Album by Doc Schoko released in 2009 by play loud! in conjunction with the film "Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagram" (play loud! (live) music series).

First songs at the age of 11. First DIY releases on MC in Germany’s most industrialized and populated state of North-Rhine Westphalia (Ruhr Area). A working class punk rocker who uses the German language (Mark Twain: Some German words are so long that they have a perspective).; just like his German idols, such as, S.Y.P.H., Fehlfarben, Kolossale Jugend, Die Regierung, Ton Steine Scherben, Mutter, Neu! and Blumfeld. No hipster bohemian attitude but down to earth Germaness and a deep understanding of stark and primitive NEU!KRAUT ROCK. On this record some of his heroes shine through but never dominate what is too much Doc Schoko himself. Mark E. Smith (The Fall) invited Doc Schoko to be his supporting act or as we say in German to be his VORGRUPPE.

Both, Smith and Doc Schoko appeared on play loud!’s “silver monk time – a tribute to the monks” (pl-02). Village Voice’s Don Allred wrote: Doc Schoko's doom-swallowing "Sei Still" smirks at its English-speaking doppelgänger, "Shut Up." “schlecht dran / gut drauf” has been mastered by founding Faust member Hans-Joachim Irmler.

play loud! also presents the following Doc Schoko releases:
(pl-07) schlecht dran / gut drauf (2009)
(pl-13) einen gegen (2001/2009
(pl-14) tränen + wölkchen ep (2004/2009).
More digital releases from the large back catalogue will soon follow, among others, a “Best of compilation curated by famous mastermind of SYPH, Harry Rag.

REVIEWS
“Doc Schoko sings for all the underdogs and jobless who have to suffer the every day life injustices. His laconic coolness works like a pain killer.” SPEX MUSIC MAGAZINE
“Doc Schoko is undeviatingly tenacious, his lyrics poetic and without any kind of navel-gazing." TAZ
"Doc Schoko demonstrates that Rock’n’Roll is not an empty fashion statement but an expression of freedom. Anger, no compromising, no hooey but real slogans to refelct on and to dance to”. UNCLE SALLYS
"Doc Schoko's doom-swallowing "Sei Still" smirks at its English-speaking doppelgänger, "Shut Up." VILLAGE VOICE’s Don Allred about “Shut Up” on silver monk time

• 01 Schlecht dran / Gut drauf

  3:12

• 02 Verlorene Zeit

  2:38

• 03 Anima Limona

  2:57

• 04 Unter Wasser

  2:00

• 05 Plankensprung

  3:06

• 06 Sing nicht

  4:13

• 07 Steppe mich weiter

  3:46

• 08 Angemalt

  3:12

• 09 Oktopus im Pentagramm

  12:37

• 10 Kalter Tänzer

  3:14

• 11 Beere der Erden

  2:49