Part of the Wax Trax stable of industrial artists Pankow is an European band, his core consisted of multi-instrumentalist sample manipulator Maurizio Fasolo, German vocalist Alex Spalck, instrumentalist/sound engineer Paolo.f and the drummer Alex Gimmi Gimignani.
Dark and nihilistic in the extreme as well as intermittently scatological Pankow saw their first domestic release in 1986 with an LP called “Freiheit fuer die Sklaven” 1989s Gisela the bands second full-length album contained a cover of the Normals Warm Leatherette as well as the notorious Me and My Ding Dong which musically updated the sensibility of Chuck Berrys My Ding-a-Ling Me and My Ding Dong was remixed and issued as the centerpiece of an EP entitled Pankow Show You Their Dongs upon which point the band parted ways with Wax Trax Pankow resurfaced in 1991 with a live compilation on ROIR Omne Anima Triste Post Coitum which translates as All Animals Are Sad After Coitus Steve Huey All Music Guide. They are still active, their last release was “Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire” (2007), a new album is scheduled at the beginning of 2012.