Crime & The City Solution “People Are Strange”

Crime & The City Solution "People Are Strange" by The Doors. The track is out today via Mute Records and DSPs
Crime & The City Solution "People Are Strange" by The Doors

Crime & the City Solution are back with their cover of The Doors’ classic 1967 track “People Are Strange.” Simon Bonney and Bronwyn Adams continue their Europe tour dates with three newly announced shows in November 2022, with the new Berlin based incarnation of Crime & the City Solution. Back after a 10-year hiatus, the newly formed line-up will continue their European tour with three dates in 2022, at Łódź festival in Poland on 5 November, at Athens’ Fuzz Club on 12 November and at La Maroquinerie in Paris on 27 November – full details below.

Formed in Sydney by Simon Bonney at the age of 16, Crime & the City Solution’s early performances from 1977-1979 had a big impact on key figures of the early Melbourne art-punk/post punk scene. In 1984, Bad Seed Mick Harvey shipped Bonney to England to form the London based Crime with their friend the brilliant and ever influential ex-Birthday Party guitarist Rowland S Howard, with his brother Harry Howard on bass and Epic Soundtracks on drums. Two years on, having toured Europe, the UK and US and released several EPs and an album, this lineup reached its zenith at its finale in a historic swansong performance in Wim Wenders’ cinematic masterpiece ‘Wings of Desire’.

Bonney has said his true voice and the definitive sound he sought emerged with the next, Berlin based incarnation of Crime & the City Solution, which recorded three studio albums and a live CD between 1986 and 1991. With a more experimental sound, which drew less on Melbourne post punk scene roots and took a more explorative musical approach, this lineup was 50% Berliner and featured Einstürzende Neubauten’s Alexander Hacke on guitar, ex-DAF/Liaisons Dangereuses electronic genius Chrislo Haas on vintage Korg patchbay synth, and free jazz bassist Thomas Stern. The lineup was completed by Australians Mick Harvey on drums and Bonney’s longtime lyrical collaborator Bronwyn Adams on violin.

Crime & The City Solution 2022 Tour Dates

5 Nov – Lodz PL, Soundedit Festival
12 Nov – Athens GR, Fuzz Club
27 Nov – Paris FR, La Maroquinerie

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