982 Tango 2000 (Schallmauer/WEA)
02/1983 Venus schenkt dir schöne Stunden (Horrorskop) (Schallmauer/WEA)
02/2011 Zeichen Auf Sturm (Electrique Mud)
