Funeral Oration was a melodic hardcore
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band from Amsterdam,
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. They were active from 1982–83 until the end of the 1990s, putting out highly influential records on Dutch, German, British and American labels. Their singer was
Peter Zirschky.
After listening to punk rock for a couple of years, Peter Zirschky decided to start a punk band. It was 1980 and they called themselves Art Protexion, probably because Zirschky's favourite band at the time was
The Art Attacks
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. Drummer Ferry Fidom and bassplayer Mike de Veer joined him a year later in Last Warning. They soon changed their name to Funeral Oration, with no thought behind that, but broke up two months later.
In 1983, Zirschky placed an ad in the Dutch punk magazine
Koekrand, saying: ''"Need a bassplayer, don't have to be good, but has to be pretty fast"'', recruiting
William Steinhäuser to play the bass and forming the core of the revived Funeral Oration. The band went on to release numerous EPs, two cassette-only albums and 7 full-length LPs, the pinnacle of which was their debut album "Communion" (1985), and also toured the States three times during the 90s.
Discography
Demos
*''There's Nothing Left To Laugh About'' cassette (self-released, 1983)
*''The Godsend'' cassette (self-released, 1984)
EPs
*''Shadowland'' 12" (self-released, 1984)
*''Survival'' 7" (Remedy, 1986)
*''The More We Know'' 7" (Loony Tunes, 1989)
*''What Is It?'' 7" (Hopeless, 1995)
*''Stop For A Moment/Expanding'' 7" flexi (Hopeless/Flipside, 1995)
Albums
*''Communion'' LP (Diehard, 1985)
*''Funeral Oration'' LP (Swaddle, 1987)
*''Say No To Life'' LP (WRF, 1993 /recorded in 1989/)
*''Punk Rock Nation'' CD (WRF, 1994)
*''Funeral Oration'' CD/LP/cass (Hopeless, 1995)
*''Believer'' CD/LP/cass (Hopeless, 1997)
*''Survival'' CD/LP/cass (Hopeless, 1998)
*''Discography 1983 - 1998'' 2CD (Hopeless, 1999)
Reissues
*''Communion'' LP (Weckewerk, 1989)
*''Communion/Shadowland'' CD (Nasty Vinyl, 1997)
*''The Godsend'' LP (Neder Again Records, 2008 /bootleg/)
*''The Godsend'' LP (Pain Of Mind/Gummopunx Records, 2011)
Compilations
*''Raw War'' tape (Xcentric Noise, 1983)
*''Holland Hardcore 2nd Attack'' tape (Er Is Hoop, 1984)
*
FuneralOration/Gepøpel'' split tape (BCT, 1985)
*''I've Got An Attitude Problem'' EP (BCT/Loony Tunes, 1987)
*''Remedy Records sampler'' 4-way split LP (Remedy, 1988)
*''Welcome To Our Scene'' LP (WRF, 1990)
*''Punk Sucks''CD (Liberation Records, 1996)
*''Chicago vs. Amsterdam'' CD/EP (Hopeless, 1996)
*''Hopelessly Devoted To You'' CD (Hopeless, 1996)
*''Hopelessly Devoted To You Too'' CD (Hopeless, 1998)
*''Take Action!'' CD (Sub City Records, 1999)
*''Hopelessly Devoted To You, vol. 3'' CD (Hopeless, 2000)
*''Holland Hardcore 2nd Attack Double LP (Abuse Records, Hand numbered and Limited to 1000)
External links
Funeral Oration- unofficial website with detailed biography and discography of the band and some lyrics
* http://www.myspace.com/funeralorationband - Fan-run Myspace page
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Musical groups from Amsterdam
Dutch hardcore punk groups
Hopeless Records artists
Sub City Records artists