Christ vs. Warhol + Frank The Baptist // Cassiopeia, Berlin

aufnahme + wiedergabe presents

Christ vs. Warhol (live) - only Show in Germany - Post-Punk / Goth Rock / Political Punk www.christvswarhol.bandcamp.com

Frank The Baptist (live) [aufnahme + wiedergabe] Post Punk www.frankthebaptist.bandcamp.com

Christ vs. Warhol is a post-punk band from Los Angeles that blends gothic textures with political urgency. Formed in 2008, the band is known for its raw sound, radical lyrics, and defiant energy. Their albums "Dissent" and "We, the Victims of History" offer a powerful soundtrack for resistance in an age of inequality and social collapse.

Formed in Los Angeles in 2008, Christ vs. Warhol was born out of personal unrest and political disillusionment. Emerging from the DIY underground, the band forged its identity through a collision of post-punk edge, gothic atmosphere, and radical politics. Their sound is a dark, driving force—part protest, part elegy—giving voice to the anger and grief of a world in perpetual crisis. Taking their name as a critique of cultural commodification and the tension between the sacred and the synthetic, Christ vs. Warhol confronts themes of alienation, resistance, and historical trauma. Their debut album, "Dissent", marked a bold entrance: a raw, urgent soundtrack for political awakening. This was followed by "We, the Victims of History", a brooding and expansive record that delves deeper into memory, identity, and the cost of silence. Over more than a decade Christ vs. Warhol has remained fiercely independent and unapologetically confrontational—committed to making music that doesn’t just reflect the times, but fights back against them.

Frank the Baptist, a genre-crossing rock/post-punk band, emerged from the southern California dark alternative scene in the late-nineties, an unpredictable and refreshing voice that was soon embraced by the goth scene. Founder Frank Vollmann, originally hailing from New Jersey, brought a vitality and immediacy to his music, indicative of the energetic punk and early alternative that molded his youth. 2003 saw the release of the band's first full-length album, "Different Degrees of Empty", cementing their notion that the dark music world should be a place of kicker boots, cranked amps, and skewed top hats as much as a refuge for poet shirts and ethereal echoes. By 2006 the group was based in Berlin, Germany and international concerts had become commonplace. Several albums and multiple European tours later, Frank the Baptist stands as a band the counterculture can count on. They don't belong to a fad. They didn't ride a single wave of fashion. They don't mind which way the future turns. Theirs is an easy confidence that comes from making something we'll always need: a timeless beat, an eternal vocal, rising above the mess of bands that live and die away below, in the maelstrom. In 2024, the 20th anniversary remastered version of "Different Degrees of Empty" (with bonus tracks) was released as double-LP on vinyl via aufnahme + wiedergabe - with new artwork by Disturbanity Graphics!

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