A widespread misunderstanding The history of rock music is full of half-truths, gaps, misunderstandings and misinterpretations. This includes the widespread opinion that the GDR only opened up to white Western rock musicians shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, at the end of the 1980s, in order to present itself to dissatisfied young people... Weiterlesen →
The Steve Gibbons Band in the 1980s at a glance
The music scene of the 1980s is described by a German website as follows: This was the "decade of clear fronts". In the past, styles had often fertilized and complemented each other, but now (possibly in analogy to the Cold War, which was just getting worse again) two "music blocks", which mainly determined the current... Weiterlesen →
The 1980s of the SGB at a glance: GDR tours, lost contract with Mayor-Company, success at the German „Rockpalast“, on stage with George Harrison
The music scene of the 1980s is described by a German website as follows This was the "decade of clear fronts". In the past, styles had often fertilized and complemented each other, but now (possibly in analogy to the Cold War, which was just getting worse again) two "music blocks", which mainly determined the current... Weiterlesen →