Phillip Boa And The Voodooclub

The punk rock of the Sex Pistols and the Clash has had a major effect on the music of German vocalist and songwriter Phillip Boa. As leader of the Voodoo Club, from 1985 until 1993, Boa created some of Germany’s hardest hitting music. Since the group’s disbanding, Boa has continued to craft what Melody Maker described as “reaming mixes of Afro rhythms, distorted guitar, and responding Nichtgesang.” Boa arrived on the German music scene in a mid-’80s band that he formed with childhood friend Pia Lund. This group, which evolved into the Voodoo Club, released a five-track single, Most Boring World, in 1985. Launching their own label, Constrictor, Boa and Voodoo Club released Philister, the first of eight albums, soon afterward. Their second effort, Aristocracie, followed in 1986. Signed by the Polydor label, in 1987, Boa and Voodoo Club scored with a series of turbo-charged singles, including “Kill Your Ideal Now” in 1987 and “Container Love” in 1989. Their 1990 album, Hispanola, marked the first time that Boa sang in German. Boa and Voodoo Club reached its peak with the release of Boaphenia, which reached the German heavy metal Top 15 in 1993. Boa and the Voodoo Club’s 1996 album, She, featured a cover of David Bowie’s “Starman.” Dissolving Voodoo Club in 1997, Boa released his debut solo album, Lord Garbage, in February 2001. ~ Craig Harris