Max Werner was lead singer, drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 and percussionist of the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 Progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Kayak

Kayak (band)

Kayak are a Dutch progressive rock band formed in 1972 in the city Hilversum by Ton Scherpenzeel and Pim Koopman. In 1973, their debut album "See See The Sun" was released, including 3 hit singles. Their main popularity was in the Netherlands, with their top hit reaching #6 on the Dutch charts in...

. He co-founded the band along with keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel

Ton Scherpenzeel

Ton Scherpenzeel is a keyboardist and a founding member of the Dutch rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum ....

, guitarist Johan Slager

Johan Slager

Johan Slager is the original guitar player of the Dutch Progressive Rock band Kayak. He co-founded the band along with Ton Scherpenzeel, Pim Koopman and Max Werner in 1972. He left the band in 1982 after 9 albums, and returned briefly for a couple of performances in the 1990s...

 and drummer Pim Koopman

Pim Koopman

Wilhelmus Frederikus Koopman was the drummer and percussionist of the Dutch Progressive rock band, Kayak.-Biography:...

 in 1972.

He sang lead vocals (and played mellotron

Mellotron

The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...

) on the first 5 Kayak albums, later switching to drums until the band split up in 1982. In 1999, he returned as singer for the Kayak album "Close to the Fire". After a short tour 2000, he had to leave again due to health problems.

Max Werner recorded 4 solo albums. In May 1981, he scored a big hit in Holland (reaching #3) and in September/October he climbed the charts in Germany (#2) with his solo-single "Rain in May". In April 2005, Max Werner joined the German TV show "Die Hit Giganten - die 30 größten Hits und Interpreten der coolen Achtziger", presenting his hit "Rain in May".

Studio albums with Kayak

(as lead singer):

• See See the Sun
  See See the Sun
  See see the sun is the first album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was originally released in 1973 and reissued with two bonus tracks in 1995....
  
  (1973)
• Kayak II
  Kayak II (album)
  Kayak II is the second album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was originally released in 1974 and reissued with a bonus track in 1995....
  
  (1974)
• Royal Bed Bouncer
  Royal Bed Bouncer
  Royal Bed Bouncer is the third album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, released in 1975. Their progressive approach from the first two albums was mixed with a more basic pop/rock sound. Nine of the ten songs were written by Ton Scherpenzeel, with Pim Koopman only contributing the instrumental...
  
  (1975)
• The Last Encore
  The Last Encore
  The Last Encore is the fourth album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was originally released in 1976 and issued on CD in 1995, with a re-release in 2002....
  
  (1976)
• Starlight Dancer
  Starlight Dancer
  Starlight Dancer is a 1977 album by Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. It was produced by Jack Lancaster and Kayak. It was released on the Janus label .-Track Listing :Side 1...
  
  (1977)
• Close To The Fire (2000)

(as drummer):

• Phantom of the Night
  Phantom of the Night
  Phantom of the Night is the 6th studio album by Dutch Progressive rock band Kayak. "Ruthless Queen" was released as a single, becoming the bands biggest hit, nearing the top of the charts in The Netherlands....
  
  (1979)
• Periscope Life
  Periscope Life
  Periscope Life is the seventh album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak, originally released on LP in 1980. The first CD issue had 2 bonus tracks. In 1998, the album was part of the Double CD 3 Originals...
  
  (1980)
• Merlin
  Merlin (Kayak album)
  Merlin is the eighth studio album by Dutch band Kayak. The first half of the original LP is a concept-story about Merlin the magician. The second half of the LP is a collection of individual songs....
  
  (1981)
• Eyewitness
  Eyewitness (Kayak album)
  Eyewitness is an album by the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. The original LP was released in 1981. The album was recorded 'live' in a recording studio, with some overdubs added later. To create a 'live' atmosphere, Kayak fans were invited later to cheer and clap to the already recorded songs...
  
  (1981) ("Live" studio album)

Solo albums

• Rainbow's End (1979)
• Seasons (1981)
• How Can It Be... Like This? (1988)
• Not the Opera (1995)