Big Balls and the great white idiot

LP 1977, NOVA Records, cat. #: 6.23280 AO
Vinyl > Wave > Mp3 @320 CBR (ripped & converted by yours truly).
Big Balls and the Great White Idiot was one of the first and best known German punk rock bands. They were founded in Hamburg in 1975 by Wolfgang “Wolle” Lorenz (guitar), “Baron Adolf Kaiser” (vocals), and the Grund brothers Peter (drums), Alfred (bass, vocals) and Atli (guitar).
“Baron Adolf” provoked the audience by wearing a Nazi uniform and a black moustache as an expression of anarchy. Performances on stage were highly aggressive; the band was known to shout at the audience to go home. Punk News magazine called the sound “mean and ugly.”
The first album (this one) was released in 1977 by Teldec and holds great song titles like “I’m A Punk”, “Kick her in the dirt” and “I’m Singing To You With My Fingers In Your Ass”. Besides that covers of Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy In The U.K.” (”Anarchy in Germany”), “White Light, White Heat” of Velvet Underground and “Search And Destroy” of the Stooges.

In 1978 the second album “Foolish Guys” followed. The next two albums, “Artikel 1″ and “Creepy Shades”, were released by their own label Balls Records, the latter bringing a change in sound away from punk.
Now what I really like about these old records is the band pictures. There was no “punk uniform” at that time, everybody was just doing as they pleased, as long as it looked different and shocking. Way better than todays punks copying everything, without sense of creativity.
The decline of punk rock did not affect the close ties between the band and their fans, but the 1980s saw the “Balls” more often in theaters contributing their music to various stageplays.

Tracks:

1A - I’m A Punk
2A - TV Song
3A - Enemy Love
4A - Schlitz-Blitz
5A - No More Nightmares
6A - Damned, Damned Life
7A - Rock’n'Roll Madness
8A - Search And Destroy9A - Intro
10B - Raver Treatment
11B - Anarchy In Germany
12B - Kick Her In The Dirt
13B - No Chance
14B - Hey, Dr. Frey
15B - White Light, White Heat
16B - (I’m Singing To You) With My Finger In Your Ass
17B - Go To Hell

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