Jingo de Lunch

Jingo de Lunch is a german punk band from Kreuzberg, Berlin. Most members had already a solid musical background, for instance Sepp Ehrensberger had played in the Berliner cult Punk band called Vorkriegsjugend (1984-85) and also in Zerstörte Jugend with Tom Schwoll. Yvonne Ducksworth (a Canadian who arrived in Germany in 1983) had previously sung in a band called Combat Not Conform . Before they gave birth to Jingo de Lunch in April 1987 with the help of Steve Hahn (on drums) and Henning Menke (bass), Tom Schwoll (guitar), Sepp Ehrensberger(guitar) and Yvonne Ducksworth (vocals) played together in the band called Manson Youth.

In 1987 Jingo de Lunch released their 1st album "Perpetuum Mobile", only 3 months after their 1st rehearsal. Their 2nd LP "Axe To Grind" was recorded in 1989 and sounded more metal than their 1st record. With their 3rd album "Underdog", they took a new artistic direction and moved away from their underground roots by signing with the Major label Phonogram. Two other albums were released "B.Y.E" and "Deja Voodoo" before they broke up in 1996. Jingo de Lunch managed to combine many different musical styles and were regarded as a forerunner of crossover music: Punk, Hardcore, Hard rock and Rock. They toured many times in Europe and played with bands such as The Ramones, Bad Brains, Die Toten Hosen, Bad Religion.

After they split, Steve Hahn worked as a roadie for famous German punk bands like Toten Hosen and Beatsteaks . Tom Schwoll, who left the band in 1994 played with many other bands which were : Extrabreit, Kumpelbasis, Sin City Circus Ladies, Die Skeptiker , 'The Subjects. Henning Menke started to play with Ojo Rojo from 1999 onwards, and he also played with Church Of Confidence, Handfullaflowers, Die Skeptiker. In 2005 he joined Skew Siskin as the official bassist of the group. Though he still plays in various other bands like Bad Brians , Riff Raff. Sepp Ehrensberger plays in Bomb Texas. Yvonne Ducksworth went to live in the USA ( Arizona) from 1996 to 2006 but she didn't take part in any band.In 2006 Jingo de Lunch played 2 sold out reunion shows at the White Trash Fast Food in Berlin. In 2007, they released a cd called "The Independent Years": a compilation with songs from their 1st album "Perpetuum Mobile" (1987) + 2nd album "Axe To Grind" (1989), plus a Subhumans ( canada) cover "Fuck You" and the rare 12 inch "Cursed Earth" issued in limited quantity ( 2000 vinyls) in 1988 on Bonzen Records.

In September 2007 they celebrated their 20th anniversary as a band by touring in various cities of Germany and Italy.

In 2008, Sepp Ehrenseberger left the band and has been replaced by Tico Zamora.

Members

*Vocals : Yvonne Ducksworth
*Guitar : Joseph Ehrensberger
*Drums : Steve Hahn
*Bass : Henning Menke
*Guitar : Tom Schwoll

Discography

Albums

*1987 Perpetuum Mobile (We bite Records)
*1989 Axe To Grind (Hellhound)
*1990 Underdog (Phonogram)
*1991 B.Y.E (Phonogram)
*1994 Deja Voodoo (Vertigo)
*2007 The Independent Years (Rookie Records)

Mini Lp

*1988 Cursed Earth (12") (Bonzen Records)

Maxi cd

*1990 Crawl (Phonogram)
*1994 Dogs Day (Phonogram)

External links

* [http://www.jingo-de-lunch.com www.jingo-de-lunch.com]
*myspace|jingodelunch