KRAUTROCK! - Any fans on this forum?

[CannaSir]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krautrock

Certainly not expecting to be inundated with replies to this topic - just wondering whether anyone else loves Amon Dull, Can, Faust etc?! I love their slightly out-of-tune melodies and insane, psychedelic guitar improvs and nutty drumming, not to mention the late flower-power anti-system lyrics and downright nasty stuff (thinkin of Amon Duul's albums Phallus Dei and Wolf City in particular). Tago Mago by Can was seminal for my weed-affected music tastes!

If you've never heard of Krautrock, know that many of the musicians you love loved Krautrock:

From wiki entry:

Influence on later generations

Krautrock was highly influential on the development of post-punk, notably artists such as The Fall, Joy Division, and This Heat. The genre was also a strong influence to David Bowie's Station to Station (1976) and this kind of experimentation led him go to his 'Berlin Trilogy'.[8][9] By the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the resurgence of electronic music and a new generation rediscovering much of the early German music, krautrock came to be considered a style in and of itself. Artists such as Stereolab, John Frusciante, The Mars Volta, Deerhunter, Wilco, Laika, Mouse on Mars, Bowery Electric, I Am Spoonbender, Tortoise, Coil, and Fujiya & Miyagi working under the post-rock and electronica rubrics have often cited bands in the krautrock canon as being among their more significant influences.

Krautrock has also been an influence on Hawkwind, in particular Dave Brock who supposedly penned the sleeve notes for the British edition of Neu!'s first album [10]

Radiohead has covered Can's song "Thief" and cite Can, Faust, and Neu! among their influences, while The Secret Machines not only covered Harmonia's "(De Luxe) Immer Wieder" on their The Road Leads Where It's Led EP, but have also played live with Michael Rother.[11] Porcupine Tree has also covered Neu!'s "Hallogallo" as a demo for their album Signify. The band Wilco has shown a growing krautrock influence in their music, specifically on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and several songs on A Ghost Is Born, especially "Spiders (Kidsmoke)."[12] In interviews Jeff Tweedy has often spoken of his admiration for Can and Neu!. Current 93 covered Sand's "When the May Rain Comes" on their album Thunder Perfect Mind. Julian Cope has always cited krautrock as an influence, and wrote the book Krautrocksampler on the subject. The Kosmische Club was founded in London at his suggestion in 1996, with the motto "Music from the Future", and did much to promote the genre on the underground music scene, including promoting gigs featuring many of the original German musicians and through a weekly radio show on Resonance FM since 2002.

The Legendary Pink Dots claim heavy influence from krautrock—naming in particular Can, Faust and Neu!—with one of their few cover songs being Neu!'s "Super" on the Cleopatra Records album A Homage to NEU!, which featured covers and remixes by bands including Autechre, Dead Voices On Air, Khan, System 7, James Plotkin, as well as an original track from Michael Rother.

Ozric Tentacles also claim Amon Duul as one of their biggest influences.

Mushroom Head - CAN - Album Tago Mago - YEAH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8RzLdf34Ow

[Dimon]

Dont you worry we know Krautrock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdR6EapMBew Love is peace freedom is harmony

[Dimon]

Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oepHLeTG ... re=related

[Dimon]

Ever heard of Silberbart? They good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2t9o4MSdNw Heavy!!

[Dimon]

Baumstam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2xJAJ_zGNM

[CannaSir]

@Dimon thanks and respect for those tunes! Loved them both and hadnt heard them before! Awesome!

[Dimon]

Sure .If you are in to Krautrock i can give a links were you can buy stuff if you interested.Where are you from? Here is one for a example Rockadrome.com if you are in US....

[Dimon]

I see you from UK .In Europe there is big store from Netherlands called Clearspot they have a good stuff. http://www.clearspot.nl/ Or EBAY...

[tdw121270]

I don't mind a bit of Van Der Graaf Generator.

[Dimon]

Van Der Graaf Generator http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDmhP6YiN6s

[dubsimon]

Here i am! On my first time in Amsterdam i had shrooms while listening to Neu!75: incredible experience.

[Dimon]

NEU! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAXYMOgH ... re=related Beautiful composition

[winnie]

I love KAUTROCK... Can, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, but nobody beats the wonderful, fantastic (?Swissrock) Yello

[Dimon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... GDY0gXEX3I
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[ohm sweet ohm]

You can probably guess from my username..

Yep, Ik leuk Krautrock!