Thomas Meinecke, Michaela Melián and Carl Oesterheld of FSK (2005)

FSK (Freiwillige Selbskontrolle, German meaning "voluntary self control") is a German band that was formed in Munich in 1980. It became involved in the underground-part of the German New-Wave-Scene of the early 1980s. Their records came out on the legendary Zickzack-Label owned by Punk-guru Alfred Hilsberg. Later in the decade, they became favourites of British radio-guru John Peel, and were themselves strongly influencesd by the independent British music scene of the 1980s. In the late 1980s they became interested in country music, influenced by bands like the Mekons, who also had a special approach to country music. FSK played a lot with David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker and recorded in his Studio in Richmond, VA. In the mid-1990s they discoved Techno and House for themselves. Since then they have been recording in Weilheim in Germany which boasts a rich music scene around bands like the Notwist. Their latest album, First Take Then Shake, was recorded with Detroit House-producer Anthony Shake Shakir. Neue Deutsche Welle (New German Wave, often abbreviated NDW) was a style of German music originally derived from punk rock and New Wave in 1976. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ... Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Jon Langford has recorded steadily with The Mekons ever since he co-founded it in Leeds, England, in 1976, but over the years, he has taken on many other projects, in and outside of music. ... David Lowery is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, the founder of two popular college radio bands: Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. ... Camper Van Beethoven was founded in 1983 in Santa Cruz, California as an alternative rock, new wave music, and punk rock group. ... Cracker is an American alternative rock band fronted by Camper Van Beethoven singer David Lowery, with guitarist Johnny Hickman. ... Weilheim (i. ... The Notwist is a German indie rock band, but they have been very strongly influenced by the electronica scene. ... House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ...

Discography

• Stürmer, 1981, Zickzack, ZZ 80
• Magic Moments, 1982, Zickzack, ZZ 155
• Ca C'est Le Blues, 1983, ZickZack, ZZ 2001
• FSK Goes Underground, 1984, Zickzack, ZZ 1789
• Last Orders, 1985, Zickzack, ZZ 1066
• Peel Session, 1987, Strange Fruit Records, SFPMA204
• American Sector, 1987, Ediesta Records, CALC 32
• FSK in Dixieland, 1987, Zickzack, ZZ 1987
• Original Gasman Band, 1989, Zickzack, ZZ 8000
• Son of Kraut, 1990, Sub Up Records, SUBLP 12
• Richmond, 1991
• The Sound Of Music, 1993
• Bei Alfred, 1995
• International, 1996, Sub Up Records, SUBCD 28
• Tel Aviv, 1998
• X, 2000
• First Take then Shake, 2004

External links

http://www.diskob.com/a/fsk/index.html