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Sturm Group were a fixture on the Toronto indie scene in the mid to late 1980′s. Playing a unique post-punk/industrial fusion influenced by Joy Division, The Fall, Modern Eon, The Kinetic Ideals, Swell Maps, Cabaret Voltaire, Killing Joke and early albums by Clock DVA, Section 25 and New Order. Formed in 1983 and after recording a cassette only debut they recorded their first proper lp in 1984, a moody self-titled affair similar to Joy Division and the first albums by New Order, Clock DVA and Section 25 on the tiny Green Fuse label which did well on local campus radio. Read More →. This is there first lp and is more post punk / new wave orientated. Sturm Group was released on vinyl by Green Fuse Records (GF 78876) in 1984.

Tracks:

1. Outdoor Cafe
2. Upon A Nerve
3. Loaded Life
4. Folding Chair
5. The Gin Palace
6. Red Balloon
7. The Lottery I Am
8. In The Shower

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Sturm Group where a Canadian post-punk band, or in there own words “Calling their sound Post-Industrial Wikka-Wikka, they often stated that it was their wish to become as unpopular as possible.” And that’s about all the info about Sturm Group there is. Century Ho! was released as vinyl by Green Fuse Records (GF 157) in 1985.

Tracks:

1. Courage Two-In-One
2. Twenty
3. Relief
4. No Second Troy
5. In The Wheels
6. Century Ho!
7. To The Baltic
8. A Better Man
9. Dirt Blue Dixie
10. Quiet Day

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