Grobschnitt - Solar Music - Live

The band's first incarnation as The Crew - was formed in 1966 by three friends: Eroc (drums, electronics), Lupo (lead guitar) and Wildschwein (vocals, rhythm guitar) - and soon became a local sensation. A few years later, with the securing of a record contract under the German label Brain, the band re-christened itself to Grobschnitt - a name derived from a picture of roadie Toni Moff Mollo's grandfather's post World War I "Kapelle" (chapel band) by the same name. The three Crew founders formed the nucleus of the band - together with several bass players and keyboardists - and stayed together until 1983, the year in which Eroc departed. The band continued without him through several more personnel changes for another six years. Thus its active lifetime - starting with the Beat and Psychedelic phases of the 60's and ending at the doorstep of the digital age - spans more than two decades.

Some say they're like Germany's reply to Gong. I'll accept that. Most Kraut fans should enjoy this CD. Tracks that I was most impressed with were "Solar Music 1","Solar Music 2", the eleven-minute "Golden Mist" and "Missing 13 Minutes"... which is just that, a thirteen minute segment that the Repertoire label pressing had added on to make this title even more in demand.
Line-up: Gerd Petrolk-guitar, Volker Kahrs-keyboards, Joachim Ehrig-drums & electronics, Stefan Danielak-guitar & vocals and Wolfgang-drums.

Tracklist:
1 Solar Music I
2 Food Sicore
3 Solar Music II
4 Mühlheim Special
5 Solar Music III
6 Golden Mist
7 The Missing 13 Minutes
8 Vanishing Toward The East