ONE MODEL NATION
In 1977, four men were the voice of a generation.
In 1978, they disappeared.

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One Model Nation is a work of historical fiction.  It is also a work of focused intentions.  

I have taken liberties with the time frame as well as certain facts for dramatic effect and also to make clear the fundamental wrongness of the Red Army Faction/Baader-Meinhof Gang. This also extends to similar groups such as the Charles Mansonites, the Weather Underground or anyone else who tries to justify hurting people by pointing to the evils being done by others in the world.  

I am fully aware that these sort of bullshit pseudo-political groups are fascinating to some or even considered cool to be "into" by small, angry people.  In my youth I was one of them myself so I should know.
 
For the band's part I have adapted stories of the great artists of the era such as Neu, Can, Kraftwerk, etc. in order to make clear what I believe is the nobility of action inherent in all artists and in the making of art.

These are only my opinions but I put them into the world in the hopes that they may resonate with good people everywhere and perhaps change someones life even a little bit for the better.

Thank you for your interest,

C. Allbritton Taylor
ONE MODEL NATION - THE BAND
Germany, 1977 - the Economic Miracle is at hand. An entire generation that has grown up with the shame of World War II embraces Western culture as capitalism begins to take root. . Underneath the veneer of the financial prosperity, the country is still shattered from the devastation of war. A radical segment of the youth fight back against a repressed nation. Their only figurehead of this violent, well dressed revolution is a band soon to be forever lost in time; One Model Nation.

This is only part of the story. I have spent the better part of 10 years examining the mysterious group of talented young  musicians known as One Model Nation. They were the voice of a generation. The first German group to appear on the UK music charts.

With the help of famed writer C. Allbritton Taylor, I have attempted to piece together the lost fragments of this groundbreaking group. This website contains what few documents still remain. If you, the reader, have any recordings or photographs of One Model Nation, I would greatly appreciate it if you could share them with me.

Donovan Leitch



Here's a piece that uses their music.  It's clearly some kind of art student anti-communist propaganda, so I'm pretty sure the band had nothing to do with it.  It's pretty amazing anyway.  And this song is so cool...


Here is an early 1970s Volkswagen ad that used an OMN track.




ABOVE : This is the artwork for the One Model Nation recording of "East Berlin" - Famed artist Uzi Schell was commissioned by the band to create this anonymous image. At the time, the band were suspected of acts of violence against Germany. This explains the conscious choice of leaving their faces blank

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