{"id":342,"date":"2013-08-19T14:08:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T21:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2013-08-19T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T21:50:00","slug":"liliputkleenex-swiss-female-post-punk-band-1978-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/liliputkleenex-swiss-female-post-punk-band-1978-1983\/","title":{"rendered":"LiLiPUT\/Kleenex,  Swiss female post-punk band 1978-1983"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found this band today by listening to the <a href=\"http:\/\/maximumrocknroll.com\" target=\"_blank\">MaximumRock&#8217;n&#8217;Roll<\/a> radio show. They were originally called Kleenex before being forced to change their name to LiLiPUT.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video for the song hitch-hike:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7dV2QWKZ7i8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LiLiPUT\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LiLiPUT\" target=\"_blank\">LiLiPUT&#8217;s<\/a> exuberant sound combined spirited thrashy post-punk with unconventional vocals and lyrics, both in English and German. Their music featured husky or squealing female vocals, ramshackle drums, scratchy and twanging guitar, thick funky bass, saxophone and occasionally flute, violin, or other instruments. The cut-up surreality of their lyrics and energetic sound put them in a league with bands like\u00a0<a title=\"The Raincoats\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Raincoats\">The Raincoats<\/a>\u00a0(frequent tour partners),\u00a0<a title=\"Delta 5\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delta_5\">Delta 5<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"The Slits\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Slits\">The Slits<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Essential Logic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Essential_Logic\">Essential Logic<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Bush Tetras\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bush_Tetras\">Bush Tetras<\/a>. The band&#8217;s sound developed throughout their career, due in part to line-up changes; the earlier recordings are more noisy and energetic, while the later songs are more complex and haunting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And here is some more:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GS9WyWVh7aI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>And here is a digital (2x) album at Amazon:<br \/>\n[amazon asin=B000UR85DM&amp;template=iframe image]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found this band today by listening to the MaximumRock&#8217;n&#8217;Roll radio show. They were originally called Kleenex before being forced to change their name to LiLiPUT. Here is a video for the song hitch-hike: Wikipedia: &#8220;LiLiPUT&#8217;s exuberant sound combined spirited thrashy post-punk with unconventional vocals and lyrics, both in English and German. Their music featured husky or squealing female vocals, ramshackle drums, scratchy and twanging guitar, thick funky bass, saxophone and occasionally flute, violin, or other instruments. The cut-up surreality of their lyrics and energetic sound put them in a league with bands like\u00a0The Raincoats\u00a0(frequent tour partners),\u00a0Delta 5,\u00a0The Slits,\u00a0Essential&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-5w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1064,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/record-albums-analog-and-digital\/","url_meta":{"origin":342,"position":0},"title":"The ghosts of vinyl past and digital presents","author":"David Raffin","date":"June 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In the old days I would frequent record shops and select albums by their covers. 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