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Nachzehrer was formed during a creative inspired moment on the sidelines of the Tampere Film Festival in March 1987. On-site and therewith founding members are Aviles, Harland and Oberheim. The main connective element is their collective genre-spanning preference for a dark, but ironically ruptured tinge of life, which is reflected in the lyrics, in the music - a cocktail of popular doomsday music and danceable soundtracks to interpersonal catastrophes in the tradition of bands like Tuxedomoon, Joy Division, The Birthday Party, Frank Tovey’s Fad Gadget - and of course in the name of the band:

"A Nachzehrer is a sort of German vampire. [...] Though officially a vampire, they are also similar to zombies, and in many ways different from either undead." (Wikipedia 2007)

Already during the constituent session in April 1987 they record the first material for their meanwhile legendary "4-Track Tape". In the following year, more than 2 000 sold tapes qualify the band as one of the most successful in tape avant-garde. 1989 the trio, still teenaged, wears down two long-serving producers and calls off a major label deal. The same year drummer Aviles dies as a result of a car accident shortly after the end of their first club tour. The remaining Harland and Oberheim cancel all intended releases; hide the jointly completed "Posthum" and strike different paths. Among the lateral projects under changing names are guest performances in other bands, several walk-in sound installations and, above all, soundtrack compositions for independent productions like (as maybe the most successful among them) Khoo’s short movie "5 Billion Mile Trek".

1998, after an eight-year break, Harland, Oberheim and Pascas, now playing guitar for the band, decide to make a new start. 2001 the independent label Nanopop signs Nachzehrer; 2002 their CD debut "Teen Taken From Tent By Aliens" is released with a delay of more then ten years. From 2003 to 2006 they set up over 20 Songs for a draft album entitled "June 6th, 2006: Baby Born At 6:06AM", all of them elaborate recorded in surround sound. Negotiations with the unloved music industry take place, and, as expected, they fail. At the end of 2006 Nachzehrer and Nanopop decide to make the complete works available for free download on the internet. To find out how the story continues, check out the band's official website: nachzehrer.com