FAQ

Our new album is called CLOWNS & ANGELS. The first single, Das Model, was released on all streaming platforms on November 1, 2024. The second single, Fahnen und Parolen, followed on December 6. The full album was released on February 7, 2025. The album is available on CD everywhere. We’re having the vinyl version pressed in time for fall 2025.

After playing our 9.000 NÄCHTE encore tour in 2024 and the THREE PENNY OPERA by Brecht/Weill with inmates of the Berlin prison at Tegel (the prison ensemble sang and acted, we played) we’re now on the road this year with our new album Clowns & Angels. You can find all tour dates HERE.

At times, we’ve been 5, and at other times over 23 band members! Currently, there are 10 musicians on stage with us. Very loosely put, the band name means: many people doing something together – with a free spirit and free will – and in any number!

Max Manila is a fictional character, representing us as a group with collecting societies such as GEMA, ASCAP, PRS, etc. We pool the income, and distribute it among everybody involved, using a system of community system of “points”. To confuse everybody even more, we also publish the individual writers.

We started in 1995 to hang out on Mondays, casually playing together. Then one thing led to another …

Over what now are almost 30 years, we’ve played about 3000 gigs in 27 countries, including: Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungaria, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Mexico, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Russia, Spain, the US and Wales.

21 albums, including those special versions, that were released in France.

We wanted to try and find out, if we could expand the boundaries of how we listen. So we invented a special music app, that is an imersive way to experience music. The easiest way to explain is to check it out!
For a free download, go HERE.

German, English, French and Hessian.

A little from all over. Check HERE to find out more about the band.

We listen, we do a lot of research, we write, try things, experiment, and stay commited… some songs are inspired by traditional music, most we write ourselves. We have a very broad background ranging from groovy rock, classical music, anglo-american pop, traditional folk, jazz, and French Chanson.