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FENTON WEILLS Altena, Germany links site myspace |
"The Fenton Weills are Germany´s own garage superstars" wrote the British New Musical Express, and yes: when "Viva Villa" came out on the Pastell label in 1987 their mixture of twangs from the heydays of instrumental Rock´n Roll (Hawaii 5-0, Jack The Ripper, Peter Gunn) and their very own guitar extravaganzas - culminating in an 20 minutes Angst-ridden garage/trash/metal instrumental on the albums second side - took the European critics by storm.
"Like the Feelies without singing" wrote German indie-zine Out Of Depression, Scotlands garage bible "The Next Big Thing" called it "an instrumental record that pretty much hits the mark", while New York´s Midnight Record Shop simply called it "intrumental gonzos from Germany".
Fenton Weills was founded in the early Eighties from the ashes of two local punk bands and released their first single "Als der Regen kam" / "Allein zu Haus" 1985 on German Pastell label, sung in German but influenced by early Creation- and Postcard - Bands.
As the "houseband" of Pastell the Fenton Weills supported TV Personalities, Times, Stingrays, Direct Hits, Paul Roland and Shiny Gnomes and recorded two and a half other albums: "Cavalcade" (1988), "A Tales Of Two Cities" (split w/ Berlin band The Beatitudes) and "Fenton Weills" (2003).
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Allein zu Haus
Allein zu Haus b/w Als der Regen kam |
7"
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Pastell (Pastell Eins) Germany
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1985
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Viva Villa
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lp
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Pastell (POW 8) Germany
JellyFant (jayf03cd) Germany |
1987
2006 |
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Picture On The Wall
Picture On The Wall b/w Ticket To Ride |
7"
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Pastell (Pastell 7) Germany
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1988
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Cavalcade
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lp
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Pastell (POW 11) Germany
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1988
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A Tale Of Two Cities
(split lp w/ The Beatitudes) |
lp
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Pastell (POW 14) Germany
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1990
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Un hommage de quatre chansons a Jaques Tati
Jour du Fete / Playtime // Traffic / Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot |
7"
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Playtime Records Germany
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1991
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Calentura
Calentura b/w Limbo Of The Lost |
7"
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Finlayson Germany
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1995
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Fenton Weills
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cd
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Grand Harbour Germany
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2003
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