2LP Slime – Slime

C1 & C2: from the first „Soundtracks Zum Untergang“ compilation, recorded at Musiclab, Berlin 1980.
C3 & C4: Live at Brunnenplatz, Berlin 12.09.1981.
D1-D4: from the first 7″ EP, recorded at Moderne Musik Studio, Hamburg 1979.
B6, C2 & D1: Censored

German punk band from Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1979, they became one of the style-defining bands of the 1980s. Slime was one of the most influential German punk bands of the early movement and thus shaped the political attitude of a large part of the German scene. With their anti-fascist texts they influenced the history of the German punk movement. Individual slogans, especially from their early phase, were spread in the autonomous scene. Musically and textually, they changed from a band with simple, catchy songs in the style of British punk rock of the late 1970s to a group with more sophisticated song structures and complex, encrypted lyrics.
Slime was controversial at times. The group was accused of “selling out” in the course of its growing success. Her anti-American texts also caused criticism in the left-wing scene. Several songs, particularly the 1980 „Wir Wollen Keine Bullenschweine“, We Want No Bull Pigs (aka Bull Pigs), have been the subject of investigation.
After the dissolution in 1984, under the impression of xenophobic pogroms, Slime reunited, but only lasted for two albums. It was only then that the band had commercial success. But they disbanded again in 1994. After a break of fifteen years, the group reunited in 2009 for live performances, 30 years after the date of its first formation.