Mad Sin

Mad Sin
Mad Sin
	Mad Sin performing 2014 at Free & Easy Festival
Background information
Genres	Psychobilly, punk rock
Labels	peoplelikeyou
Members	Koefte deVille; Manny Anzaldo; Andy Kandil; Valle; KO Ristolainen; Hellvis;
Website	Madsin.de

Mad Sin is a German psychobilly group that began in 1987. Their style is not "...constrained by the psychobilly tag but veer[s] into punk, country and metal influences too."^[1]

Style

Mad Sin, formed in 1987, have been inspired by horror punk and B-movie, with a theatrical style. Without abandoning the psycho-horror lyrical content, their musical arrangements have widened to incorporate other variables.^[2] The band's style is described by The Prague Post as "a sped-up combination of rockabilly, punk, white-trash blues and tongue-in-cheek sarcasm".^[3]

History

1980s

Founded 1987 by Koefte De Ville, who had just dropped out of school, punk and rockabilly guitarist Stein and four-week-bass-playing Holly, they struggled around with the help of some friends, who organized gigs in several shady bars of Berlin. They played as street musicians in shopping malls, where they played rockabilly, country, and blues songs to get the tourist's money.^[4]

2010

On April 23, 2010, Mad Sin released their eleventh album Burn and Rise on People Like You records.^[5]

2020

On September 11, 2020, Mad Sin released their twelfth album Unbreakable on Century Media.^[6]

Side projects

Koefte formed a side project called Dead Kings with members of Batmobile, Nekromantix, Klingonz & Milwaukee Wildmen. Holly, his brother, and Tex followed their Rockabilly roots and Dusty Gray and His Rough Riding Ramblers. Stein joined the United Swindlers with members of Frantic Flintstones and Ripmen. Peter Sandorff is a member of the Psychobilly band Hola Ghost. Valle, Tex Morton and Andy Laaf are the "Berlin Three" of U.S. Bombs and One Man Army Drummer Chip Hanna in his Country/Americana project Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three which Chip started in 2006.

Members

Core

Koefte Deville (Birthname: Mourad Calvies) - Vocals
Valle - Bass and Backing Vocals
Manny Anzaldo - Guitar and Backing Vocals
Andy Kandil - Guitar and Backing Vocals
KO Ristolainen - Drums

Valle
„Köfte“ de Ville

Other members

Hellvis - Backing Vocals

Guest members

Tommy Gun - Drums
Micha - Drums
Nick 13 - Vocals
Patricia Day - Vocals
Lars Frederiksen - Vocals
Hulk Hogan - Vocals ("Brrrother!")

Albums

Chills and Thrills in a Drama of Mad Sins and Mystery (1988)
Distorted Dimensions (1990)
Amphigory (1991)
Break the Rules (1992)
A Ticket into Underworld (1993)
God Save the Sin (1996)
Sweet & Innocent?... Loud & Dirty! (1998)
Survival Of The Sickest (2002)
Dead Moon's Calling (2005)
Teachin' the Goodies (2006)
20 Years in Sin Sin (2007)
Burn and Rise (2010)
25 Years - Still Mad (2012)
Unbreakable (2020)

Videography

Scarred ol'heart
All This and More (1998)
Cursed (2010)
Nine lives (2012)

References

^ "Mad Sin - Psychobilly since 1987". Madsin.de. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ Ley, Marika (2008-07-30). "Misfits of every stripe". The Prague Post. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
^ Ley, Marika (2005-10-12). "Hair on fire". The Prague Post. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14.
^ "Mad Sin". Wrecking Pit. Archived from the original on 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
^ "Mad sin :: 20 years in sin sin". Archived from the original on 2009-05-16. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
^ "Mad Sin". Century Media. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26.