Berlin returns to Brixton
Performing its classics as well as material from a new album, Berlin will perform Saturday at Brixton. Pictured are Chris Olivas, Carlton Bost, Terri Nunn and Dave Schulz. Photo courtesy of Brixton In 1979, a girl from Baldwin Hills with a love of British music and all things non-mainstream put an ad in Musicians Contact Service asking for a band that was “unique” and “different.” Her call was answered. One year later, the girl, Terri Nunn, and her band, Berlin, put out their first single, “A Matter of Time.” For the fourth consecutive year, Nunn and Berlin return to South Bay’s Brixton for a one-night concert showcasing the band’s distinctive electronic sound that has been more than three decades in the making. Berlin’s lineup has evolved over the years. In 1996, Nunn obtained the rights to the band’s name, resurrecting it after a prolonged break. In its current iteration, Berlin features Chris Olivas (drums), who joined in 2000, Carlton Bost (guitar), formerly of the group Deadsy, and, the most recent addition, Dave Schulz (keys). A classically trained pianist, and a former member of both the Goo Goo Dolls and General Public, Schulz came on board in 2007 after the departure of…
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