Magnificent Obsession

'Magnificent Obsession'

by Fehlfarben

1983

Fehlfarben ('full colors') was a (West) German New Wave band that formed in 1979 in Dusseldorf. During the interval from 1980 to 1981 they released three albums. Unfortunately, the band never got the exposure in the Anglophone radio and record networks that bands like 'Nina' or 'Kraftwerk' enjoyed. The band briefly split up after 1983, but regularly re-formed over the ensuing decades to record and release new music. A new album, titled '??0?', is scheduled for release in October, 2022.

The group's 1983 album Glut und Asche ('Embers and Ash') featured a little gem of New Wave music, the track 'Magnificent Obsession'.  

I think that, had Heavy Metal magazine 'rok' critic Lou Stathis heard 'Magnificent Obsession', he breathlessly would have promoted it. I guess we never will know...............anyways, suck in your cheeks, assume a brooding expression, wait for a drizzly, gloomy day, and rock out to 'Magnificent Obsession' !