Mad Sin
Mad Sin were born in 1987 out the hard rockin,’ street fighting, hard drinking, seedy gutter of the Psychobilly/Rockabilly/Punk underworld that festered in a Berlin still entombed by the Eastern Bloc. Not even the Iron Curtain could stop the spread of the sickness that spewed from the first incarnation of the band, Koefte, Stein and Holly when they blasted headlong into the thriving European Psychobilly scene with their first full length album ‘Chills and Thrills’.One fact sets Mad Sin apart from most of the glut of other bands thrashing the genre that’s a mouldering bile-spewing corpse of punk and rockabilly, the simple fact that they are the real deal. The rumours and fantasies that follow many Psychobilly bands worth their beer rider remain just that, rumours and fantasies. The sinister thing about Mad Sin which leaves a delicious but uncomfortable feeling when witnessing a deranged lead sinner Koefte De Ville on stage is that it’s not an act, I’m not just talking about the real blood drawn from the self inflicted microphone induced forehead injuries, no, if only it were as innocent as that, stories of grave-robbing? I can vouch for after having spent a sleepless 1993 night too close for comfort to a couple of human leg bones in his Berlin flat. Time spent languishing in prison? True, admitted in interviews. Do they party hard? Silly question. But it’s ok, none of those rather unhealthy activities would normally be a prelude to a story of longevity, but as we are talking about Mad Sin the proof is in their Live performances and cult classic albums!