Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub is a German avant-garde pop and independent music band, led by the songwriter, singer and guitarist Phillip Boa. History Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub was formed by Phillip Boa in 1985. The group's original line-up consisted of Pia Lund, Voodoo and Der Rabe. In the same year, the band released their debut album, Philister. Philister was released on the Label JA! Music and landed in the German Indie-Charts. Following the release in 1986, Philister was sold throughout Europe by the label Red Flame. The second album, Aristocracie, was released by Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub on the label Constrictor (Phillip Boa's own label). It was produced by Eroc, a student of the producer Conny Plank. This album reached tenth place in the independent music magazine Spex's charts for the year 1986. The band began touringin Europe since 1987. Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub's next three albums, Copperfield and Hair, were released through Polydor Records after they signed a contract with the label. With the single Container Love (1989), they achieved commercial success and international recognition. In 1991, the album Helios was released on Polydor Records. After Boaphenia (released in 1993 on the label Motor Music), Phillip Boa committed himself to his Metal project Voodoocult. Further albums (God, 1994, She, 1996, Lord Garbage, 1998) were released in the following period on Motor Music. Alison Galea from the Maltese band Beangrowers took the place of Pia Lund after she left the band between 1997 and 2003. The Beangrowers were backed by Phillip Boa and performed in 2000 as the support band for concerts from Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub. Annually, since 2001, the band plays two or three Christmas concerts in the Leipziger Moritzbastei. Between the years 2000 and 2003, Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub released a total of three albums on the Label Sony/BMG-RCA (My Private War, 2000, The Red, 2001, C 90, 2003). In 2005, the album Decadence & Isolation was released on the label Motor Music. That album was influenced by 1980s bands like The Cure and Joy Division. In autumn of 2006, Boa with the Voodooclub went on their Remastered tour. On this tour, they only played songs from the three re-released remastered records Copperfield, Hair and Hispanola. In 2007, the album Faking to Blend In was released on Motor Music. In February 2009, the album Diamonds Fall was released on Rough Trade