H.P. Zinker

about

Summer 89 sees Hans Platzgumer and his mate Frank Puempel move to New York City where they start the infamous indie-group H.P. ZINKER which quickly becomes rooted in the Lower Eastside-scene, playing with bands like Sonic Youth, Ween, Helmet, Lemonheads or the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. MATADOR Records is set up to release the first Zinker album 'And There Was Light'. While the band leans more and more towards progressive hardrock they release more albums and videoclips on ROUGHNECK (London) and THRILL JOCKEY (Chicago). Constant touring in the US and Europe finally pays its toll and the band releases their last album 'At The Mountains Of Madness' in 1994 on NYC's ENERGY Records. Its spectacular sleeve, designed by STEFAN SAGMEISTER, wins several art prizes and gets nominated for a Grammy. By now Hans has already moved to Los Angeles where he got involved with filmscoring and writing music for theaters. He even gets to play a main part in the full-lenght feature 'Deep Up There'. H.P. ZINKER split up in 1995. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Matador at 21 - Disc 1: The Pre-Dawn (1989-1992)

Staying Loose

Perseverance

Matador at 21

Beyond It All

Mountains Of Madness

We're All Normal and We Want Our Freedom: a Tribute to Arthur Lee and Love

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The Pre-Dawn (1989-1992)

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Fire Is Good

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Musik Für Junge Leute

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Matador at 21 - The Pre-Dawn (1989-1992)

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Another Kind of Noise

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