The Atomic Café live: SMART PATROL & DJs Henning Furbach // Phillinger

In the organizer's words:

Smart Patrol

Life still writes the best stories:
Carsten Knappe and Harry Vogel saw a lot of each other in the mid-1980s, even though one lived in Hamburg and the other in Munich. But as chance would have it, Carsten's former band Chocolate Factory was regularly booked to perform with Harry's band Swinging London.

Fast Forward 30 years later: Harry's eyes widened when he was suddenly approached at a birthday party by a Hanseatic man who had just moved to Munich - it was Carsten! In order to help him lose his dubious status as a "Zuagroaßter" (Munich slang for "Munich resident by choice") as quickly as possible, Harry worked him over until Carsten finally agreed to play bass in a new band project. The idea was to live out the still deep love for the music of the 60s, but also for punk and power pop of the late 70s, and to make music loud, fast and intense, as if no time had passed since 1980.

Smart Patrol was born. The line-up was completed by Michi Müller (git, voc), who played with the legendary Merricks in the 80s, and Christoph Strohmeyer (drums, also active with the nationally known Royal Flares). The four-piece released the LP "Overage Underachievers" on Screaming Apple (CD on Off The Hip Records) in 2017 and played up and down the country until the pandemic struck - and Smart Patrol brought the long-sought frontwoman Ramona Kropf into the rehearsal room!

And so, since 2022, the five of them have been consistently implementing their resolution to have fun and make noise. Smart Patrol's set consists of original compositions as well as some cover versions of classic 79s power pop numbers.

What should you call the music? Modpunk? Smart noise? Or is it music for those who have style, but still know that every now and then you just have to misbehave?

Find out - Smart Patrol, Munich's "overage underachievers" will soon be live on stage with you!