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Often categorised as NWoBHM, Mother's Ruin were, in fact, a Swiss band with a punky attitude.
Formed in early 1978, by Markus Engelberger, Reto Ressegatti, Marcel Dubach, Freddy Stäheli and Silvia de Janeiro (né Holenstein) played their first concert in the summer of that year. They released their first single “Danny Hot Dog / No More Superstars” in January 1979 and “Godzilla” later that year. Two LPs followed in 1981 “Want More” and “Basta!” in 1983 before the band broke up indefinitely.
The band reformed in 2007 surrounding the reunion/revival of the Swiss punk scene lead by the publication of Lurker Grand’s compendium book “Hot Love: Swiss Punk & Wave 1976-1980.”