Unpleasant Surprise

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Named after a song of The Nits the multi instrumentalist sisters Daniela and Jeannette Schwabel founded the group in West Berlin early 1986. Jeanette played Drums, Guitar, Mandolin, Accordion - Daniela Bass, Guitar, Drums, Mandolin and both sung.
Before their first live appearance the line-up was expanded with Peter Wanke (Keyboards, Vocals) and Martina Schmidbauer (Guitar, Vocals). In 1987 they self-released their first eponymous Cassette and got into street performing until late Autumn as 'Sidekick Surprise'.
Peter and Martina left the group in August 1988 so they continued recording as Duo until Martin Trapp (Keyboards, Accordion, Bass) joined in April '89. With him they won the 1989 'Berlin Rock News' competition and as price valuable studio time. After nearly 10 self released cassettes in 1991 their first full length collection 'Wrong Way, Right Picture' appeared on IRRE Tapes and finally in 1993 a 7" EP. Jürgen Oeser - their 'best boy', caterer and sound man from the beginning got credited as honourable member.
After a few more Cassette Only releases and concerts Unpleasant Surprise ceased activities after 1996.

They called there music themselves "Surprise Pop" - too poppy for the avant-garde and too experimental for the contemporary pop scene.

Members:

Daniela Schwabel, Jeanette Schwabel, Jürgen Oeser, Martin Trapp

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Image	Title	Label	Catalog Number	Year	In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Actions
Albums
	CHB-300-008-ST1		Unpleasant Surprise	Observing ‎(Cass, Album)	Crosshill - Berlin - Productions	CHB-300-008-ST1	Germany	1990	Sell This Version
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	IT 053		Unpleasant Surprise	Only The Wrong Material Used In The Wrong Way Will Give The Right Picture ‎(Cass, Num, C46)	IRRE Tapes	IT 053	Germany	1991	Sell This Version
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	IT 088		Unpleasant Surprise	Don't Ask Why (Live '92) ‎(Cass, C46)	IRRE Tapes	IT 088	Germany	1992	Sell This Version
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	EM020		Unpleasant Surprise	Without Classical Instruction ‎(Cass, Num, C30)	Ebus Music	EM020	Germany	1992	Sell This Version
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	HA027		Unpleasant Surprise	Shadows ‎(Cass, C45)	Ha-Releases	HA027	Netherlands	1994	Sell This Version
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	HA044		Unpleasant Surprise	Nothing Is Forever ‎(Cass, C60)	Ha-Releases	HA044	Netherlands	1995	Sell This Version
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	none		Unpleasant Surprise	Caligarism II ‎(Cass, C50)	Not On Label	none		1996	Sell This Version
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	none		Unpleasant Surprise \| Siegmar Fricke	Unpleasant Surprise \| Siegmar Fricke - Splittape ‎(Cass, C60)	Flichi Musik	none	Germany	Unknown	Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
	IR 001		Unpleasant Surprise	The Fear ‎(7", EP, Ltd, Num)	IRRE Records	IR 001	Germany	1993	Sell This Version
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Miscellaneous
	none		Unpleasant Surprise	Caligarism I ‎(Cass)	Not On Label	none		Unknown	Sell This Version