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| [[File:HuchCoverSmall.jpg|mini|The band's only LP]]
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| "Armadillo Texas" was an underground band from Mainz. They existed in the late seventies to mid eighties.
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| They played a mixture of progressive and funk rock and released an LP, called "Huch!" in 1980.<br/>
| | *[[Armadillo Texas: Biography|Biography]] |
| The band consisted (at the time of the LP) of
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| *alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet - Michael Eichholz | | *[[Armadillo Texas Songs]] |
| *Bass, voice - Thomas Tüffers
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| # Drums, vocals - Arnulf Schmittlein
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| *Guitar, keyboards, vocals - Martin Wester
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| *Guitar, vocals, whistles, voice - Klaus Hartgenbusch
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| on the LP also played
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| *Flute - Reinhard Schulze
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| The LP is the second LP on the "[[Schneeball]] 2" label, after the only album of the [[Elastic Rock Band]].<br/>
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| What exactly this label is about is not known, it uses at least the same label code as the normal snowball label.<br/>
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| The band was very undiscovered for a long time, probably also because they never appeared in snowball lists, the only hint to the label is on the insert of the LP. <br/>
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| That's why it was only registered as "Not on Label" on discos until recently. In the big encyclopedia "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg" the band does not appear so far, in the latest version (2020) they are mentioned briefly after a hint from my side. ([http://www.ultimathulerecords.com/crackrom.html Website]) <br/>
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| They toured until 1985, but there is also a live recording from 1988 on the solo CD of guitarist Martin Wester "Wrobltschek" ([https://youtu.be/msMYy3GRCCY YouTube]). <br/>
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| This recording is interesting because it shows that the band has changed a lot, it sounds a lot darker and less funky there. <br/>
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| After the band split up, Arnulf Schmittlein played with the Alternative Rock band "Carlof", who released a CD. Martin Wester released some solo LPs and founded the "Klangraum" label.
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