Formed in
Limburg in 1980, multinational band Der Wirtschaftswunder consisted of
Czech-born guitarist Tom Dokoupil, Canadian keyboardist Mark Pfurtscheller,
German drummer Jürgen Beuth (also in Die Radierer) and Italian singer Angelo
Galizia.
Punk in the
very best sense, who needs the Hansa Studios in Berlin when you can do great
things in the basement of Limburg? The Wirtschaftswunder sounded and still
sound like no other band: danceable yet disturbing pop that 40 years on is
still modern. The Wirtschaftswunder would be a household name today, even
internationally, like Einstürzende Neubauten or Palais Schaumburg, if a touring
accident hadn't temporarily interrupted their career at the worst possible
time.
