Club Moral
Encyclopedia
Club Moral is a Belgian
noise
band formed in 1981 by Danny Devos
and Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
based in Antwerp, Belgium
. They are known for their controversial performances and imagery. In 2001 "Dylan" briefly joined the band. In 2003 Mauro Pawlowski
joined Club Moral and is a full time member of the band.
, Germany. According to DDV, "The Club Moral 'attack' took place in a small room with no windows and all 4 walls covered with mattresses. We played very loud with heavy bass volumes. At the end of the concert people were complaining of nausea and vomiting."
As a venue, the first documented show at Club Moral took place June 19, 1981 and featured Etat Brut performing live with Mécanique Végétale.
Club Moral continued to both perform, and act as a venue through 1987. Acts that have performed at Club Moral have included Boyd Rice
(NON), Michael Moynihan
(Coup De Grace), Slave State, Whitehouse
, Trevor Brown
, Clair Obscur
, John Duncan
, and many, many more.
Since 1983 they published a magazine Force Mental, of which 15 issues have appeared in print. A sixteenth issue was published on the internet in 2004
The noise
band claimed to cease its activities after a performance at the Death Petrol festival in Antwerpen, Belgium
, and in 2006 noise
Club Moral restructured as a new band called Bum Collar, an anagram
of Club Moral with a new memberBelgian
writer Paul Mennes..
Bum Collar performed a number of gigs between 2006 and 2007, but in late 2007 Club Moral was resurrected for a show at De Resoor, Sint Truiden, Belgium. The show was billed as, "After two years of silence Club Moral will perform on stage live again. We have abandoned our improvisational gigs and get back to our original repertoire with stunning versions of our best tracks. An opportunity not to miss!".
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
band formed in 1981 by Danny Devos
Danny Devos
Danny Devos also known as DDV is a Belgian artist whose work involves body art and performance art and a fascination with true crime....
and Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven is a Belgian artist whose work involves painting, drawing, computer art and video art.-Biography:Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven was born in Antwerpen and lives in Antwerpen and Berlin....
based in Antwerp, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. They are known for their controversial performances and imagery. In 2001 "Dylan" briefly joined the band. In 2003 Mauro Pawlowski
Mauro Pawlowski
Mauro Antonio Pawlowski is one of the key figures in the Belgian contemporary music scene. He was born in Koersel and is of Italian and Polish descent....
joined Club Moral and is a full time member of the band.
Club Moral 1981-1987
From 1981 until 1987 Club Moral acted as both a venue and performance band. Club Moral the venue was in Antwerp where numerous exhibitions, performances, concerts, lectures and film-shows were organized.. Club Moral the band had its first performance on September 19, 1981. The show was billed as an "Attack" and took place at the event "Das Konzil", organized by Boris Nieslony in the Künstlerhaus of StuttgartStuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, Germany. According to DDV, "The Club Moral 'attack' took place in a small room with no windows and all 4 walls covered with mattresses. We played very loud with heavy bass volumes. At the end of the concert people were complaining of nausea and vomiting."
As a venue, the first documented show at Club Moral took place June 19, 1981 and featured Etat Brut performing live with Mécanique Végétale.
Club Moral continued to both perform, and act as a venue through 1987. Acts that have performed at Club Moral have included Boyd Rice
Boyd Rice
Boyd Blake Rice is an American experimental sound/noise musician using the name of NON since the mid-1970s, archivist, actor, photographer, author, member of the Partridge Family Temple religious group, co-founder of the UNPOP art movement and current staff writer for Modern Drunkard...
(NON), Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan
Michael Moynihan may refer to:*Michael Moynihan , author of The Coming American Renaissance*Michael Moynihan , American journalist and founder of Blood Axis...
(Coup De Grace), Slave State, Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Whitehouse may refer to:People:* Ben Whitehouse, British Landscape painter* Frederick William Whitehouse, , an Australian geologist* Mary Whitehouse, , British christian morality campaigner* Morris H...
, Trevor Brown
Trevor Brown
Trevor Brown is an English artist from London presently living in Japan whose work explores paraphilias, such as pedophilia, BDSM, and other fetish themes. Innocence, violence and Japanese popular culture all collide in Brown's art....
, Clair Obscur
Clair Obscur
Clair Obscur is a 2000 album by Françoise Hardy.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Françoise Hardy; except where indicated# "Puisque Vous Partez en Voyage"...
, John Duncan
John Duncan
John Duncan may refer to:* John Duncan , American artist and musician* John Duncan , Scottish weaver and botanist* John Duncan , MP from British Columbia...
, and many, many more.
Since 1983 they published a magazine Force Mental, of which 15 issues have appeared in print. A sixteenth issue was published on the internet in 2004
Club Moral 2004-Present
In 2005 Club Moral was declared dead by its founders and a War Memorial made for all those who ever performed, played or exhibited at Club Moral or contributed to Force Mental. About 300 names carved in a slab of green marble, 140 x 280 cm. Soon to be sited in a public space in Antwerp.The noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
band claimed to cease its activities after a performance at the Death Petrol festival in Antwerpen, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, and in 2006 noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
Club Moral restructured as a new band called Bum Collar, an anagram
Anagram
An anagram is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once; e.g., orchestra = carthorse, A decimal point = I'm a dot in place, Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort. Someone who...
of Club Moral with a new memberBelgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
writer Paul Mennes..
Bum Collar performed a number of gigs between 2006 and 2007, but in late 2007 Club Moral was resurrected for a show at De Resoor, Sint Truiden, Belgium. The show was billed as, "After two years of silence Club Moral will perform on stage live again. We have abandoned our improvisational gigs and get back to our original repertoire with stunning versions of our best tracks. An opportunity not to miss!".
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- Genre: Power electronicsPower electronicsPower electronics is the application of solid-state electronics for the control and conversion of electric power.-Introduction:Power electronic converters can be found wherever there is a need to modify a form of electrical energy...
, noiseNoise musicNoise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically... - Country: BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
- Status: Active
- Time: 1981-2010
Discography
- CM003 - Mit Neuen Waffen (1981) C-60 Cassette
- CM004 - Zeno X (1981) C-30 Cassette + Poster + Original artwork by AMVK
- CM007 - Blanco (1982) C-90 Cassette compilation
- CM016 - Attack On Stuttgart (1983) C-60 Cassette
- CM026 - Cross of the Good Death (1983) C-30 Cassette + Poster
- CM031 - 19 Keys (1983) C-90 Cassette
- X3 - 20.000 Mijlen Over De Schelde (1984) Cassette on Zwijntape
- CM039 - The Parts: Auschwitz war Wunderbar (1983) C-60 Cassette
- CM043 - Propagandum (1984) C-90 Cassette compilation + Booklet
- CM044 - C.M. Live in the Country (1984) C-60 Cassette
- CM055 - 19 Enochian keys by 19 bands (1986) 2 x C-60 Cassette compilation
- CM061 - Live Outtakes (1986) C-90 Cassette
- ST 00G - Club Moral (1986) C-60 Cassette on Staalplaat
- To All Who Are Interested (1989) lP on Cthulhu Records, Germany
- Cerebrale Pathologie (2003) 10" lP on Kapellmeister, Belgium
- CM066 - Living(stone) (2004)CD
- CM067 - User Handbook (2004) CDR
- DMR014 - Lonely Weekends (2006) 7" single on Dead Mind Records
- CM073 - Bum Collar (2006) CDR
- CM080 - Felix Culpa (2008) CDR
- trash052 - Mit Neuen Waffen (2010) CD on Trash Ritual (reissue)