Phillip Boa

Boa has written over 400 songs, and 21 of his studio albums made it to the top 60 of the charts.

• Name — Phillip Boa • Birth Name — Ernst Ulrich Figgen • Born — 18 January 1963 • Birthplace — Dortmund, Germany • Genre — Independent • Occupation — Musician, songwriter, composer • Instrument — Vocals, guitar • Years Active — 1985–present • Label — Cargo Records, Universal • Associated Acts — Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub, Voodoocult • Website — phillipboa.com

In 1985, he founded the independent band Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub. With their album Hair and the single "Container Love", they experienced a commercial breakthrough and international recognition in 1989. Boa's music is influenced by British punk rock and new wave; its style swings between pop and avantgarde. A continuous charasteric are the catchy and melodic choruses, interrupted or alienated by atmospheric shifts. Thereby the voice of band member Pia Lund and Boa's own throaty singing contrast diametrically. After his most successful album so far, Boaphenia (1993), Boa made a deliberate musical cut to focus on a Metal project when founded the heavy metal band Voodoocult, consisting of members Dave Lombardo (drums), Chuck Schuldiner (guitar), Waldemar Sorychta (guitar), Mille Petrozza (guitar) and himself as vocalist. The autumn of 2006 saw Boa and his Voodooclub start their Remastered tour. They consequently only played songs from the three re-published albums Copperfield, Hair and Hispañola. Moreover, since 2001, they play two or three annual Christmas concerts at the Leipzig Moritzbastei fortress. On 3 August 2007, the album Faking to Blend In was released on Motor Music. In 2009, the Voodooclub teamed up with Can drummer the late Jaki Liebezeit, who played percussion and drums on their album Diamonds Fall. The album Loyalty brought them a commercial comeback in Germany (No. 13 in the album charts) and some other countries. The album was produced by David Vella and Brian Viglione, who also played drums and other instruments on the album. Loyalty was mixed by Ian Grimble and mastered by Frank Arkwright at Abbey Road Studios. In 2014 the studio album Bleach House was released on Cargo Records, which reached place 7 in the German album charts, the best chart position in the history of the band. The album was produced by David Vella on Malta and was mixed in London, at the Konk Studios London by Dougal Lott. It was mastered by Fred Kevorkian in the New Yorker Avatar Studios. After many intensive years and more than 2 million sold albums, the single collection Blank Expression – A History of Singles 1986–2016 was released on 16 September 2016 on Capitol Records/Universal Music. It reached rank 8 in the German album charts. Apart from the most important singles, the collection included also twelve new songs from the album Fresco – A Collection of 12 New Songs. 2018 their Top 3 album "Earthly Powers" (Cargo Records) was the band's last official album. Capitol Records/Universal Music released extensive anniversary editions of "Boaphenia" (2023) and "Copperfield" (2024), followed by the 2025 anniversary edition of their internationally praised, award-winning album "Hair" incl. 10 new songs, which reached the Top 3 of the official album charts.

• Year — Title — Official German Charts • 1985 — Philister *Label: Ja! Musik — — • 1986 — Aristocracie *Label: Constrictor — — • 1987 — Copperfield *Label: Polydor / Universal — 47 • 1988 — Hair *Label: Polydor / Universal — 26 • 1990 — Hispañola *Label: Polydor / Universal — 14 • 1991 — Helios *Label: Polydor / Universal — 32 • 1993 — Boaphenia *Label: Polydor / Universal — 15 • 1994 — God *Label: Motor / Universal — 23 • 1995 — She *Label: Motor / Universal — 32 • 2000 — My Private War *Label: RCA / BMG Sony — 23 • 2001 — The Red *Label: RCA / BMG Sony — 59 • 2003 — C 90 *Label: RCA / BMG Sony — 46 • 2005 — Decadence & Isolation *Label: Motor Music — 40 • 2007 — Faking To Blend In *Label: Motor Music — 59 • 2009 — Diamonds Fall *Label: Rough Trade / Constrictor — 45 • 2012 — Loyalty *Label: Cargo Records / Constrictor — 13 • 2014 — Bleach House *Label: Cargo Records / Constrictor — 7 • 2016 — Blank Expression *Label: Capitol Records / Vertigo Berlin — 8 • 2018 — Earthly Powers *Label: Cargo Records / Constrictor — 3 • 2023 — Boaphenia (Re-Edition) *Label: Capitol Records / Vertigo Berlin — 10 • 2024 — Copperfield (Re-Edition) *Label: Capitol Records / Vertigo Berlin — 12 • 2025 — Hair (Re-Edition) *Label: Capitol Records / Vertigo Berlin — 3 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

• Year — Title — Official German Charts • 1998 — Lord Garbage *Label: Motor Music — 22

• Year — Title — Media Control Charts • 1994 — Jesus Killing Machine *Label: Motor Music — 43 • 1995 — Voodoocult *Label: Motor Music — 57

• Illustration — Boa performing with Voodoocult in 1995

• 1986: Philistrines (Red Flame, UK) • 1989: 30 Years of Blank Expression (DiDi, Greece) • 1991: Live! Exile On Valletta Street (Polydor) • 1994: Hidden Pearls (Fanclub Release) • 1996: Hidden Pearls & Spoken Words (Fanclub Release) • 1997: Fine Art On Silver Best Of (Motor Music) • 1997: Aristocracie Remastered (Indigo) • 1998: Master Series Best of (Re-release "Fine Art On Silver") (Motor Music) • 2001: Singles Collection 1985–2001 Best of (RCA/BMG) #28 • 2005: BOA Best Singles Best of Remastered (Polydor/Universal) • 2006: Copperfield Remastered (Polydor/Universal) • 2006: Hair Remastered (Polydor/Universal) • 2006: Hispañola Remastered (Polydor/Universal) • 2011: Helios Remastered (Vertigo/Universal) • 2011: Boaphenia Remastered (Vertigo/Universal) • 2016: Blank Expression: A History Of Singles 1986–2016 Best Of (Universal) #8