Abwärts ("Downwards") is a German post-punk band from Hamburg, Germany. Members FM Einheit and Mark Chung would leave the group in the early 1980s to join West Berlin band Einstürzende Neubauten.
Their best-known recordings include the single "Computerstaat" ("Computer State") (1980) and the albums Amok Koma (1981) and Der Westen ist einsam ("The West Is Lonely") (1982), the latter in particular being regarded as a classic of West German post-punk.
Links to Peel[]
One of the many German bands that were earlier signed to the zickzack label that Peel would play in the early 80's. After Peel's death, it was later found out that he had a couple of their albums (Amok Koma & Der Westen Ist Einsam) in his Record Collection: A.
Shows Played[]
- 21 June 1980 (BFBS): Computerstaat (7") Zickzack
- 02 July 1980: Computerstaat (7" EP) Zickzack
- 05 July 1980 (BFBS): Moon Of Alabama (7" - Computerstaat) Zickzack
- 09 August 1980 (BFBS): Computerstaat (7") Zickzack
- 16 December 1980: Unfall (album - Amok Koma) Zickzack
- 27 December 1980 (BFBS): Unfall (album - Amok Koma) Zickzack
- 1981
- 18 January 1981 (BFBS): Maschinenland (album - Amok Koma) Zickzack
- 29 March 1981 (BFBS): Türkenblues (album - Amok Koma) Zickzack
- 1982
- 07 July 1982: Aus Einem Gartenhaus (LP - Der Westen Ist Einsam) Mercury
- 01 September 1982 (BFBS): Beim Ersten Mal Tut's Immer Weh (12" EP - Beirut, Holiday Inn) Mercury
- 15 September 1982 (BFBS): Aus Einem Gartenhaus (album - Der Westen Ist Einsam) Mercury
- 1984
- 26 August 1984 (BFBS): Olympia (12") Totenkopf TOT 13