Michael Flexig presenta Combo Colossale e Amici - Porto Allegro (CD)

When the name Michael Flexig is heard in Hanover, the first name that comes to mind is Combo Colossale. With the hit “Puppen weinen nicht” (Dolls Don’t Cry), his band at the time created one of the great cult and party hits of the New German Wave in 1982, which has remained indispensable at parties across the country to this day. The second single from the self-titled album, “Julia”, also reached top positions in the German airplay charts, “Drinnen tanzen sie Samba” (Single No. 3) became THE samba par excellence in the dance schools and discotheques of the German nation in 1983, while the German original version of the Slade classic “My-Oh-My” by the combo Colossale (“Ice and Fire - My-oh-My”) in 1984 was unmistakably able to match the sales figures of “Puppen Weinen Nicht”. The demise of NDW unfortunately brought about an early end for the Colossale combo, but on the other hand gave the artist Flexig the opportunity to record the album “Uli Jon Roth's Electric Sun - Beyond The Astral Skies” with former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth. Through Uli, contact was finally made with his brother, Zeno Roth - and together with Ule W. Ritgen recorded the album “ZENO - ZENO”. Live performances including with the English superband “Queen” helped Flexig’s new band to reach the TOP 50 of the US Billboard charts and stay there for more than 3 months. The re-release of the ZENO debut album in Japan in 1993 even made it to number 11. Place in the charts of the land of the rising sun. Further works with ZENO, ECHO PARK and ULI JON ROTH followed, which even reached number 2 in the Japanese charts in 1998 thanks to Flexig's participation as lead vocalist. But the singer never really let go of his roots and so it was only logical to celebrate the twentieth anniversary live with the combo Colossale in 2002, before Flexig finally parted ways with ZENO in 2005. The 1983 album by the combo Colossale has never been released on CD to date, which is incomprehensible given the success of the time. This situation is now finally being remedied. The 2015 album “Porto Allegro” contains not only all the original album tracks but also all the non-album singles and four completely new songs that fit wonderfully into the overall picture. The album is packed with 21 tracks. More modern, harder – and yet always recognizable, the album “Michael Flexig presenta Combo Colossale e Amici – Porto Allegro” shows that even after more than thirty years the cult of the “CC” is still very much alive – and in this way leads the NDW bridge from the past into the future. Come you present a realmente the situation? “Michael Flexig presents Combo Colossale e Amici - Porto Allegro” stands for German fun punk in the best NDW tradition, and not for Italo-pop, as the Italian-sounding band name might suggest. But it's cool, everyone knows that.

01 At the harbor
02 Julia
03 Come (The Republic Needs Heroes)
04 Elisabeth - Serenade
05 Wolfgang Amadeus
06 tree
07 Zeppelin (A Zeppelin in East Berlin)
08 Dolls Don't Cry
09 Bread & Games
10 No time for me
11 Carefree
12 Financial Genius
13 Plaice and flounder
14 Inside they dance samba
15 We sail with the galley