Schlecht Dran / Gut Drauf

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Opening with a killer psychobilly number, made more psycho but the guttural, Teutonic blurtings (Germany, your language sounds harsh and ominous to us no matter what you are saying....sorry!) this becomes one of the most diverse, all over the board rock 'n' roll albums I've heard in a while, with punk, cowboy music, lo fi psychedelia, spoken word soundscape stuff and more! And despite not knowing German, I'm pretty sure the phrase "Oktopus Im Pentagramm" is fucked up! (Jake Austen in Roctober) Biography: First songs at the age of 11. First DIY releases on MC in Germany's most industrialized and populated state of North-Rhine Westphalia (Ruhr Area). A working class punk rocker who uses the German language (Mark Twain: Some German words are so long that they have a perspective).; just like his German idols, such as, S.Y.P.H., Fehlfarben, Kolossale Jugend, Die Regierung, Ton Steine Scherben, Mutter, Neu! and Blumfeld. No hipster bohemian attitude but down to earth Germaness and a deep understanding of stark and primitive NEU!KRAUT ROCK. On this new record some of his heroes shine through but never dominate what is too much Doc Schoko himself. Mark E. Smith (The Fall) invited Doc Schoko to be his supporting act or as we say in German to be his VORGRUPPE. Both, Smith and Doc Schoko appeared on play loud!'s "silver monk time - a tribute to the monks" (pl-cd-02) Village Voice's Don Allred wrote: Doc Schoko's doom-swallowing "Sei Still" smirks at its English-speaking doppelgänger, "Shut Up." "schlecht dran / gut drauf" has been mastered by founding Faust member Hans Joachim Irmler. More reviews: "Doc Schoko sings for all the underdogs and jobless who have to suffer the every day life injustices. His laconic coolness works like a pain killer." (Spex Music Magazine) "Doc Schoko is undeviatingly tenacious, his lyrics poetic and without any kind of navel-gazing." (TAZ)