Floh de Cologne is a German band

Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...

, active from 1966 to 1983, regarded as a pioneer of Krautrock

Krautrock

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

. Despite of an importing success at the beginning of the 70's, the band separated in 1983.

History

The group was formed in 1966 by a group of anarchist students, all from the University of Cologne

University of Cologne

The University of Cologne is one of the oldest universities in Europe and, with over 44,000 students, one of the largest universities in Germany. The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, an association of Germany's leading research universities...

. Their first album, Vietnam, released in 1968, is a fierce criticism of the war in Vietnam. The famous, but very controversial, Rolf Ulrich Kaiser, impressed by their music and especially their lyrics, decided to produce their next two albums: Rockoper Profitgeier (1971) and Lucky Streik (1972).

Their musical style is considered Krautrock

Krautrock

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

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Members

Members of the band from 1966 to 1966 :

• Gerd Wollschon (vocals/keyboards)
• Markus Schmidt (bass guitar/violin)
• Hans-Jorg "Hansi" Frank (drums/keyboards)
• Britta Baltruschat (vocals)

Other members

• Theo König (saxophone/clarinet/armonica)
• Dick Städtler (bass guitar/guitar)
• Vridolin Enxing (keyboards/bass guitar/guitar/cello)

Discography

• Vietnam (1968)
• Fließbandbabys Beat-Show (1970)
• Rockoper Profitgeier (1971)
• Lucky Streik (1973)
• Geyer-Symphonie (1974)
• Mumien – Kantate für Rockband (1974)
• Dieser Chilenische Sommer War Heiß (1974)
• Tilt! (1975)
• Rotkäppchen (1977)
• Prima Freiheit (1978)
• Koslowsky (1980)
• Faaterland (1983)

External links

• http://www.enxing.de/flohmusik.html