Phillip Boa

The punk rock of the Sex Pistols and the Clash has had a major effect on the music of German vocalist and songwriter Phillip Boa. As leader of the Voodoo Club, from 1985 until 1993, Boa created some of Germany's hardest hitting music. Since the group's disbanding, Boa has continued to craft what Melody Maker described as "reaming mixes of Afro rhythms, distorted guitar, and responding Nichtgesang." Boa arrived on the German music scene in a mid-'80s band that he formed with childhood friend Pia Lund. This group, which evolved into the Voodoo Club, released a five-track single,...