The Wirtschaftswunder (sometimes simply called Wirtschaftswunder) was a German band consisting of musicians
Angelo Galizia (vocals, Italy),
Tom Dokoupil (guitar, Czechoslovakia),
Mark Pfurtschneller (keyboards, Canada) and
Jürgen Beuth (drums, Germany). They were part of the so-called
Neue Deutsche Welle
Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW, , "New German Wave") is a genre of West German rock music originally derived from post-punk and new wave music with electronic influences. The term was first coined by Dutch radio DJ Frits Spits on the popular nationwid ...
that emerged as part of the English
new wave/
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...
movement in the early 1980s and included bands such as
D.A.F, Malaria!, or
ZK (predecessor of
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead Trousers", figuratively "The Deadbeats") is a German punk rock band from Düsseldorf.
History
The current members of Die Toten Hosen are Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephe ...
).
They entered the national arena with their single ''Der Kommissar'' (based on the
theme music
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of the German criminal TV series ''
Der Kommissar'' from the 1960s) and released their first album ''(Salmobray)'' in 1981. Their most characteristic feature was Angelo Galizia's singing with a heavy Italian accent. After signing with label
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...
, they released their 2nd album ''(The Wirtschaftswunder),'' which was not as experimental as the first. After their 4th album ''Pop Adenauer'' in the same year and their final single in 1984 they dissolved.
Band name
The term
Wirtschaftswunder
The ''Wirtschaftswunder'' (, "economic miracle"), also known as the Miracle on the Rhine, was the rapid reconstruction and development of the economies of West Germany and Austria after World War II (adopting an ordoliberalism-based social marke ...
(
German
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**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
for "economic miracle") describes the rapid reconstruction and development of the
economies
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of
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
and
Austria
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after
World War II
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.
Discography
;Singles
*"Allein" (1980)
*"Television" (1980)
*"Der Große Mafioso" (1982)
*"E´succeso in Kabul" (1982)
*"Pizza" (1984)
;Albums:
*''Salmobray'' (1981)
*''The Wirtschaftswunder'' (1982)
*''Tscherwonez'' (1982)
*''Pop Adenauer'' (1984)
*''Die Gute Wahl (Das Beste)'' (1991)
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Neue Deutsche Welle groups
German new wave musical groups